Gloss
to give birth to, bring into being
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἀποκυέω
Greek transliteration
apokyeō
Simplified transliteration
apokyeo
Principal Parts
-, ἀπεκύησα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number
616
GK Number
652
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
cv-1d(2a)
Definition
pr. to bring forth, as women; met. to generate, produce, Jas. 1:15; to generate by spiritual birth, Jas. 1:18*
Greek-English Concordance for ἀποκυέω
| James 1:15 | Then desire, when it has conceived, gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth (apokyei | ἀποκύει | pres act ind 3 sg) death. |
| James 1:18 | According to his sovereign plan, he brought (apekyēsen | ἀπεκύησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) us into (apekyēsen | ἀπεκύησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) being (apekyēsen | ἀπεκύησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) through his word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits of all he created. |
