Strong's Greek · G1025
βρέφος
bréphos
babe, (young) child, infant
Definition
an infant (properly, unborn) literally or figuratively
Derivation
of uncertain affinity;
Appears 8 times in Scripture
“Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,”
“He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.”
“From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.”
“When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.”
“And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.””
“So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.”
“For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.”
“Now people were even bringing their babies to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them. And when the disciples saw this, they rebuked those who brought them.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).