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 · τέκνα“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.”Matthew 3:9 · τέκναAnd 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.Matthew 7:11 · τέκνοιςSo 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!Matthew 9:2 · τέκνον,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.”Matthew 10:21 · τέκνον· · τέκναBrother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.Matthew 15:26 · τέκνωνBut Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”Matthew 18:25 · τέκναSince 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.Matthew 19:29 · τέκναAnd 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.Matthew 21:28 · τέκνα · τέκνον,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.’Matthew 22:24 · τέκνα,“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.Matthew 23:37 · τέκναO 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!Matthew 27:25 · τέκναAll the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”Mark 2:5 · τέκνον,When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”Mark 7:27 · τέκνα· · τέκνων“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.”Mark 10:24 · τέκνα,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!Mark 10:29 · τέκνα“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 gospelMark 10:30 · τέκναwill 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.Mark 12:19 · τέκνον“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.Mark 13:12 · τέκνον, · τέκναBrother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.Luke 1:7 · τέκνον,But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.Luke 1:17 · τέκναAnd 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.”Luke 2:48 · τέκνον,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.”Luke 3:8 · τέκναProduce 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.Luke 7:35 · τέκνωνBut wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”Luke 11:13 · τέκνοιςSo 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!”Luke 13:34 · τέκναO 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!Luke 14:26 · τέκνα“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.Luke 15:31 · τέκνον,‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours.Luke 16:25 · τέκνον,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.Luke 18:29 · τέκνα“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 GodLuke 19:44 · τέκναThey 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.”Luke 20:31 · τέκναand the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.Luke 23:28 · τέκναBut Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.John 1:12 · τέκναBut to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—John 8:39 · τέκνα“Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.John 11:52 · τέκναand not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.Acts 2:39 · τέκνοιςThis 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.”Acts 7:5 · τέκνου.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.Acts 13:33 · τέκνοιςHe 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.’Acts 21:5 · τέκνοιςBut 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.Acts 21:21 · τέκναBut 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.Romans 8:16 · τέκναThe Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.Romans 8:17 · τέκνα,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.Romans 8:21 · τέκνωνthat the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.Romans 9:7 · τέκνα,Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”Romans 9:8 · τέκνα · τέκνα · τέκναSo 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.1 Corinthians 4:14 · τέκναI am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.1 Corinthians 4:17 · τέκνονThat is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.1 Corinthians 7:14 · τέκναFor the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.2 Corinthians 6:13 · τέκνοιςAs a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also.2 Corinthians 12:14 · τέκνα · τέκνοις·See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.Galatians 4:19 · τέκναMy children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,Galatians 4:25 · τέκνωνNow Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.Galatians 4:27 · τέκναFor it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”Galatians 4:28 · τέκναNow you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.Galatians 4:31 · τέκναTherefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.Ephesians 2:3 · τέκναAll of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.Ephesians 5:1 · τέκναBe imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,Ephesians 5:8 · τέκναFor you were once darkness, but now you are 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 · τέκναFathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.Philippians 2:15 · τέκναso that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the worldPhilippians 2:22 · τέκνονBut you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.Colossians 3:20 · τέκνα,Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.Colossians 3:21 · τέκναFathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.1 Thessalonians 2:7 · τέκνα,On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.1 Thessalonians 2:11 · τέκναFor you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—1 Timothy 1:2 · τέκνῳTo Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.1 Timothy 1:18 · τέκνονTimothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,1 Timothy 3:4 · τέκναAn overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.1 Timothy 3:12 · τέκνωνA deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.1 Timothy 5:4 · τέκναBut if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.2 Timothy 1:2 · τέκνῳ·To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.2 Timothy 2:1 · τέκνονYou therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.Titus 1:4 · τέκνῳTo Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.Titus 1:6 · τέκναAn elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.Philemon 1:10 · τέκνουI appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.1 Peter 1:14 · τέκναAs obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.1 Peter 3:6 · τέκναjust as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.2 Peter 2:14 · τέκνα.Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.1 John 3:1 · τέκναBehold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.1 John 3:2 · τέκναBeloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.1 John 3:10 · τέκνα · τέκναBy this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love 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, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I alone, but also all who know the truth—2 John 1:4 · τέκνωνI was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.2 John 1:13 · τέκναThe children of your elect sister send you greetings.3 John 1:4 · τέκναI have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.Revelation 2:23 · τέκναThen I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.Revelation 12:4 · τέκνονHis tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.Revelation 12:5 · τέκνονAnd she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.