Greek · G5043, G1549 · unreviewed

τέκνα ... ἔκγονα

A child (as produced) · descendant

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τέκνον G5043 a child (as produced)

Pronunciation téknon

Physical offspring or spiritual descendants; designates those belonging to a father or exemplar.

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ἔκγονον G1549 descendant

Pronunciation ékgonon

Offspring or grandchild; distinguishes descendants beyond immediate children in family succession contexts.

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What does τέκνα ... ἔκγονα (tekna ... ekgona) mean in the Bible?

τέκνον · ἔκγονον is a Greek word meaning "children and descendants".

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Meaning

children and descendants

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 10:21 · Mark 13:12 · John 8:39 · Rom 8:16 · Rom 8:17 · Rom 9:7 · Rom 9:8 · 1 Cor 7:14 · 2 Cor 12:14 · Gal 4:27 · Gal 4:28 · Gal 4:31 · Eph 2:3 · Eph 5:1 · Eph 5:8 · Eph 6:1 28×

Nominative · Singular · Neuter Luke 1:7 · 1 Cor 4:17 · Phil 2:22 · Rev 12:5 4×

Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 15:26 · Mark 7:27 · Luke 7:35 · Rom 8:21 · Gal 4:25 · 1 Tim 3:12 · 2 John 1:4 7×

Genitive · Singular · Neuter Acts 7:5 · Phlm 1:10 2×

Dative · Plural · Neuter Matt 7:11 · Luke 11:13 · Acts 2:39 · Acts 13:33 · Acts 21:5 · 2 Cor 6:13 · 2 Cor 12:14 · 2 John 1:1 8×

Dative · Singular · Neuter 1 Tim 1:2 · 2 Tim 1:2 · Titus 1:4 3×

Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 2:18 · Matt 3:9 · Matt 18:25 · Matt 19:29 · Matt 21:28 · Matt 22:24 · Matt 23:37 · Matt 27:25 · Mark 7:27 · Mark 10:29 · Mark 10:30 · Luke 1:17 · Luke 3:8 · Luke 13:34 · Luke 14:26 · Luke 18:29 33×

Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 10:21 · Mark 12:19 · Mark 13:12 · Rev 12:4 4×

Vocative · Singular · Neuter Matt 9:2 · Matt 21:28 · Mark 2:5 · Luke 2:48 · Luke 15:31 · Luke 16:25 · 1 Tim 1:18 · 2 Tim 2:1 8×

Vocative · Plural · Neuter Mark 10:24 · Gal 4:19 2×

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

John 11 — The Resurrection and the Life, the Raising of Lazarus, and the Plot to Kill Jesus Mark 2 — The Son of Man Has Authority: Forgiveness, Fellowship, and Lordship Mark 7 — True Defilement and Boundary-Crossing Mercy Matthew 15 — Tradition, the Heart, Gentile Faith, and the Compassionate Bread of the Messiah Matthew 21 — The King Enters Jerusalem, Judges Fruitless Religion, and Exposes Rejected-Son Leadership Matthew 3 — The Forerunner, the Kingdom, and the Beloved Son Romans 9 — God’s Faithfulness, Sovereign Mercy, and Israel’s Stumbling Over Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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