G5043 – teknon – τέκνον a dear child, child belonging to

Strong’s ID:
G5043
Greek Word:
τέκνον
Transliteration:
teknon
Pronunciation:
tek’-non
Part of Speech:
noun neuter
Etymology:
from the base of G5098
Comparables:
G5207, a son
G2364, a daughter
G3816, a child
Usage Count:
99
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Find “teknon” in the Bible (New Testament)

Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon

a dear child, child belonging to (i.e., one’s own child)

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Strong’s Greek Lexicon

from the base of G5098; a child (as produced):—child, daughter, son.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) offspring, children
1a) child
1a) a male child, a son
1b) metaphorically
1b1) 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
1b2) in affectionate address, such as patrons, helpers, teachers and the like employ: my child
1b3) 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
1b4) 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
1b5) children of the devil: those who in thought and action are prompted by the devil, and so reflect his character
1c) metaphorically
1c1) of anything who depends upon it, is possessed by a desire or affection for it, is addicted to it
1c2) one who is liable to any fate
1c2a) thus children of a city: it citizens and inhabitants
1c3) the votaries of wisdom, those souls who have, as it were, been nurtured and moulded by wisdom
1c4) cursed children, exposed to a curse and doomed to God’s wrath or penalty

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.