Definition

not speaking, i.e. an infant (minor); figuratively, a simple-minded person, an immature Christian

Etymology

from an obsolete particle (implying negation) and G2031 (ἔπος);

Word family

• ἔπος épos

How the KJV renders it

• babe
• child (+ -ish)

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.