2001 Translation

TEKNA, tekna

Sounds Like: TEK-nah

Translations: children, offspring

From the root: ΤΕΚΝΟΝ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to children or offspring. It is the plural form of the noun 'τέκνον' (teknon), meaning 'child'. It is commonly used to refer to one's descendants or young ones in general.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter

Strong’s number: G5043 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 6:2, 15:3, 15:5, 99:5, 106:16

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:41

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 7:1, 9:3, 9:7, 15:4, 21:9

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:11, 1:36, 1:37, 2:57, 9:27, 10:9, 10:14

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 21:8, 22:1, 56:14

Codex Sinaiticus

• Numbers — 16:27
• Deuteronomy — 29:10
• 2 Esdras — 22:43
• Esther — 7:4, 9:25
• Judith — 7:14, 7:27, 7:32
• Tobit — 10:13
• 1 Maccabees — 1:32, 1:38, 1:40, 1:60, 2:38, 2:50, 2:64, 3:20, 5:13, 5:45, 8:10
• 4 Maccabees — 14:18, 16:9
• Psalms — 33:12, 108:13
• Proverbs — 17:6, 31:28
• Job — 5:25, 21:8, 39:4, 39:16
• Wisdom — 3:12, 3:16, 4:6, 16:21
• Sirach — 3:1, 7:23, 14:26, 16:3, 23:7, 23:23, 23:24, 23:25, 33:22, 40:19, 41:5, 41:7, 41:14, 44:9, 44:12, 44:13, 47:20
• Isaiah — 2:6, 13:18, 14:21, 27:6, 30:1, 44:3, 54:1, 54:13, 57:4, 57:5, 60:4, 60:9, 63:8
• Jeremiah — 2:30, 3:19, 45:23
• Joel — 1:3, 2:23
• Zechariah — 9:13, 10:7, 10:9
• Matthew — 2:18, 3:9, 10:21, 19:29, 21:28, 22:24, 23:37, 27:25
• Mark — 7:27, 10:24, 10:29, 10:30, 13:12
• Luke — 1:17, 3:8, 13:34, 14:26, 18:29, 19:44, 20:31, 23:28
• John — 1:12, 8:39, 11:52
• Acts of the Apostles — 21:21
• Romans — 8:16, 8:17, 9:7, 9:8
• 1 Corinthians — 4:14, 7:14
• 2 Corinthians — 12:14
• Galatians — 4:27, 4:28, 4:31
• Ephesians — 2:3, 5:1, 5:8, 6:1, 6:4
• Philippians — 2:15
• Colossians — 3:20, 3:21
• 1 Thessalonians — 2:7, 2:11
• 1 Timothy — 3:4, 5:4
• Titus — 1:6
• 1 Peter — 1:14, 3:6
• 2 Peter — 2:14
• 1 John — 3:1, 3:2, 3:10, 5:2
• 2 John — 1:13
• 3 John — 1:4
• Revelation — 2:23
• Epistle of Barnabas — 7:1, 9:3, 9:7, 15:4, 21:9
• Shepherd of Hermas — 3:2, 17:1, 17:9

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 2:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 14:77, 17:157, 25:202
• Book Two — 17:157, 25:202

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 6:165, 14:302
• Book 4 — 7:171, 8:273
• Book 6 — 3:40, 11:232, 14:359
• Book 7 — 10:243
• Book 8 — 14:365, 14:368
• Book 9 — 4:47, 4:65, 9:187
• Book 10 — 7:128, 8:136
• Book 11 — 5:142, 5:146
• Book 12 — 5:254, 8:329
• Book 13 — 1:21, 5:141, 15:399
• Book 14 — 6:97, 7:122, 10:194, 10:195, 10:196, 10:199, 13:354
• Book 17 — 1:12, 13:341
• Book 18 — 4:92, 5:136, 6:205
• Book 20 — 4:85

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 9:16, 9:23, 29:11
• Book Two — 12:15, 18:18, 18:19
• Book Three — 7:130
• Book Four — 1:71, 1:79
• Book Five — 9:71
• Book Seven — 8:129, 9:3, 9:5

