ἘΚΓΟΝΟΣ, ἐκγονος
EKGONOS, ekgonos
Sounds Like: ek-GOH-nos
Translations: descendant, offspring, a descendant, an offspring
From the root: ἘΚΓΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a descendant, offspring, or grandchild. It is used to denote someone who is born from a particular lineage or family, typically referring to children's children or later generations. It can be used in a sentence to describe someone's lineage, such as 'He is a descendant of David.'
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1622 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 14:379
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΚΓΟΝΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΚΓΟΝΟΥΣ — descendants, offspring, children, grandchildren
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