ΤΕΚΝΟΙΣ, τεκνοις
TEKNOIS, teknois
Sounds Like: TEK-noys
Translations: to children, for children, with children, by children, children
From the root: ΤΕΚΝΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to children, offspring, or descendants. It is used in the dative case, indicating the indirect object of an action, or the means/instrument by which something is done. It can also be used to indicate possession or association.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G5043 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 106:5
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:185
Codex Sinaiticus
- Deuteronomy — 29:28
- Esther — 3:13f
- 1 Maccabees — 5:23, 13:45
- 4 Maccabees — 14:17, 18:6
- Proverbs — 14:26, 30:4
- Sirach — 3:2, 3:11, 11:28, 25:7
- Isaiah — 13:18
- Jeremiah — 38:17, 39:39, 42:14
- Joel — 1:3
- Matthew — 7:11
- Luke — 11:13
- Acts of the Apostles — 2:39, 13:33, 21:5
- 2 Corinthians — 6:13, 12:14
- 2 John — 1:1
- Shepherd of Hermas — 6:3, 7:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 15:317
- Book 3 — 5:78, 5:89, 15:311
- Book 4 — 3:39, 8:309
- Book 5 — 1:47, 2:165, 8:250, 10:343
- Book 6 — 7:155, 14:357, 14:377
- Book 8 — 4:123
- Book 9 — 1:9, 4:49
- Book 11 — 3:67, 5:145, 6:184, 6:218
- Book 12 — 5:251, 6:267, 6:275
- Book 14 — 10:203, 15:429
- Book 17 — 6:146
- Book 20 — 6:123, 8:166
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 31:16, 31:43, 32:11
- Exodus — 10:2
- Leviticus — 25:46
- Deuteronomy — 29:29
- Joshua — 14:9, 22:24, 22:27
- 1 Samuel — 2:5
- 1 Kings — 12:24, 17:12, 17:13
- Ezra (Alpha) — 4:53, 8:50, 8:90, 9:36
- Ezra (Beta) — 8:21
- Esther — 3:13
- Tobit — 4:12
- 1 Maccabees — 5:23, 13:45
- 2 Maccabees — 12:3
- 3 Maccabees — 1:4, 3:25
- 4 Maccabees — 14:17, 18:6
- Psalms of Solomon — 1:3, 8:39, 15:12
- Odes — 3:5
- Proverbs — 14:26, 24:27
- Sirach — 3:2, 3:11, 11:28, 25:7
- Isaiah — 13:18
- Jeremiah — 38:17, 39:39, 42:14
- Hosea — 10:14
- Joel — 1:3
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ΤΕΚΝΑ — children, offspring
- ΤΕΚΝΑʼ — children, sons, daughters
- ΤΕΚΝΙΑ — little children, dear children, children
- ΤΕΚΝΟ — child, a child, offspring, descendant
- ΤΕΚΝΟΙ — (to) children, (of) 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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