Strong G5043τέκνον
child
- Transliteration
- teknon
- Pronunciation
- tek'-non
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From the base of G5098; a child (as produced): - child daughter son.
Detailed definition
τέκνον, -ου, τό
(τίκτω), [in LXX chiefly for בֵּן, also for יֶלֶד, etc.;]
that which is begotten, born (cf. Scottish bairn), a child of either sex: Mrk.13:12, Luk.1:7, Act.7:5; pl., Mat.7:11, Mrk.7:27, Luk.1:17, Eph.6:1, al.; τέκνα ἐπαγγελίας, Rom.9:8; τ. τῆς σαρκός, ib.; in a wider sense (as Heb. בָּנִים), of posterity, Mat.2:18, Luk.3:8, al.; specif., of a male child, Mat.21:28, Act.21:21, a,l.; in voc. as a form of kindly address from an elder to a junior or from a teacher to a disciple, Mat.9:2 21:28, Mrk.2:5, Luk.2:48; τ. μου (= cl. τ. μοι; see Bl., §37, 5), Gal.4:19 (τεκνία, WH, txt.), 2Ti.2:1. Metaphorical,
__(a) of disciples (apart from direct address, see supr.): Phm 10, 1Ti.1:2, Tit.1:4, 3Jo.4;
__(b) with reference to the Fatherhood of God (see: πατήρ, γεννάω), τέκνα τ. θεοῦ (cf. Isa.30:1, Wis.16:21): Rom.8:16, Eph.5:1, Php.2:15; and esp. in Johannine bks. (cf. Westc, Epp. Jo., 94, 120), Jhn.1:12, 1Jn.3:1 al.;
__(with) of those who imitate others and are therefore regarded as the spiritual offspring of their exemplars: Mat.3:9, Luk.3:8, Jhn.8:39, Rom.9:7, 1Pe.3:6; τ. διαβόλου, 1Jn.3:10;
__(d) as in Heb. (LXX, Jol.2:23, Psa.149:2, 1Ma.1:38), of the inhabitants of a city: Mat.23:37, Luk.13:34 19:44, Gal.4:25;
__(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, Eph.5:8; τ. ὑπακοῆς, 1Pe.1:14; κατάρας, 2Pe.2:14; ὀργῆς, Eph.2:3.
SYN.: see: παῖς. (AS)
(τίκτω), [in LXX chiefly for בֵּן, also for יֶלֶד, etc.;]
that which is begotten, born (cf. Scottish bairn), a child of either sex: Mrk.13:12, Luk.1:7, Act.7:5; pl., Mat.7:11, Mrk.7:27, Luk.1:17, Eph.6:1, al.; τέκνα ἐπαγγελίας, Rom.9:8; τ. τῆς σαρκός, ib.; in a wider sense (as Heb. בָּנִים), of posterity, Mat.2:18, Luk.3:8, al.; specif., of a male child, Mat.21:28, Act.21:21, a,l.; in voc. as a form of kindly address from an elder to a junior or from a teacher to a disciple, Mat.9:2 21:28, Mrk.2:5, Luk.2:48; τ. μου (= cl. τ. μοι; see Bl., §37, 5), Gal.4:19 (τεκνία, WH, txt.), 2Ti.2:1. Metaphorical,
__(a) of disciples (apart from direct address, see supr.): Phm 10, 1Ti.1:2, Tit.1:4, 3Jo.4;
__(b) with reference to the Fatherhood of God (see: πατήρ, γεννάω), τέκνα τ. θεοῦ (cf. Isa.30:1, Wis.16:21): Rom.8:16, Eph.5:1, Php.2:15; and esp. in Johannine bks. (cf. Westc, Epp. Jo., 94, 120), Jhn.1:12, 1Jn.3:1 al.;
__(with) of those who imitate others and are therefore regarded as the spiritual offspring of their exemplars: Mat.3:9, Luk.3:8, Jhn.8:39, Rom.9:7, 1Pe.3:6; τ. διαβόλου, 1Jn.3:10;
__(d) as in Heb. (LXX, Jol.2:23, Psa.149:2, 1Ma.1:38), of the inhabitants of a city: Mat.23:37, Luk.13:34 19:44, Gal.4:25;
__(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, Eph.5:8; τ. ὑπακοῆς, 1Pe.1:14; κατάρας, 2Pe.2:14; ὀργῆς, Eph.2:3.
SYN.: see: παῖς. (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5043 appears in 91 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- child68
- son21
- children3
- unto2
- daughter1
- to1
First verses
- Matthew 2:18In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
- Matthew 3:9And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
- Matthew 7:11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
- Matthew 9:2And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
- Matthew 10:21And 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.
- Matthew 11:19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
- Matthew 15:26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
- Matthew 18:25But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
- Matthew 19:29And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
- Matthew 21:28But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
- Matthew 22:24Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
- Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
- Matthew 27:25Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
- Mark 2:5When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
- Mark 7:27But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
- Mark 10:24And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
- Mark 10:29And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,
- Mark 10:30But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
- Mark 12:19Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
- Mark 13:12Now 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.
