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 · τέκναA voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; And she 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 who 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 are forgiven.Matthew 10:21 · τέκνον· · τέκναAnd brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.Matthew 15:26 · τέκνωνAnd he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs.Matthew 18:25 · τέκναBut forasmuch as he had not wherewith 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 left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.Matthew 21:28 · τέκνα · τέκνον,But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in the vineyard.Matthew 22:24 · τέκνα,saying, Teacher, 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, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! 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 · τέκναAnd all the people answered and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.Mark 2:5 · τέκνον,And Jesus seeing their faith saith unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins are forgiven.Mark 7:27 · τέκνα· · τέκνωνAnd he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs.Mark 10:24 · τέκνα,And the disciples were amazed 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 · τέκναJesus said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake, and for the gospel’s sake,Mark 10:30 · τέκναbut he shall receive a 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 · τέκνονTeacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.Mark 13:12 · τέκνον, · τέκναAnd brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children shall rise up against parents, and 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 his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.Luke 2:48 · τέκνον,And when they saw him, they were astonished; and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I 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 · τέκνωνAnd 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, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!Luke 14:26 · τέκναIf any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own 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 is mine is thine.Luke 16:25 · τέκνον,But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.Luke 18:29 · τέκναAnd he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or wife, or brethren, or parents, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,Luke 19:44 · τέκναand shall dash thee to 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 likewise the seven also 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 the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:John 8:39 · τέκναThey answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.John 11:52 · τέκναand not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God that are scattered abroad.Acts 2:39 · τέκνοιςFor to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.Acts 7:5 · τέκνου.and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.Acts 13:33 · τέκνοιςthat God hath fulfilled the same unto our children, in that he raised up Jesus; as also it is written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.Acts 21:5 · τέκνοιςAnd when it came to pass that we had accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey; and they all, with wives and children, brought us on our way till we were out of the city: and kneeling down on the beach, we prayed, and bade each other farewell;Acts 21:21 · τέκναand they have been informed concerning thee, that thou teachest all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children neither to walk after the customs.Romans 8:16 · τέκναThe Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are 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 with him.Romans 8:21 · τέκνωνthat the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.Romans 9:7 · τέκνα,neither, because they are Abraham’s seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.Romans 9:8 · τέκνα · τέκνα · τέκναThat is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.1 Corinthians 4:14 · τέκναI write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.1 Corinthians 4:17 · τέκνονFor this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church.1 Corinthians 7:14 · τέκναFor the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.2 Corinthians 6:13 · τέκνοιςNow for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged.2 Corinthians 12:14 · τέκνα · τέκνοις·Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden 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 am again in travail until Christ be formed in you—Galatians 4:25 · τέκνωνNow this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she 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 more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath the husband.Galatians 4:28 · τέκναNow we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.Galatians 4:31 · τέκναWherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman.Ephesians 2:3 · τέκναamong whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:—Ephesians 5:1 · τέκναBe ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;Ephesians 5:8 · τέκναfor ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of lightEphesians 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 nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.Philippians 2:15 · τέκναthat ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,Philippians 2:22 · τέκνονBut ye know the proof of him, that, as a child serveth a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.Colossians 3:20 · τέκνα,Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.Colossians 3:21 · τέκναFathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.1 Thessalonians 2:7 · τέκνα,But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:1 Thessalonians 2:11 · τέκναas ye know how we dealt with each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging you, and testifying,1 Timothy 1:2 · τέκνῳunto Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.1 Timothy 1:18 · τέκνονThis charge I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to thee, that by them thou mayest war the 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 deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.1 Timothy 5:4 · τέκναBut if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.2 Timothy 1:2 · τέκνῳ·to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.2 Timothy 2:1 · τέκνονThou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.Titus 1:4 · τέκνῳto Titus, my true child after a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.Titus 1:6 · τέκναif any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.Philemon 1:10 · τέκνουI beseech thee for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus,1 Peter 1:14 · τέκναas children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:1 Peter 3:6 · τέκναas Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.2 Peter 2:14 · τέκνα.having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing;1 John 3:1 · τέκναBehold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.1 John 3:2 · τέκναBeloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even 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 · τέκναHereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.2 John 1:1 · τέκνοιςThe elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth;2 John 1:4 · τέκνωνI rejoice greatly that I have found certain of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.2 John 1:13 · τέκναThe children of thine elect sister salute thee.3 John 1:4 · τέκναGreater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.Revelation 2:23 · τέκναAnd I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto each one of you according to your works.Revelation 12:4 · τέκνονAnd his tail draweth the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon standeth before the woman that is about to be delivered, that when she is delivered he may devour her child.Revelation 12:5 · τέκνονAnd she was delivered of a son, a man child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and unto his throne.