τέκνον
Transliteration
teknon (Key)
Pronunciation
tek'-non
Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of τιμωρία (G5098)
mGNT
99x in 6 unique form(s) TR
99x in 8 unique form(s) LXX
167x in 4 unique form(s)
Τέκνα — 1x
τέκνα — 62x
τέκνοις — 8x
Τέκνον — 5x
τέκνον — 10x
τέκνου — 2x
τέκνῳ — 3x
τέκνων — 8x
τέκνα — 63x
τέκνοις — 8x
τέκνον — 16x
τέκνου — 2x
τέκνῳ — 3x
τέκνων — 7x
τέκνα — 94x
τέκνοις — 22x
τέκνον — 25x
τέκνων — 26x
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Strong’s Definitions

τέκνον téknon, tek'-non; from the base of G5098; a child (as produced):—child, daughter, son.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 99x

The KJV translates Strong's G5043 in the following manner: child (77x), son (21x), daughter (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 99x
The KJV translates Strong's G5043 in the following manner: child (77x), son (21x), daughter (1x).

  1. offspring, children

    1. child

      1. a male child, a son

    2. metaph.

      1. the name transferred to that intimate and reciprocal relationship formed between men by the bonds of love, friendship, trust, just as between parents and children

      2. in affectionate address, such as patrons, helpers, teachers and the like employ: my child

      3. in the NT, pupils or disciples are called children of their teachers, because the latter by their instruction nourish the minds of their pupils and mould their characters

      4. children of God: in the OT of "the people of Israel" as especially dear to God, in the NT, in Paul's writings, all who are led by the Spirit of God and thus closely related to God

      5. children of the devil: those who in thought and action are prompted by the devil, and so reflect his character

    3. metaph.

      1. of anything who depends upon it, is possessed by a desire or affection for it, is addicted to it

      2. one who is liable to any fate

        1. thus children of a city: it citizens and inhabitants

      3. the votaries of wisdom, those souls who have, as it were, been nurtured and moulded by wisdom

      4. cursed children, exposed to a curse and doomed to God's wrath or penalty

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Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τέκνον téknon, tek'-non; from the base of G5098; a child (as produced):—child, daughter, son.
STRONGS G5043:
τέκνον, τέκνου, τό (τίκτω, τεκεῖν), from Homer down, the Sept. chiefly for בֵּן, sometimes for יֶלֶד, offspring; plural children;
a. properly,
α. universally and without regard to sex, child: Mark 13:12; Luke 1:7; Acts 7:5; Revelation 12:4; plural, Matthew 7:11; Matthew 10:21; Matthew 15:26; Mark 7:27; Mark 12:19; Luke 1:17; Luke 14:26; Acts 21:5; 2 Corinthians 12:14; Ephesians 6:1; Colossians 3:20; 1 Thessalonians 2:7, 11; 1 Timothy 3:4; Titus 1:6; 2 John 1:1, 4, 13, and often; with emphasis: to be regarded as true, genuine children, Romans 9:7; τέκνα ἐπαγγελίας, children begotten by virtue of the divine promise, Romans 9:8; accounted as children begotten by virtue of God's promise, Galatians 4:28; τά τέκνα τῆς σαρκός, children by natural descent, Romans 9:8. in a broader sense (like the Hebrew בָּנִים), posterity: Matthew 2:18; Matthew 3:9; Luke 3:8; Acts 2:39; Acts 13:33(32). with emphasis: genuine posterity, true offspring, John 8:39; (of women) to be regarded as children, 1 Peter 3:6.
β. specifically, a male child, a son: Matthew 21:28; Acts 21:21; Revelation 12:5; in the vocative, in kindly address, Matthew 21:28; Luke 2:48; Luke 15:31.
b. metaphorically, the name is transferred to that intimate and reciprocal relationship formed between men by the bonds of love, friendship, trust, just as between parents and children;
α. in affectionate address, such as patrons, helpers, teachers, and the like, employ; vocative child (son), my child, children. (Latin fili, mi fili, etc., for carissime, etc.): Matthew 9:2; Mark 2:5; Mark 10:24 (here Lachmann τεκνία, which see).
β. just as in Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic, Persian, so in the N. T., pupils or disciples are called children of their teachers, because the latter by their instruction nourish the minds of their pupils and mould their characters (see γεννάω, 2 b.): Philemon 1:10; 2 Timothy 1:2; 3 John 1:4; in affectionate address, Galatians 4:19 L text T Tr WH marginal reading; 1 Timothy 1:18; 2 Timothy 2:1; with ἐν κυρίῳ added, 1 Corinthians 4:17; ἐν πίστει, 1 Timothy 1:2; κατά κοινήν πίστιν, Titus 1:4 (הַגְּבִיאִים בְּנֵי, sons i. e. disciples of the prophets, 1 Kings 21:35 (1 Kings 20:35); 2 Kings 2:3, 5, 7; among the Persians, 'sons of the Magi,' i. e. their pupils).
γ. τέκνα τοῦ Θεοῦ, children of God —in the O. T. of 'the people of Israel' as especially dear to God: Isaiah 30:1; Wis. 16:21; — in the N. T., in Paul's writings, all who are animated by the Spirit of God (Romans 8:14) and thus are closely related to God: Romans 8:16f, 21; Ephesians 5:1; Philippians 2:15; those to whom, as dearly beloved of God, he has appointed salvation by Christ, Romans 9:8; in the writings of John, all who ἐκ Θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν (have been begotten of God, see γεννάω, 2 d.): John 1:12; 1 John 3:1f, 10; 1 John 5:2; those whom God knows to be qualified to obtain the nature and dignity of his children, John 11:52. (Cf. Westcott on the Epistles of St. John, pp. 94, 120; "In St. Paul the expressions 'sons of God', 'children of God', mostly convey the idea of liberty (see however Philippians 2:15), in St. John of guilelessness and love; in accordance with this distinction St. Paul uses υἱοί as well as τέκνα, St. John τέκνα only" (Lightfoot); cf. υἱός τοῦ Θεοῦ, 4.)
δ. τέκνα τοῦ διαβόλου, those who in thought and action are prompted by the devil, and so reflect his character: 1 John 3:10.
c. metaphorically, and Hebraistically, one is called τέκνον, of anything who depends upon it, is possessed by a desire or affection for it, is addicted to it; or who is liable to any fate; thus in the N. T. we find
α. children of a city, i. e. its citizens, inhabitants (Jeremiah 2:30; Joel 2:23; 1 Macc. 1:38; υἱοί Σιών, Psalm 149:2): Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:34; Luke 19:44; Galatians 4:25.
β. τέκνα τῆς σοφίας, the votaries of wisdom, those whose souls have, as it were, been nurtured and moulded by wisdom: Matthew 11:19 (where T Tr text WH have hastily adopted ἔργων for τέκνων; cf. Keim, ii, p. 369 (English translation, iv., p. 43f; per contra, see Tdf.s note and WH's Appendix at the passage)); Luke 7:35; τέκνα ὑπακοῆς, those actuated by a desire to obey, obedient, 1 Peter 1:14; τοῦ φωτός, both illumined by the light and loving the light, Ephesians 5:8.
γ. κατάρας τέκνα, exposed to cursing, 2 Peter 2:14; τῆς ὀργῆς, doomed to God's wrath or penalty, Ephesians 2:3; cf. Steiger on 1 Peter 1:14; Winers Grammar, 238 (223); (Buttmann, 161 (141)). In the same way ἔκγονος is used sometimes in Greek writings; as, ἔκγονος ἀδικίας, δειλίας, Plato, legg. 3, p. 691 c.; 10, p. 901 e.
[SYNONYMS: τέκνον, υἱός: τέκνον and υἱός while concurring in pointing to parentage, differ in that τέκνον gives prominence to the physical and outward aspects, υἱός to the inward, ethical, legal. Cf. b. γ. above; υἱός τοῦ Θεοῦ, at the end; παῖς, at the end and references (especially that to Höhne).]
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References

