νέος

νέος, -α, -ον

[in LXX for נַעַר (1 Mos 37,2, Exo_33:11, al.), חָדָשׁ (3 Mos 23,16, 4 Mos 28,26, al.), etc.; compar. -ώτερος for קָטָן, צָעִיר, etc. ;]

1. young, youthful: Tit 2,4,

2. new (prop., in respect of time; see: καινός): οἶνος (cf. οἶ. καινός, Matt 26,20), Matt 9,17, Mark 2,22, Luk 5,37-39; φύραμα (figuratively), 1 Kor 5,7 διαθήκη (cf. καινὴ δ., Hebr 9,15), Hebr 12,24; metaphorically, ἄνθρωπος (cf. καινὸς ἀ, Ef 2,15), Kol 3,10.

3. Compar., -ώτερος, -α, -ον, younger: Luk 15,12-13; 22,26, Joh 21,18; pl., οἱ ν., ApG 5,6 (Rackham, in l), 1 Tim 5,11, Tit 2,6; opposite to πρεσβύτεροι, 1 Tim 5,1, 1 Pet 5,5; αἱ ν., 1 Tim 5,2; 5,14.

4. Νέα Πόλις, Neapolis: ApG 16,11 (Rec., Νεάπολις, which see)

νεώτερος, see: νέος

SYN.: καινός, which see