Strong G1119γόνυ
a knee
- Transliteration
- gonu
- Pronunciation
- gon-oo'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; the knee: - knee (X -l).
Detailed definition
γόνυ, -ατος, τό,
[in LXX chiefly for בֶּרֶךְ;]
the knee: Heb.12:12; of a suppliant, προσπίπτειν τοῖς γ., Luk.5:8; so also τιθέναι τὰ γ., to kneel: Luk.22:41, Act.7:60 9:40 20:36 21:5; in mockery, Mrk.15:19; κάμπτειν τὰ γ., to bend the knee: Rom.11:4 (LXX) 14:11 (LXX), Eph.3:14, Php.2:10.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for בֶּרֶךְ;]
the knee: Heb.12:12; of a suppliant, προσπίπτειν τοῖς γ., Luk.5:8; so also τιθέναι τὰ γ., to kneel: Luk.22:41, Act.7:60 9:40 20:36 21:5; in mockery, Mrk.15:19; κάμπτειν τὰ γ., to bend the knee: Rom.11:4 (LXX) 14:11 (LXX), Eph.3:14, Php.2:10.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1119 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- knee7
- down3
- kneel2
- the1
First verses
- Mark 15:19And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
- Luke 5:8When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
- Luke 22:41And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
- Acts 7:60And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
- Acts 9:40But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
- Acts 20:36And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
- Acts 21:5And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
- Romans 11:4But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
- Romans 14:11For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
- Ephesians 3:14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Philippians 2:10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
- Hebrews 12:12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
γόνῠ, τό,
genitive γόνατος, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect γούνατος (for γόνϝατος) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.591, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.80)]: plural nominative
A γούνατα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.176, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 587, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.199, “Schwyzer” 694.7 (Chios, 4th c.BC), _genitive_ γουνάτων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.76, _dative_ γούνασι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.455, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.152 (also 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.26), γονάτεσσι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.11, “epigram Gr.” 782 (Halic.))]; also Epic dialect genitive γουνός (explanation as for γόνυος by Hdn.Gr.2.768, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 342.9) 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.547: _plural_ γοῦνα 6.511; γούνων 1.407, +others: _dative_ γούνεσσι 9.488, +others (variant{γούνασσι}))]:—Aeolic dialect accusative plural γόνα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 39.7 (probably), but γόννα _accusative_ to 5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius see entry {Γόννοι}, 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 335.39: _genitive_ _plural_ γόνων 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 10:)]
E has γουνάτων [Refs (“Hec.” 752, 839, γούνασι “Supp.” 285 (Lyric poetry), “Andr.” 529 (Lyric poetry), but not γουνός (γοῦν᾽)] accusative plural was read by [Refs 5th c.AD+ (Scholia in “Ph.” 852): _genitive_ _plural_ γεύνων, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]:—knee, γόνυ γουνὸς ἀμείβων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.547, etc.)]: frequently of clasping the knees in earnest supplication, ἥψατο γούνων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.512; ἑλεῖν, λαβεῖν γούνων 21.71, 1.407, etc.; τῶν γουνάτων λαβέσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.76)]; ποτὶ (variant{περὶ}) or ἀμφὶ γούνασί τινος χεῖρας βαλεῖν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.310, 7.142; περὶ γόνυ χέρας ἱκεσίους ἔβαλον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1414, compare “Ph.” 1622, etc.; τὰ σὰ γούναθ᾽ ἱκάνομαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.457, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.147, etc.; κιχανόμενοι τὰ σὰ γοῦνα ἱκόμεθ᾽ 9.266; ἀντίος ἤλυθε γούνων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.463; γόνυ σὸν ἀμπίσχειν χερί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 165; σοῖς προστίθημι γόνασιν ὠλένας [prev. author] “Andr.” 895)]; ἐς γούνατά τινι or τινος πεσεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.86, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1607; ἀμφὶ γόνυ τινὸς πίπτειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 787)]; γόνυ τινός or πρὸς γόνυ προσπίπτειν[Refs ([prev. work] 339, “HF” 79; γόνασί τινος προσπίπτειν [prev. author] “Or.” 1332 (but προσπίτνω σε γόνασιν)] on my knees, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 485))]; πίπτειν πρὸς τὰ γ. τινος, tini, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.19, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.198; also γούνων λίσσεσθαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.451; ἐλλιτανεύειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.481; γουνάζεσθαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.345; ἄντεσθαι πρὸς τῶν γονάτων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 710; ἱκετεῦσαι πρὸς τ. γ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.70.)]
