ἘΓΓΟΝΟΙΣ, ἐγγονοις
EGGONOIS, eggonois
Sounds Like: eng-GOH-noys
Translations: (to) grandchildren, (to) descendants, (to) offspring
From the root: ἘΓΓΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to one's offspring, specifically grandchildren or descendants. It is used to denote the generation that follows, extending the family line. In a sentence, it would indicate the recipients of an action or something given to them.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1477 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:196
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 6:142, 10:185
- Book 6 — 6:105
- Book 7 — 4:93, 4:94, 4:95
- Book 10 — 7:112
- Book 20 — 10:225, 10:249
Josephus' The Jewish War
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
- 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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