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 27:1, 52:1, 53:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 13:8, 16:5, 19:6, 21:2, 25:1, 27:2, 46:6, 73:6, 78:8, 79:3, 80:4, 81:4, 119:5, 120:2, 123:9, 124:1, 125:5, 133:1, 140:1

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 4:2

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 2:1, 2:3, 6:8, 6:9

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 4:17, 16:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 3:16, 30:1, 33:7
• Exodus — 17:3, 20:5, 34:7
• Leviticus — 25:41
• Numbers — 14:18, 14:23, 16:27
• Deuteronomy — 2:34, 3:19, 5:9, 11:19, 28:54, 32:5
• Joshua — 22:24, 22:27
• Judges — 18:21
• 1 Samuel — 1:8, 2:24, 6:7, 6:10, 14:32, 30:22
• 1 Kings — 8:25, 9:6, 10:24, 15:4, 17:15, 21:3
• 1 Chronicles — 2:30, 2:32
• 2 Chronicles — 28:3, 30:9, 33:6
• Nehemiah — 12:43
• Esther — 7:4, 9:25
• Judith — 7:14, 7:27, 7:32
• Tobit — 10:11, 10:12
• 1 Maccabees — 1:32, 1:38, 1:60, 2:38, 2:50, 2:64, 3:20, 5:13, 5:45, 8:10
• 2 Maccabees — 6:10, 9:20
• 3 Maccabees — 6:3, 7:2
• 4 Maccabees — 14:18, 16:9
• Psalms — 33:12, 65:5, 108:13
• Psalms of Solomon — 2:8, 11:3, 17:13
• Odes — 2:5
• Proverbs — 17:6, 29:46
• Job — 5:25, 21:8, 39:4, 39:16
• Wisdom — 3:12, 3:16, 4:6, 16:21
• Sirach — 3:1, 7:23, 14:26, 16:3, 23:7, 23:23, 23:24, 23:25, 30:30, 40:19, 41:5, 41:7, 41:14, 44:9, 44:12, 47:20
• Isaiah — 2:6, 13:16, 13:18, 14:21, 27:6, 29:23, 30:1, 44:3, 54:1, 54:13, 57:4, 57:5, 60:4, 60:9, 63:8
• Jeremiah — 2:30, 45:23
• Baruch — 4:19, 4:21, 4:25, 4:27, 4:32, 5:5
• Ezekiel — 5:10, 16:21, 16:45, 20:18, 20:21, 23:37, 23:39
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 13:30, 14:15, 14:21
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 6:24
• Hosea — 1:2, 2:4, 5:7, 9:12, 9:13, 10:9, 11:1, 11:10
• Micah — 1:16
• Joel — 1:3, 2:23
• Zechariah — 9:13, 10:7, 10:9
• Enoch — 6:2, 15:3, 15:5

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 12 — 3:6

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 7 — 1:6

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 1 — 3:2
• Vision 3 — 9:1, 9:9

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 2:18, 3:9, 10:21, 18:25, 19:29, 21:28, 22:24, 23:37, 27:25
• Mark — 7:27, 10:24, 10:29, 10:30, 13:12
• Luke — 1:17, 3:8, 13:34, 14:26, 18:29, 19:44, 20:31, 23:28
• John — 1:12, 8:39, 11:52
• Acts — 21:21
• Romans — 8:16, 8:17, 9:7, 9:8
• 1 Corinthians — 4:14, 7:14
• 2 Corinthians — 12:14
• Galatians — 4:19, 4:27, 4:28, 4:31
• Ephesians — 2:3, 5:1, 5:8, 6:1, 6:4
• Philippians — 2:15
• Colossians — 3:20, 3:21
• 1 Thessalonians — 2:7, 2:11
• 1 Timothy — 3:4, 5:4
• Titus — 1:6
• 1 Peter — 1:14, 3:6
• 2 Peter — 2:14
• 1 John — 3:1, 3:2, 3:10, 5:2
• 2 John — 1:13
• 3 John — 1:4
• Revelation — 2:23

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 5:2

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
• 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
• ΤΕΚΝΟΝ — child, a child, son, a son, daughter, a daughter
• 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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