ΤΕΚΝΟΝ, τεκνον
TEKNON, teknon
Sounds Like: TEK-non
Translations: child, a child, son, a son, daughter, a daughter
From the root: ΤΕΚΝΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a child, offspring, or descendant. It can be used broadly to refer to a son or daughter, or more generally to a young person. It is often used in a tender or affectionate way, similar to how 'my child' or 'dear child' might be used in English. It can also be used metaphorically to refer to someone who is a spiritual 'child' or follower of another.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G5043 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
Barnabus
Codex Sinaiticus
- Genesis — 22:7
- Tobit — 3:15, 10:5, 10:13, 11:13
- Proverbs — 31:2
- Sirach — 2:1, 3:12, 3:17, 6:18, 6:23, 6:32, 10:28, 11:10, 14:11, 16:24, 18:15, 21:1, 30:9, 31:22, 37:27, 38:9, 38:16, 40:28
- Matthew — 9:2, 10:21, 21:28
- Mark — 2:5
- Luke — 1:7, 2:48, 15:31, 16:25
- 1 Corinthians — 4:17
- 1 Timothy — 1:18
- 2 Timothy — 2:1
- Revelation — 12:4, 12:5
- Epistle of Barnabas — 13:5, 19:5
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 125:3
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 3:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 17:16, 22:7, 22:8, 27:13, 27:18, 27:20, 27:21, 27:25, 27:26, 27:37, 27:43, 43:29, 48:19
- Deuteronomy — 28:57
- 1 Samuel — 3:9, 3:16, 4:16, 24:17, 26:17, 26:21, 26:25
- 1 Chronicles — 22:7
- Tobit — 3:15, 7:17, 10:5, 10:5, 10:12, 11:14, 12:1, 14:3, 14:4, 14:8, 14:10
- 2 Maccabees — 7:28
- Proverbs — 24:70
- Sirach — 2:1, 3:12, 3:17, 4:1, 6:18, 6:23, 6:32, 10:28, 11:10, 14:11, 16:24, 18:15, 21:1, 30:9, 34:22, 37:27, 38:9, 38:16, 40:28
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 9:2, 10:21, 21:28
- Mark — 2:5, 12:19, 13:12
- Luke — 1:7, 2:48, 15:31, 16:25
- 1 Corinthians — 4:17
- Philippians — 2:22
- 1 Timothy — 1:18
- 2 Timothy — 2:1
- Revelation — 12:4, 12:5
Twelve Disciples
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΕΚΝΟΝ.
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.
- ΤΕΚΙ — of children, of a child, of offspring
- ΤΕΚΝΑ — children, offspring
- ΤΕΚΝΑʼ — children, sons, daughters
- ΤΕΚΝΙΑ — little children, dear children, children
- ΤΕΚΝΟ — child, a child, offspring, descendant
- ΤΕΚΝΟΙ — (to) children, (of) children, children
- ΤΕΚΝΟΙΣ — to children, for children, with children, by children, children
- ΤΕΚΝΟΣ — child, a child, son, a son, daughter, a daughter, descendant, a descendant
- ΤΕΚΝΟΥ — (of) a child, (of) a son, (of) a daughter, (of) offspring
- ΤΕΚΝΟΥΣ — children, of children, to children
- ΤΕΚΝΩ — to a child, for a child, with a child
- ΤΕΚΝΩΝ — of children, children
- ΤΚΝΟΝ — child, a child, son, a son, daughter, a daughter, offspring
- ΤΩΝΤΕΚΝΩΝ — of the children, of the child
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