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GreekG1118Noun (Masculine)

γονεύς

goneus

19Occurrences
G1118Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a parent

from the base of G1096 (γίνομαι);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a begetter, a father; mostly in pl., οἱ γ., parents: ; accusative pl. (Hellenistic, see Thackeray, Gr., i, 148), γονεῖς.
LXX: for אָב, אֵם

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

γονεύς appears 19 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
6
Luke
6
2 Corinthians
1
2 Timothy
1
Colossians
1
Ephesians
1
Matthew
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

2 Corinthians 12:14BSB

See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Ephesians 6:1BSB

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

John 9:18BSB

The Jews still did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parents

John 9:23BSB

That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”

Luke 2:41BSB

Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.