neos describes younger people and things or entities set in contrast with what is old.

The dominant attested use identifies younger persons, often in comparison with elders, older people, or family members. It also marks wine and wineskins in contrast with what is old, and characterizes a lump, a self, and a covenant in their respective clauses.

1. Younger people in comparison or groupings · dominant

   The comparative forms identify people as younger: in 1 Timothy 5:1 the APB renders the instruction to treat younger men as brothers, while 1 Timothy 5:2 applies the corresponding instruction to younger women. In Luke 15:12 the younger of two sons addresses his father, and in 1 Peter 5:5 those who are younger are told to be subject to elders.

   1 Timothy 5:11 Timothy 5:21 Timothy 5:111 Peter 5:5Luke 15:12John 21:18
2. Wine and containers contrasted with old ones · common

   In Luke 5:37 the adjective occurs in the warning about putting wine into old wineskins; the APB renders the contrast as “new wine” and “old wineskins.” Luke 5:38 states that the wine is to be put into wineskins of the same description, while Luke 5:39 contrasts it with old wine.

   Luke 5:37Luke 5:38Luke 5:39Mark 2:22Matthew 9:17
3. A newly characterized lump, self, or covenant · occasional

   In 1 Corinthians 5:7 the clause calls for becoming a lump after the old leaven is cleaned out; the APB renders it “a new lump.” Colossians 3:10 describes putting on a self that is being renewed, and Hebrews 12:24 names Jesus as mediator of a covenant so characterized.

   1 Corinthians 5:7Colossians 3:10Hebrews 12:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “younger” for people and “new” in the wine-and-wineskin contrast and in the clauses about a lump, self, and covenant. These renderings indicate the clauses' presentation rather than a separate definition for each English expression.