ἘΓΓΟΝΑ, ἐγγονα
EGGONA, eggona
Sounds Like: ENG-go-nah
Translations: descendants, offspring, children, grandchildren, a descendant, an offspring
From the root: ἘΓΓΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This word refers to those born from someone, typically used for descendants, offspring, or grandchildren. It can be used as a noun to denote a person's progeny or as an adjective meaning 'born in' or 'descended from'. It is often found in plural forms when referring to a group of descendants.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1457 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 81:2
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.
- ἘΓΓΟΝΟΙ — grandchildren, descendants, posterity
- 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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