E.2 of a sitting posture, φημί μιν ἀσπασίως γ. κάμψειν will be glad to bend the knee so as to sit down and rest, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.118, compare 19.72)]; but also, bow the knee in submission, ἐμοὶ κάμψει (intransitive) πᾶν γ. [LXX (LXX.Isa.45.23)]; γ. ὀκλάζειν τινί[LXX (LXX.1Ki.19.18, see entry κάμπτω: ἐπὶ γούνασι)] on one's knees, ἐπὶ γούνασι πατρός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.500; ποτὶ γ. 5.408; γούνασιν ἐφέσσεσθαι φίλον υἱόν 9.455; σ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐμοῖσι.. γούνεσσι καθίσσας 9.488; τόν ῥά οἱ.. ἐπὶ γούνασι θῆκεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.401; ἐν τοῖς γόνασί τινος στρέφεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 617b)]; πέπλον.. θεῖναι Ἀθηναίης ἐπὶ γούνασιν to lay it on her lap (as an offering), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.92, compare “Schwyzer” [same place]: hence _metaphorically_, θεῶν ἐν γούνασι κεῖται)] it rests in the lap of.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.514, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.267, etc.)]; but ἐν γούνασιν πίτνοντα Νίκας victorious, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.26.)]
E.3 of the knees as the seat of strength, ἐν δὲ βίην ὤμοισι καὶ ἐν γούνεσσιν ἔθηκε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.569)]; of swiftness, λαιψηρά γ. [Refs (22.204, etc.; γούνατά τινος λύειν disable, kill him, 5.176)], etc.; ὑπὸ γούνατ᾽ ἔλυσεν [Refs (11.579)]; βλάπτειν γ. τινι, κάματος δ᾽ ὑπὸ γ. ἐδάμνα, [Refs (7.271, 21.52)]:—passive, αὐτοῦ λύτο γούνατα [Refs (21.114, etc.)]
E.4 metaphorically, ἐς γόνυ βάλλειν bring down upon the knee, i. e. humble, conquer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.27)]; ἐς γ. ῥίπτειν, κλίνειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 3.20, 30; ἐς γ. ἐλθεῖν 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 14, “Pers.” 1.17; Ἀσία δὲ χθὼν.. ἐπὶ γόνυ κέκλιται 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 931 (Lyric poetry).)]
E.5 proverbial, ἀπωτέρω ἢ γόνυ κνάμα 'blood is thicker than water', 'charity begins at home', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.18; γ. κνήμης ἔγγιον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1168b8, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.383b.)]
E.II joint of grasses or plants, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.98, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.26, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.2.4, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Antro Nympharum - Porphyrii Opuscula” 19)]. (Cf. Sanskrit jā´nu, Latin genu, etc.)
genitive γόνατος, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect γούνατος (for γόνϝατος) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.591, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.80)]: plural nominative
A γούνατα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.176, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 587, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.199, “Schwyzer” 694.7 (Chios, 4th c.BC), _genitive_ γουνάτων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.76, _dative_ γούνασι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.455, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.152 (also 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.26), γονάτεσσι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.11, “epigram Gr.” 782 (Halic.))]; also Epic dialect genitive γουνός (explanation as for γόνυος by Hdn.Gr.2.768, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 342.9) 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.547: _plural_ γοῦνα 6.511; γούνων 1.407, +others: _dative_ γούνεσσι 9.488, +others (variant{γούνασσι}))]:—Aeolic dialect accusative plural γόνα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 39.7 (probably), but γόννα _accusative_ to 5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius see entry {Γόννοι}, 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 335.39: _genitive_ _plural_ γόνων 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 10:)]
