Midvash

τέκνονtéknon

a child (as produced)

Greek (New Testament) · G5043

Meanings

that which is begotten, born (cf. Scottish bairn), a child of either sex: Mark 13:12, Luke 1:7, Acts 7:5; plural, Matthew 7:11, Mark 7:27, Luke 1:17, Ephesians 6:1, and elsewhere; τέκνα ἐπαγγελίας, Romans 9:8; τ. τῆς σαρκός, Romans 9:8; in a wider sense (as Heb. בָּנִים), of posterity, Matthew 2:18, Luke 3:8, and elsewhere; 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, Matthew 21:28, Mark 2:5, Luke 2:48; τ. μου (= classical Greek τ. μοι; see Bl., §37, 5), Galatians 4:19, 2 Timothy 2:1. Metaph.

(a) of disciples (apart from direct address, see above): Philemon 1:10, 1 Timothy 1:2, Titus 1:4, 3 John 1:4

(b) with reference to the Fatherhood of God (see πατήρ, γεννάω), τέκνα τ. θεοῦ (cf. Isaiah 30:1, Wisdom 16:21): Romans 8:16, Ephesians 5:1, Philippians 2:15; and especially in Johannine bks., John 1:12, 1 John 3:1 and elsewhere

(c) 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, Psalms 149:2, 1 Maccabees 1:38), of the inhabitants of a city: Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34, Luke 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: τέκνα φωτός, Ephesians 5:8; τ. ὑπακοῆς, 1 Peter 1:14; κατάρας, 2 Peter 2:14; ὀργῆς, Ephesians 2:3.

Synonyms

see παῖς.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 99 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 2:18 “A cry was heard in Ramah— weeping and great mourning. Rachel weeps for her children, refusing to be comforted, for they are dead.”
  • Matthew 3:9 Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones.
  • Matthew 7:11 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.
  • Matthew 9:2 Some people brought to him a paralyzed man on a mat. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Be encouraged, my child! Your sins are forgiven.”
  • Matthew 10:21 “A brother will betray his brother to death, a father will betray his own child, and children will rebel against their parents and cause them to be killed.
  • Matthew 15:26 Jesus responded, “It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.