Words the Bible translates as little children
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- nēpiosνήπιοςa young child or infant, viewed as immature and not yet grown up; also, figuratively, a person who is immature, untaught, or childlike in simplicity
- teknionτεκνίονa tender way of saying "my dear children," used by a teacher or leader to address the people he loves and cares for as his own family.
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