E has γουνάτων [Refs (“Hec.” 752, 839, γούνασι “Supp.” 285 (Lyric poetry), “Andr.” 529 (Lyric poetry), but not γουνός (γοῦν᾽)] accusative plural was read by [Refs 5th c.AD+ (Scholia in “Ph.” 852): _genitive_ _plural_ γεύνων, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]:—knee, γόνυ γουνὸς ἀμείβων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.547, etc.)]: frequently of clasping the knees in earnest supplication, ἥψατο γούνων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.512; ἑλεῖν, λαβεῖν γούνων 21.71, 1.407, etc.; τῶν γουνάτων λαβέσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.76)]; ποτὶ (variant{περὶ}) or ἀμφὶ γούνασί τινος χεῖρας βαλεῖν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.310, 7.142; περὶ γόνυ χέρας ἱκεσίους ἔβαλον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1414, compare “Ph.” 1622, etc.; τὰ σὰ γούναθ᾽ ἱκάνομαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.457, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.147, etc.; κιχανόμενοι τὰ σὰ γοῦνα ἱκόμεθ᾽ 9.266; ἀντίος ἤλυθε γούνων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.463; γόνυ σὸν ἀμπίσχειν χερί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 165; σοῖς προστίθημι γόνασιν ὠλένας [prev. author] “Andr.” 895)]; ἐς γούνατά τινι or τινος πεσεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.86, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1607; ἀμφὶ γόνυ τινὸς πίπτειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 787)]; γόνυ τινός or πρὸς γόνυ προσπίπτειν[Refs ([prev. work] 339, “HF” 79; γόνασί τινος προσπίπτειν [prev. author] “Or.” 1332 (but προσπίτνω σε γόνασιν)] on my knees, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 485))]; πίπτειν πρὸς τὰ γ. τινος, tini, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.19, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.198; also γούνων λίσσεσθαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.451; ἐλλιτανεύειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.481; γουνάζεσθαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.345; ἄντεσθαι πρὸς τῶν γονάτων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 710; ἱκετεῦσαι πρὸς τ. γ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.70.)]
E.2 of a sitting posture, φημί μιν ἀσπασίως γ. κάμψειν will be glad to bend the knee so as to sit down and rest, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.118, compare 19.72)]; but also, bow the knee in submission, ἐμοὶ κάμψει (intransitive) πᾶν γ. [LXX (LXX.Isa.45.23)]; γ. ὀκλάζειν τινί[LXX (LXX.1Ki.19.18, see entry κάμπτω: ἐπὶ γούνασι)] on one's knees, ἐπὶ γούνασι πατρός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.500; ποτὶ γ. 5.408; γούνασιν ἐφέσσεσθαι φίλον υἱόν 9.455; σ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐμοῖσι.. γούνεσσι καθίσσας 9.488; τόν ῥά οἱ.. ἐπὶ γούνασι θῆκεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.401; ἐν τοῖς γόνασί τινος στρέφεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 617b)]; πέπλον.. θεῖναι Ἀθηναίης ἐπὶ γούνασιν to lay it on her lap (as an offering), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.92, compare “Schwyzer” [same place]: hence _metaphorically_, θεῶν ἐν γούνασι κεῖται)] it rests in the lap of.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.514, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.267, etc.)]; but ἐν γούνασιν πίτνοντα Νίκας victorious, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.26.)]
E.3 of the knees as the seat of strength, ἐν δὲ βίην ὤμοισι καὶ ἐν γούνεσσιν ἔθηκε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.569)]; of swiftness, λαιψηρά γ. [Refs (22.204, etc.; γούνατά τινος λύειν disable, kill him, 5.176)], etc.; ὑπὸ γούνατ᾽ ἔλυσεν [Refs (11.579)]; βλάπτειν γ. τινι, κάματος δ᾽ ὑπὸ γ. ἐδάμνα, [Refs (7.271, 21.52)]:—passive, αὐτοῦ λύτο γούνατα [Refs (21.114, etc.)]
E.4 metaphorically, ἐς γόνυ βάλλειν bring down upon the knee, i. e. humble, conquer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.27)]; ἐς γ. ῥίπτειν, κλίνειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 3.20, 30; ἐς γ. ἐλθεῖν 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 14, “Pers.” 1.17; Ἀσία δὲ χθὼν.. ἐπὶ γόνυ κέκλιται 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 931 (Lyric poetry).)]
E.5 proverbial, ἀπωτέρω ἢ γόνυ κνάμα 'blood is thicker than water', 'charity begins at home', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.18; γ. κνήμης ἔγγιον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1168b8, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.383b.)]
E.II joint of grasses or plants, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.98, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.26, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.2.4, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Antro Nympharum - Porphyrii Opuscula” 19)]. (Cf. Sanskrit jā´nu, Latin genu, etc.)