Bible Dictionary: Childhood

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.

2. (n.) Children, taken collectively.

3. (n.) The commencement; the first period.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CHILDHOOD, GOSPELS OF THE

child'-hood.

See APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS.

GOSPELS OF THE CHILDHOOD

child'-hood.

See APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS.

Greek

3812. paidiothen -- from childhood
... from childhood. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: paidiothen Phonetic Spelling:
(pahee-dee-oth'-en) Short Definition: from childhood Definition: from ...
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1025. brephos -- an unborn or a newborn child
... Word Origin a prim. word Definition an unborn or a newborn child NASB Word
Usage babies (2), baby (4), childhood (1), infants (1). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3208. yalduth -- childhood, youth
... 3207, 3208. yalduth. 3209 . childhood, youth. Transliteration: yalduth
Phonetic Spelling: (yal-dooth') Short Definition: childhood. ...
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5271. naur -- youth, early life
... Definition: youth. Word Origin from the same as naar Definition youth, early
life NASB Word Usage youth (47). childhood, youth. Or naur ...
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5290. noar -- youth, early life
... youth. Word Origin from the same as naar Definition youth, early life NASB
Word Usage childhood (1), youth (3). child, youth. From ...
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Library

Childhood
... Childhood. GTB Mark 10:13, 16. ... Filled with the Spirit of His Son,. In childhood
of the life divine,. Untroubled trust and gladness mine. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bevan/hymns of ter steegen suso and others/childhood.htm

His Childhood and Youth.
... THE PERSON OF CHRIST. HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH. CHRIST passed ... ever. Let us first
glance at the INFANCY and CHILDHOOD of our Saviour. The ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/schaff/the person of christ/his childhood and youth.htm

Ciii Childhood
... Book First CIII CHILDHOOD. I cannot reach it; and my striving eye ... [105] Apparently,
O that I knew how to carry childhood through later life. ...
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Incidents of Childhood
... Chapter III Incidents of Childhood. The old ... it.". From my earliest childhood
I liked poetry and could readily commit it to memory. I ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter iii incidents of childhood.htm

Christianity Requires the Temper of Childhood.
... SERMONS. CHRISTIANITY REQUIRES THE TEMPER OF CHILDHOOD. MARK ... it. But childhood
and youth seem to have had a special attraction for Him. ...
/.../shedd/sermons to the natural man/christianity requires the temper of.htm

The First Part Days of Childhood
... SAINT AUGUSTIN THE FIRST PART DAYS OF CHILDHOOD. Sed delectabat
ludere. "Only, I liked to play." Confessions, I, 9. ...
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The Training of Origen from Childhood.
... Book VI. Chapter II."The Training of Origen from Childhood. 1. Many things
might be said in attempting to describe the life of ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter ii the training of origen.htm

Kingo's Childhood and Youth
... Thomas Kingo, the Easter Poet of Denmark Chapter Three Kingo's Childhood and
Youth. Thomas Kingo, the first of the great Danish hymnwriters ...
/.../aaberg/hymns and hymnwriters of denmark/chapter three kingos childhood and.htm

Childhood and Early Impressions. The Blessing of Pious Parents. ...
... Chapter I. Childhood and Early Impressions. The Blessing of Pious Parents.
Desire of Martyrdom. Death of the Saint's Mother. 1. I ...
/.../teresa/the life of st teresa of jesus/chapter i childhood and early.htm

In Childhood, when with Eager Eyes
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CCCLIII In childhood, when with eager eyes.
The season-measured year I view'd, All, garb'd in fairy guise,. ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/cccliii in childhood when with.htm

Thesaurus

Childhood (10 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CHILDHOOD, GOSPELS OF THE. child'-hood. See
APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS. GOSPELS OF THE CHILDHOOD. child'-hood. See APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS. ...
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Youth (169 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding
maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or ...
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Eunice (1 Occurrence)
... Happily conquering, the mother of Timothy, a believing Jewess, but married to a
Greek (Acts 16:1). She trained her son from his childhood in the knowledge of ...
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Hair (135 Occurrences)
... that the dwellers on the Nile had their heads shaved in early youth, leaving but
a side lock until maturity was attained, when this mark of childhood was taken ...
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Questioned (57 Occurrences)
... YLT). Mark 9:21 And he questioned his father, 'How long time is it since
this came to him?' and he said, 'From childhood, (YLT). Mark ...
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Zacchaeus (3 Occurrences)
... (4) According to the Gospel of the Childhood, by Thomas, Zaccheus was also the name
of the teacher of the boy Jesus. CM Kerr. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Longevity
... attributes to the first 10 kings of Babylonia a span of 430,000 years, and Hesiod
(Works and Days, 129) says that in the Silver Age childhood lasted 100 years ...
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Lame (35 Occurrences)
... (2) Those who suffered from lameness, such as Mephibosheth, whose limbs were injured
by a fall in childhood (2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 9:3). In the prophetic ...
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Godhead (5 Occurrences)
... As manhood is that which makes a man a man, and childhood that which makes
a child a child, so Godhead is that which makes God, God. ...
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Greece (15 Occurrences)
... birth full-armed from the brain of Zeus, of Circe's magic potion, of Poseidon's
chariot on the waves, and of Apollo's shafts are familiar to us from childhood. ...
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Bible Concordance

Childhood (10 Occurrences)

Mark 9:21 He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come to him?" He said, "From childhood.
(WEB WEY DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Timothy 3:15 And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.
(See NAS RSV)

Genesis 8:21 Yahweh smelled the pleasant aroma. Yahweh said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, as I have done.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 12:2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
(KJV WBS)

Job 33:25 His flesh shall be fresher than in childhood; he shall return to the days of his youth.
(DBY)

Proverbs 29:21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become master at the last.
(See NAS RSV)

Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.
(YLT NAS)

Ecclesiastes 11:10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Isaiah 47:12 Go on now with your secret arts, and all your wonder-working, to which you have given yourself up from your earliest days; it may be that they will be of profit to you, or by them you may put fear into your attackers.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 47:15 Small profit have you had from those who, from your earliest days, got great profit out of you; they have gone in flight, every one straight before him, and you have no saviour.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Childhood

Related Terms

Youth (169 Occurrences)

Eunice (1 Occurrence)

Hair (135 Occurrences)

Questioned (57 Occurrences)

Zacchaeus (3 Occurrences)

Longevity

Lame (35 Occurrences)

Godhead (5 Occurrences)

Greece (15 Occurrences)