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GreekG5043Noun (Neuter)

τέκνον

teknon

91Occurrences
G5043Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a child (as produced)

from the base of G5098 (τιμωρία);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
that which is begotten, born, a child of either sex: ; pl., τέκνα ἐπαγγελίας; τῆς σαρκός, ib.; in a wider sense (as Heb. בָּנִים), of posterity, specif., of a male child, a,l.; in voc. as a form of kindly address from an elder to a junior or from a teacher to a disciple,; μου, (τεκνία, WH, txt.). Metaphorical, (a) of disciples (apart from direct address, ): (b) with reference to the Fatherhood of God (see: πατήρ, γεννάω), *τέκνα θεοῦ *: ; and esp. in Johannine bks. (with) of those who imitate others and are therefore regarded as the spiritual offspring of their exemplars: ,; διαβόλου; (d) as in Heb. (LXX, ), of the inhabitants of a city: (e) with an adjectival genitive, frequently rendering a Heb. expression, adopted from LXX or formed on the analogy of its language, but sometimes with parallels in Gk. writers (see Deiss., BS, 161ff.): τέκνα φωτός; ὑπακοῆς; κατάρας; ὀργῆς.
Synonyms
see: παῖς.
LXX: chiefly for בֵּן, also for יֶלֶד, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

τέκνον appears 91 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
14
Matthew
12
Mark
7
1 Timothy
5
Acts
5
Ephesians
5
Galatians
5
Romans
5

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 4:14BSB

I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

2 John 1:1BSB

The elder,To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I alone, but also all who know the truth—

Ephesians 6:4BSB

Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Luke 2:48BSB

When His parents saw Him, they were astonished. “Child, why have You done this to us?” His mother asked. “Your father and I have been anxiously searching for You.”

Mark 10:29BSB

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel

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