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τέκνον

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greekNew TestamentNoun · neuter99 occurrences23 books91 verses

Definition

τέκνον, -ου, τό

(τίκτω), [in LXX chiefly for בֵּן, also for יֶלֶד, etc. ;]

that which is begotten, born (cf. Scottish bairn), a child of either sex: Mark 13:12, Luke 1:7, Acts 7:5; pl., Matthew 7:11, Mark 7:27, Luke 1:17, Ephesians 6:1, al.; τέκνα ἐπαγγελίας, Romans 9:8; τ. τῆς σαρκός, ib.; in a wider sense (as Heb. בָּנִים), of posterity, Matthew 2:18, Luke 3:8, al.; specif., of a male child, Matthew 21:28, Acts 21:21, a,l.; in voc. as a form of kindly address from an elder to a junior or from a teacher to a disciple, Matthew 9:2; 21:28, Mark 2:5, Luke 2:48; τ. μου (= cl. τ. μοι; see Bl., §37, 5), Galatians 4:19 (τεκνία, WH, txt.), 2 Timothy 2:1. Metaphorical,

(a) of disciples (apart from direct address, see supr.): Phm 10, 1 Timothy 1:2, Titus 1:4, 3 John 4;

(b) with reference to the Fatherhood of God (see: πατήρ, γεννάω), τέκνα τ. θεοῦ (cf. Isaiah 30:1, Wis.16.21): Romans 8:16, Ephesians 5:1, Philippians 2:15; and esp. in Johannine bks. (cf. Westc, Epp. Jo., 94, 120), John 1:12, 1 John 3:1 al.;

(with) of those who imitate others and are therefore regarded as the spiritual offspring of their exemplars: Matthew 3:9, Luke 3:8, John 8:39, Romans 9:7, 1 Peter 3:6; τ. διαβόλου, 1 John 3:10;

(d) as in Heb. (LXX, Joel 2:23, Psalm 149:2, 1Ma.1.38), of the inhabitants of a city: Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34; 19:44, Galatians 4:25;

(e) with an adjectival genitive, frequently rendering a Heb. expression, adopted from LXX or formed on the analogy of its language, but sometimes with parallels in Gk. writers (see Deiss., BS, 161ff.): τέκνα φωτός, Ephesians 5:8; τ. ὑπακοῆς, 1 Peter 1:14; κατάρας, 2 Peter 2:14; ὀργῆς, Ephesians 2:3.

Synonyms: see: παῖς.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as τέκνον:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

99 total
  1. Matthew 2:18τέκνα · children
    “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
  2. Matthew 3:9τέκνα · children
    And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
  3. Matthew 7:11τέκνοις · children
    So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
  4. Matthew 9:2τέκνον · son
    Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
  5. Matthew 10:21τέκνον · [his] child; τέκνα · children
    Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
  6. Matthew 15:26τέκνων · children’s
    But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
  7. Matthew 18:25τέκνα · children
    Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.
  8. Matthew 19:29τέκνα · children
    And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
  9. Matthew 21:28τέκνα · sons; Τέκνον · Son
    But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
  10. Matthew 22:24τέκνα · children
    “Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
  11. Matthew 23:37τέκνα · children {together}
    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
  12. Matthew 27:25τέκνα · children
    All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
  13. Mark 2:5Τέκνον · Son
    When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
  14. Mark 7:27τέκνα · children; τέκνων · children’s
    “First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
  15. Mark 10:24Τέκνα · Children
    And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
  16. Mark 10:29τέκνα · children
    “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel
  17. Mark 10:30τέκνα · children
    …will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.
  18. Mark 12:19τέκνον · children
    “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
  19. Mark 13:12τέκνον · [his] child; τέκνα · Children
    Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
  20. Luke 1:7τέκνον · children
    But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
  21. Luke 1:17τέκνα · [their] children
    And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
  22. Luke 2:48Τέκνον · Child
    When His parents saw Him, they were astonished. “Child, why have You done this to us?” His mother asked. “Your father and I have been anxiously searching for You.”
  23. Luke 3:8τέκνα · children
    Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
  24. Luke 7:35τέκνων · children
    But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
  25. Luke 11:13τέκνοις · children
    So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
  26. Luke 13:34τέκνα · children {together}
    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
  27. Luke 14:26τέκνα · children
    “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
  28. Luke 15:31Τέκνον · Son
    ‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours.
  29. Luke 16:25Τέκνον · Child
    But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
  30. Luke 18:29τέκνα · children
    “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
  31. Luke 19:44τέκνα · children
    They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
  32. Luke 20:31τέκνα · children
    …and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.
  33. Luke 23:28τέκνα · children
    But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
  34. John 1:12τέκνα · children
    But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
  35. John 8:39τέκνα · children
    “Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.
  36. John 11:52τέκνα · children
    …and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
  37. Acts 2:39τέκνοις · children
    This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
  38. Acts 7:5τέκνου · a child
    He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.
  39. Acts 13:33τέκνοις · children
    He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’
  40. Acts 21:5τέκνοις · children
    But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
  41. Acts 21:21τέκνα · children
    But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.
  42. Romans 8:16τέκνα · children
    The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
  43. Romans 8:17τέκνα · [we are] children
    And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
  44. Romans 8:21τέκνων · children
    …that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
  45. Romans 9:7τέκνα · [his] children
    Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
  46. Romans 9:8τέκνα · children
    So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.