an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl; figur

, : , , , ff., , , , , , , , ; of older children, , , , , , , , ; in pl., , , ff., , , Metaph., . Colloq. in familiar address (as Eng. colloq., "lads"—v. M, , 170—and Irish use of "boys"): , , .† a young child a little one Mt 2:8 9 11 Lk 1:59 66 76 80 2:17 27 40 Jo 16:21 He 11:23 Mt 18:2 4 5 Mk 5:39-41 7:30 9:24 36 Lk 9:47 48 18:17 Jo 4:49 Mt 11:16 14:21 15:38 18:3 19:13 14 Mk 7:28 10:13 Lk 7:32 11:7 18:16 He 2:13 14 I Co 14:20 Jo 21:5 I Jo 2:13 18 3:7 Pr. n

a childling (of either sex), i.e. (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature Christian

(little, young) child, damsel