1 Kings
1 Kings 20:35
2 Kings
2 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 2:7
Psalms
Psalms 149:2
Isaiah
Isaiah 30:1
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 2:30
Joel
1; Joel 2:23
Matthew
Matthew 2:18; Matthew 3:9; Matthew 7:11; Matthew 9:2; Matthew 10:21; Matthew 11:19; Matthew 15:26; Matthew 21:28; Matthew 21:28; Matthew 23:37
Mark
Mark 2:5; Mark 7:27; Mark 10:24; Mark 12:19; Mark 13:12
Luke
Luke 1:7; Luke 1:17; Luke 2:48; Luke 3:8; Luke 7:35; Luke 13:34; Luke 14:26; Luke 15:31; Luke 19:44
John
John 1:12; John 8:39; John 11:52
Acts
Acts 2:39; Acts 7:5; Acts 13:33; Acts 21:5; Acts 21:21
Romans
Romans 8:14; Romans 8:16; Romans 8:21; Romans 9:7; Romans 9:8; Romans 9:8; Romans 9:8
1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 4:17
2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 12:14
Galatians
Galatians 4:19; Galatians 4:25; Galatians 4:28
Ephesians
Ephesians 2:3; Ephesians 5:1; Ephesians 5:8; Ephesians 6:1
Philippians
Philippians 2:15; Philippians 2:15
Colossians
Colossians 3:20
1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 2:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:11
1 Timothy
1 Timothy 1:2; 1 Timothy 1:18; 1 Timothy 3:4
2 Timothy
2 Timothy 1:2; 2 Timothy 2:1
Titus
Titus 1:4; Titus 1:6
Philemon
Philemon 1:10
1 Peter
1 Peter 1:14; 1 Peter 1:14; 1 Peter 3:6
2 Peter
2 Peter 2:14
1 John
1 John 3:1; 1 John 3:10; 1 John 3:10; 1 John 5:2
2 John
2 John 1:1; 2 John 1:4; 2 John 1:13
3 John
3 John 1:4
Revelation
Revelation 12:4; Revelation 12:5
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