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τέκνον -ου, τό
Word data
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Strongs: G50430
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Alternate spellings:
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Principle Parts:
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Part of speech:
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Instances in Scripture: 99
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UGNT instance count is different: 100
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All Scriptures cited: No
Etymology:
τίκτω),
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LXX/Hebrew glosses:
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Time Period/Ancient Authors:
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Related words:
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Antonyms for all senses
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Synonyms for all senses:
v.s. παῖς.
Senses
Sense 1.0:
Definition:
Glosses:
a child;
Explanation:
Citations:
that which is begotten, born (cf. Scottish bairn), a child of either sex: [Mk 13:12](Mrk 13:12), [Lk 1:7](Luk 1:7), [Ac 7:5](Act 7:5); pl., [Mt 7:11](Mat 7:11), [Mk 7:27](Mrk 7:27), [Lk 1:17](Luk 1:17), [Eph 6:1](Eph 6:1), al.; τέκνα ἐπαγγελίας, [Ro 9:8](Rom 9:8); τ. τῆς σαρκός, [ib.](Rom 9:8); in a wider sense (as Heb. בָּנִים), of posterity, [Mt 2:18](Mat 2:18), [Lk 3:8](Luk 3:8), al.; specif., of a male child, [Mt [21:28](Mat 21:28)](Mat 21:28), [Ac 21:21](Act 21:21), a,l.; in voc. as a form of kindly address from an elder to a junior or from a teacher to a disciple, [Mt 9:2](Mat 9:2) 21:28, [Mk 2:5](Mrk 2:5), [Lk 2:48](Luk 2:48); τ. μου (= cl. τ. μοι; v. Bl., §37, 5), [Ga 4:19](Gal 4:19) (τεκνία, WH, txt.), [II Ti 2:1](2Ti 2:1). Metaph.,
Sense 1.1:
Definition:
Citations:
of disciples (apart from direct address, v. supr.): [Phm 10](Phm 1:10), [I Ti 1:2](1Ti 1:2), [Tit 1:4](Tit 1:4), [III Jo 4](3Jn 1:4);
Sense 1.2:
Definition:
Citations:
with reference to the Fatherhood of God (v.s. πατήρ, γεννάω), τέκνα τ. θεοῦ (cf. [Is 30:1](Isa 30:1), Wi 16:21): [Ro 8:16](Rom 8:16), [Eph 5:1](Eph 5:1), [Phl 2:15](Php 2:15); and esp. in Johannine bks. (cf. Westc, Epp. Jo., 94, 120), [Jo 1:12](Jhn 1:12), [I Jo 3:1](1Jn 3:1) al.;
Sense 1.3:
Definition:
Citations:
of those who imitate others and are therefore regarded as the spiritual offspring of their exemplars: [Mt 3:9](Mat 3:9), [[Lk 3:8](Luk 3:8)](Luk 3:8), [Jo 8:39](Jhn 8:39), [Ro 9:7](Rom 9:7), [I Pe 3:6](1Pe 3:6); τ. διαβόλου, [I Jo 3:1](1Jn 3:1)0;
Sense 1.4:
Definition:
Citations:
as in Heb. (LXX, [Jl 2:23](Jol 2:23), [Ps 149:2](Psa 149:2), I Mac 1:38), of the inhabitants of a city: [Mt 23:37](Mat 23:37), [Lk 13:34](Luk 13:34) [19:44](Luk 19:44), [Ga 4:25](Gal 4:25);
Sense 1.5:
Definition:
Citations:
with an adjectival gen., freq. rendering a Heb. expression, adopted from LXX or formed on the analogy of its language, but sometimes with parallels in Gk. writers (v. Deiss., BS, 161ff.): τέκνα φωτός, [Eph 5:8](Eph 5:8); τ. ὑπακοῆς, [I Pe 1:14](1Pe 1:14); κατάρας, [II Pe 2:14](2Pe 2:14); ὀργῆς, [Eph 2:3](Eph 2:3).