GreekG0616Verb
ἀποκυέω
apokueō
“to generate”
2Occurrences
G0616Strong's #
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Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
to breed forth, i.e. (by transference) to generate (figuratively)
from G575 (ἀπό) and the base of G2949 (κῦμα);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
-ῶ (ἀπό, *κυέω *or κύω, to be pregnant), prop., "the medical word for birth as the close of pregnancy" . In κοιν, "an ordinary syn. of τίκτω, but definitely 'perfectivised' by the ἀπό, and so implying safe delivery," to bring forth, give birth to.
LXX: 4 *
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Full Description
Greek Verb
Occurrences
ἀποκυέω appears 2 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
James
2
Key Passages
James 1:15BSB
Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
James 1:18BSB
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
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