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ἀποκυέω

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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)
Gloss: 
to give birth to, bring into being
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

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.