Exodus 2:6
And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
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Babe
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Hebrews 5:13
For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
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4 occurrences in 4 verses.
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βρέφος
bréphos · bref'-os
4 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
an infant (properly, unborn) literally or figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: :--babe, (young) child, infant.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 1:41Strong's last: Luke 2:16
Open full G1025 profile →νήπιος
nḗpios · nay'-pee-os
1 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
not speaking, i.e. an infant (minor); figuratively, a simple-minded person, an immature Christian
Strong's KJV usage: :--babe, child (+ -ish).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hebrews 5:13Strong's last: Hebrews 5:13
Open full G3516 profile →נַעַר
naʻar · nah'-ar
1 times translated as this KJV form238 total Strong's occurrences
(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)
Strong's KJV usage: babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 2:6Strong's last: Exodus 2:6
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G1025
And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
G1025
For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
G1025
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
G1025
And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
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babe
BABE, noun [Latin pupus, a word of endearment; pupa, little girl; whence pupillus, pupilla, pupil.]
An infant; a young child of either sex.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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