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: Mrk.13:12, Luk.1:7, Act.7:5; pl., Mat.7:11, Mrk.7:27, Luk.1:17, Eph.6:1, al.; τέκνα ἐπαγγελίας, Rom.9:8; τ. τῆς σαρκός, ib.; in a wider sense (as Heb. בָּנִים), of posterity, Mat.2:18, Luk.3:8, al.; specif., of a male child, Mat.21:28, Act.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, Mat.9:2 21:28, Mrk.2:5, Luk.2:48; τ. μου (= cl. τ. μοι; see Bl., §37, 5), Gal.4:19 (τεκνία, WH, txt.), 2Ti.2:1. Metaphorical, (a) of disciples (apart from direct address, see supr.): Phm 10, 1Ti.1:2, Tit.1:4, 3Jo.4; (b) with reference to the Fatherhood of God (see: πατήρ, γεννάω), τέκνα τ. θεοῦ (cf. Isa.30:1, Wis.16:21): Rom.8:16, Eph.5:1, Php.2:15; and esp. in Johannine bks. (cf. Westc, Epp. Jo., 94, 120), Jhn.1:12, 1Jn.3:1 al.; (with) of those who imitate others and are therefore regarded as the spiritual offspring of their exemplars: Mat.3:9, Luk.3:8, Jhn.8:39, Rom.9:7, 1Pe.3:6; τ. διαβόλου, 1Jn.3:10; (d) as in Heb. (LXX, Jol.2:23, Psa.149:2, 1Ma.1:38), of the inhabitants of a city: Mat.23:37, Luk.13:34 19:44, Gal.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, Eph.5:8; τ. ὑπακοῆς, 1Pe.1:14; κατάρας, 2Pe.2:14; ὀργῆς, Eph.2:3. SYN.: see: παῖς. (AS)
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G5043 — τέκνον
teknon · child · Greek
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Matthew 2:18 · τέκναIn Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping [for] her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.Matthew 3:9 · τέκναAnd think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to [our] father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.Matthew 7:11 · τέκνοιςIf ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?Matthew 9:2 · τέκνον,And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.Matthew 10:21 · τέκνον· · τέκναAnd the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against [their] parents, and cause them to be put to death.Matthew 15:26 · τέκνωνBut he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast [it] to dogs.Matthew 18:25 · τέκναBut forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.Matthew 19:29 · τέκναAnd every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.Matthew 21:28 · τέκνα · τέκνον,But what think ye? A [certain] man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.Matthew 22:24 · τέκνα,Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.Matthew 23:37 · τέκναO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!Matthew 27:25 · τέκναThen answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.Mark 2:5 · τέκνον,When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.Mark 7:27 · τέκνα· · τέκνωνBut Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast [it] unto the dogs.Mark 10:24 · τέκνα,And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!Mark 10:29 · τέκναAnd Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,Mark 10:30 · τέκναBut he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.Mark 12:19 · τέκνονMaster, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave [his] wife [behind him], and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.Mark 13:12 · τέκνον, · τέκναNow the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against [their] parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.Luke 1:7 · τέκνον,And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were [now] well stricken in years.Luke 1:17 · τέκναAnd he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.Luke 2:48 · τέκνον,And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.Luke 3:8 · τέκναBring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to [our] father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.Luke 7:35 · τέκνωνBut wisdom is justified of all her children.Luke 11:13 · τέκνοιςIf ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?Luke 13:34 · τέκναO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen [doth gather] her brood under [her] wings, and ye would not!Luke 14:26 · τέκναIf any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.Luke 15:31 · τέκνον,And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.Luke 16:25 · τέκνον,But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.Luke 18:29 · τέκναAnd he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,Luke 19:44 · τέκναAnd shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.Luke 20:31 · τέκναAnd the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.Luke 23:28 · τέκναBut Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.John 1:12 · τέκναBut as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:John 8:39 · τέκναThey answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.John 11:52 · τέκναAnd not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.Acts 2:39 · τέκνοιςFor the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call.Acts 7:5 · τέκνου.And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not [so much as] to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.Acts 13:33 · τέκνοιςGod hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.Acts 21:5 · τέκνοιςAnd when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till [we were] out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.Acts 21:21 · τέκναAnd they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise [their] children, neither to walk after the customs.Romans 8:16 · τέκναThe Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:Romans 8:17 · τέκνα,And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together.Romans 8:21 · τέκνωνBecause the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.Romans 9:7 · τέκνα,Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.Romans 9:8 · τέκνα · τέκνα · τέκναThat is, They which are the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.1 Corinthians 4:14 · τέκναI write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn [you].1 Corinthians 4:17 · τέκνονFor this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.1 Corinthians 7:14 · τέκναFor the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.2 Corinthians 6:13 · τέκνοιςNow for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto [my] children,) be ye also enlarged.2 Corinthians 12:14 · τέκνα · τέκνοις·Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.Galatians 4:19 · τέκναMy little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,Galatians 4:25 · τέκνωνFor this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.Galatians 4:27 · τέκναFor it is written, Rejoice, [thou] barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.Galatians 4:28 · τέκναNow we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.Galatians 4:31 · τέκναSo then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.Ephesians 2:3 · τέκναAmong whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.Ephesians 5:1 · τέκναBe ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;Ephesians 5:8 · τέκναFor ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:Ephesians 6:1 · τέκνα,Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.Ephesians 6:4 · τέκναAnd, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.Philippians 2:15 · τέκναThat ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;Philippians 2:22 · τέκνονBut ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.Colossians 3:20 · τέκνα,Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.Colossians 3:21 · τέκναFathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged.1 Thessalonians 2:7 · τέκνα,But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:1 Thessalonians 2:11 · τέκναAs ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father [doth] his children,1 Timothy 1:2 · τέκνῳUnto Timothy, [my] own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, [and] peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.1 Timothy 1:18 · τέκνονThis charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;1 Timothy 3:4 · τέκναOne that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;1 Timothy 3:12 · τέκνωνLet the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.1 Timothy 5:4 · τέκναBut if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.2 Timothy 1:2 · τέκνῳ·To Timothy, [my] dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, [and] peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.2 Timothy 2:1 · τέκνονThou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.Titus 1:4 · τέκνῳTo Titus, [mine] own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, [and] peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.Titus 1:6 · τέκναIf any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.Philemon 1:10 · τέκνουI beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:1 Peter 1:14 · τέκναAs obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:1 Peter 3:6 · τέκναEven as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.2 Peter 2:14 · τέκνα.Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:1 John 3:1 · τέκναBehold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.1 John 3:2 · τέκναBeloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.1 John 3:10 · τέκνα · τέκναIn this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.1 John 5:2 · τέκναBy this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.2 John 1:1 · τέκνοιςThe elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;2 John 1:4 · τέκνωνI rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.2 John 1:13 · τέκναThe children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.3 John 1:4 · τέκναI have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.Revelation 2:23 · τέκναAnd I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.Revelation 12:4 · τέκνονAnd his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.Revelation 12:5 · τέκνονAnd she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and [to] his throne.