Occurrences by book
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Detailed Greek dictionary
τέκνον, τό,
(τίκτω,--οὐκ ἔστι μήτηρ ἡ κεκλημένου τέκνου τοκεύς, τροφὸς δὲ.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 658))], child, ἄλοχοι καὶ νήπια τέκνα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.136, +others; πατρὸς σωφροσύνη μέγιστον τέκνοις παράγγελμα 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 208, compare 222; τέκνα καὶ γυναῖκες 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.164, 2.30, “SIG” 569.10 (Cos, 3rd c.BC), +others, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.58.9, 9.39.3)]; γυναῖκες καὶ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.19, +others, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.78.1 (compare 10.34.3), “SIG” 633.46 (Milet., 2nd c.BC), “BGU” 1811.5 (1st c.BC))], etc.: the singular is used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] only in vocative, as a form of address from elders to their youngers, my son, my child, sometimes with masculine adjective, φίλε τέκνον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.84, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.363, +others)]: the relative pronoun or Participle sometimes follows in masculine or feminine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 171, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 12f, “Tr.” 740)]:—the word is used in Prose at Cyrene, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.160, and Epidaurus, “IG” 42(1).122.82 (4th c.BC), +others, but is rarer than παῖς)] in Attic dialect Prose, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.74, 11.10, 12.96, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.9, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.109; frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus, “Lac.” 1.8, +others, also 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, “Pol.” 1253b7, +others, and later, “PPetr.” 3p.237 (3rd c.BC), “PCair.Zen.” 620.9 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Gen.3.16, +others, “PAmh.” 2.35.55 (2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus (see. above))]; rare in Comedy texts except in paratragoedic passages, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 891, +others)]; in Trag. it is generally used with especially reference to the mother, ὦ τέκνον Νηρῇδος, ὦ παῖ Πηλέως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 896 (troch.))]; Ἀγαμέμνονος παῖ (sic codices) καὶ Κλυταιμήστρας τέκνον [Refs ([prev. author] “IT” 238.)]
2 of animals,young, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.217, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.311, 12.170, +others, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 292 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.66, 3.102, 109, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.17, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 753a8, etc.)]
3 metaphorically, flowers are γαίας τέκνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 618; birds αἰθέρος τέκνα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 897)]; frogs λιμναῖα κρηνῶν τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 211, etc.)] [The penultimate is long in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)]; it is occasionally long in Trag.(e.g. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 249, 260, 875, 914))], but much more frequently short, as always in old Comedy texts, e.g.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 7, “Th.” 469, +others)], except in mock Tragic passages, e.g.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1518 (Lyric poetry))]; but sometimes long in later Comedy texts, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 163.6.])]
(τίκτω,--οὐκ ἔστι μήτηρ ἡ κεκλημένου τέκνου τοκεύς, τροφὸς δὲ.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 658))], child, ἄλοχοι καὶ νήπια τέκνα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.136, +others; πατρὸς σωφροσύνη μέγιστον τέκνοις παράγγελμα 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 208, compare 222; τέκνα καὶ γυναῖκες 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.164, 2.30, “SIG” 569.10 (Cos, 3rd c.BC), +others, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.58.9, 9.39.3)]; γυναῖκες καὶ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.19, +others, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.78.1 (compare 10.34.3), “SIG” 633.46 (Milet., 2nd c.BC), “BGU” 1811.5 (1st c.BC))], etc.: the singular is used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] only in vocative, as a form of address from elders to their youngers, my son, my child, sometimes with masculine adjective, φίλε τέκνον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.84, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.363, +others)]: the relative pronoun or Participle sometimes follows in masculine or feminine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 171, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 12f, “Tr.” 740)]:—the word is used in Prose at Cyrene, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.160, and Epidaurus, “IG” 42(1).122.82 (4th c.BC), +others, but is rarer than παῖς)] in Attic dialect Prose, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.74, 11.10, 12.96, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.9, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.109; frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus, “Lac.” 1.8, +others, also 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, “Pol.” 1253b7, +others, and later, “PPetr.” 3p.237 (3rd c.BC), “PCair.Zen.” 620.9 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Gen.3.16, +others, “PAmh.” 2.35.55 (2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus (see. above))]; rare in Comedy texts except in paratragoedic passages, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 891, +others)]; in Trag. it is generally used with especially reference to the mother, ὦ τέκνον Νηρῇδος, ὦ παῖ Πηλέως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 896 (troch.))]; Ἀγαμέμνονος παῖ (sic codices) καὶ Κλυταιμήστρας τέκνον [Refs ([prev. author] “IT” 238.)]
2 of animals,young, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.217, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.311, 12.170, +others, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 292 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.66, 3.102, 109, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.17, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 753a8, etc.)]
3 metaphorically, flowers are γαίας τέκνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 618; birds αἰθέρος τέκνα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 897)]; frogs λιμναῖα κρηνῶν τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 211, etc.)] [The penultimate is long in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)]; it is occasionally long in Trag.(e.g. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 249, 260, 875, 914))], but much more frequently short, as always in old Comedy texts, e.g.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 7, “Th.” 469, +others)], except in mock Tragic passages, e.g.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1518 (Lyric poetry))]; but sometimes long in later Comedy texts, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 163.6.])]