An INFANT, and also an unborn child — the word covers both sides of birth. ⚠ Luke uses it five times and two of them are of John in Elizabeth's womb, leaping at Mary's greeting (1:41, 1:44); two more are the baby in the feeding trough (2:12, 2:16). The same noun for the child before birth and the child in the trough, within one narrative. Elsewhere: Acts 7:19 (the exposed babies of Egypt), 2 Timothy 3:15 ('from infancy you have known the sacred writings'), 1 Peter 2:2. → first discussed at Luke 2:12