ἘΓΓΟΝΟΥΣ, ἐγγονους
EGGONOUS, eggonous
Sounds Like: ENG-go-noos
Translations: grandchildren, descendants, offspring, a grandchild, a descendant, an offspring
From the root: ΕΓΓΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to one's descendants, specifically grandchildren or offspring. It is used to denote the generation that follows directly after one's children, or more broadly, any subsequent generation.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1457 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 8:36
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΓΓΟΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΕΓʼΓΟΝΑ — grandchildren, descendants, offspring
- ΕΓΓΟΝΑ — grandchildren, offspring, descendants, a grandchild, an offspring, a descendant
- ΕΓΓΟΝΑʼ — grandchildren, descendants, offspring
- ΕΓΓΟΝΟΝ — grandchild, a grandchild, descendant, a descendant, (of) a grandchild, (of) a descendant
- ΕΓΓΟΝΟΣ — grandchild, a grandchild, descendant, a descendant
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