Strong G1118γονεύς

parent

Transliteration
goneus
Pronunciation
gon-yooce'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From the base of G1096; a parent: - parent.

Detailed definition

γονεύς, -έως, ὁ
(γίγνομαι), [in LXX for אָב, אֵם;]
a begetter, a father; mostly in pl., οἱ γ., parents: Luk.2:41, 43 8:56 21:16, Jhn.9:2, 3 20, 22, 23 Rom.1:30, 2Co.12:14, Eph.6:1, Col.3:20, 2Ti.3:2; accusative pl. (Hellenistic, see Thackeray, Gr., i, 148), γονεῖς, Mat.10:21, Mrk.13:22, Luk.2:27 18:29, Jhn.9:18.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1118 appears in 18 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • parent18

First verses

  1. Matthew 10:21
    And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
  2. Mark 13:12
    Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
  3. Luke 2:27
    And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
  4. Luke 2:41
    Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
  5. Luke 8:56
    And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.
  6. Luke 18:29
    And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,
  7. Luke 21:16
    And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
  8. John 9:2
    And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
  9. John 9:3
    Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
  10. John 9:18
    But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.
  11. John 9:20
    His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
  12. John 9:22
    These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
  13. John 9:23
    Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
  14. Romans 1:30
    Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
  15. 2 Corinthians 12:14
    Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
  16. Ephesians 6:1
    Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
  17. Colossians 3:20
    Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
  18. 2 Timothy 3:2
    For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
γον-εύς, έως, ὁ,
begetter, father, mostly in plural, parents, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Hymnus in Cererem 240, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 235, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.27, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 178b, etc.)]: in singular, of a serpent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.109)]; of a man, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 457d; φράζε τίνος γονέως “IG” 12 (5).310)]: generally, progenitor, ancestor, πέμπτος γ. ancestor in the fifth generation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.91, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.32; οἱ ἄνωθεν γ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 722a8. (Nom. _plural_ γονεῖες “Histria” 7.27: _accusative_ _plural_ γονέᾰς 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 261: _dative_ _plural_ γονεῖσι “SIG” 1267.24 (Ios, 3rd c.AD).))]