Word Summary
neophytos: newly planted
Original Word: νεόφυτοςTransliteration: neophytos
Phonetic Spelling: (neh-of'-oo-tos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: newly planted
Meaning: newly planted
Strong's Concordance
novice.
From neos and a derivative of phuo; newly planted, i.e. (figuratively) a young convert ("neophyte") -- novice.
see GREEK neos
see GREEK phuo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3504: νεόφυτοςνεόφυτος,
νεόφυτον (
νέος and
φύω),
newly-planted (
Job 14:9;
Isaiah 5:7, etc.); tropically,
a new convert, neophyte (
A. V. novice, i. e.) (one who has recently become a Christian):
1 Timothy 3:6. (Ecclesiastical writings.)