Strong G815ἄτεκνος
childless
- Transliteration
- ateknos
- Pronunciation
- at'-ek-nos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἄτεκνος, -ον
(τέκνον), [in LXX: Gen.15:2, Lev.20:20-21 (עֲרִירִי), Isa.49:21, Jer.18:21 (שָׁכֹל), Sir.16:3 *;]
childless: Luk.20:28-29.†
(AS)
(τέκνον), [in LXX: Gen.15:2, Lev.20:20-21 (עֲרִירִי), Isa.49:21, Jer.18:21 (שָׁכֹל), Sir.16:3 *;]
childless: Luk.20:28-29.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G815 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- child2
- childless1
First verses
- Luke 20:28Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
- Luke 20:29There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
- Luke 20:30And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄτεκν-ος, ον,
without children, childless, barren, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 602, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 828 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 164 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1099b4, “Tab.Heracl.” 1.151, etc.)]; of animals and fishes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 577a3, “GA” 755b19: also with _genitive_, ἄ. ἀρσένων παίδων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1305.)]adverb -νως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 206.)]
II in causal sense, λειχὴν ἄφυλλος ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 785. [ἄτε ¯ κνος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus [same place], ἄτε?~Xκνος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus and 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus [same places]])]
without children, childless, barren, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 602, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 828 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 164 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1099b4, “Tab.Heracl.” 1.151, etc.)]; of animals and fishes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 577a3, “GA” 755b19: also with _genitive_, ἄ. ἀρσένων παίδων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1305.)]adverb -νως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 206.)]
II in causal sense, λειχὴν ἄφυλλος ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 785. [ἄτε ¯ κνος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus [same place], ἄτε?~Xκνος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus and 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus [same places]])]