Definition

to act as a babe, i.e. (figuratively) innocently

Etymology

from G3516 (νήπιος);

Word family

• νήπιος nḗpios

How the KJV renders it

• be a child

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.