ἘΓΓΟΝΟΙ, ἐγγονοι
EGGONOI, eggonoi
Sounds Like: eng-GOH-noy
Translations: grandchildren, descendants, posterity
From the root: ἘΓΓΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to one's grandchildren or, more broadly, one's descendants or posterity. It is used to speak of the offspring of a person, typically beyond the immediate children, encompassing future generations. It is a compound word, formed from 'ἐν' (in) and 'γόνος' (offspring).
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1457 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 1:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΓΓΟΝΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΓΓΟΝΑ — descendants, offspring, children, grandchildren, a descendant, an offspring
- ἘΓΓΟΝΟΙΣ — (to) grandchildren, (to) descendants, (to) offspring
- ἘΓΓΟΝΟΝ — grandchild, a grandchild, descendant, a descendant, posterity
- ἘΓΓΟΝΟΣ — grandchild, a grandchild, descendant, a descendant
- ἘΓΓΟΝΩΝ — of grandchildren, of descendants, of offspring
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