ΦΙΛΟΤΕΚΝΟΣ, φιλοτεκνος
PHILOTEKNOS, philoteknos
Sounds Like: fee-lo-TEK-nos
Translations: loving one's children, fond of one's children, a lover of children
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΤΕΚΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound adjective meaning 'loving one's children' or 'fond of one's children'. It describes someone who has a strong affection for their offspring. It is used to characterize a person, often a parent, who demonstrates love and care for their children.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G5388 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Shepherd of Hermas — 3:1
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 1 — 3:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΤΕΚΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΟΤΕΚΝΟΥΣ — loving their children, fond of one's children, loving children
- ΦΙΛΟΤΕΚΝΩΤΕΡΑ — more loving toward children, more fond of children, a more loving mother, a more child-loving woman
- ΦΙΛΟΤΕΚΝΩΤΕΡΑΙ — more loving toward children, more fond of children, more maternal
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