ΤΕΚΝΟΚΤΟΝΟΣ, τεκνοκτονος
TEKNOKTONOS, teknoktonos
Sounds Like: tek-nok-TOH-nos
Translations: child-killer, murderer of children, infanticide, child-killing
From the root: ΤΕΚΝΟΝ, ΚΤΕΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'child' (τέκνον) and 'killer' (κτόνος). As an adjective, it describes someone or something that kills children. As a noun, it refers to a person who kills children, an infanticide. It is used to describe a person who commits the act of killing their own child or children.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G5096 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΕΚΝΟΝ, ΚΤΕΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΤΕΚΝΟΚΤΟΝΙΑΝ — child-murder, infanticide, child-killing, a child-murder, an infanticide, a child-killing
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