ἘΓΓΟΝΟΝ, ἐγγονον
EGGONON, eggonon
Sounds Like: eng-GOH-non
Translations: grandchild, a grandchild, descendant, a descendant, posterity
From the root: ἘΓΓΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a grandchild or a descendant. It is used to denote offspring in a generational sense, often referring to children's children or those who come after. It can be used in a general sense for posterity.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1477 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 12:267
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
- ἘΓΓΟΝΟΙ — grandchildren, descendants, posterity
- ἘΓΓΟΝΟΙΣ — (to) grandchildren, (to) descendants, (to) offspring
- ἘΓΓΟΝΟΣ — grandchild, a grandchild, descendant, a descendant
- ἘΓΓΟΝΩΝ — of grandchildren, of descendants, of offspring
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