Gloss
child, son, daughter, offspring, descendant
Forms of the word
Dictionary
τέκνον, -ου, τό
Greek transliteration
teknon
Simplified transliteration
teknon
Numbers
Strong's number
5043
GK Number
5451
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
99
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2c
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for τέκνον
| Luke 13:34 | “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to it! How often I wanted to gather your children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you did not want it! |
| Luke 14:26 | “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut), and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. |
| Luke 15:31 | Then the father said to him, ‘Son (teknon | τέκνον | voc sg neut), you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. |
| Luke 16:25 | But Abraham said, ‘Child (teknon | τέκνον | voc sg neut), remember that you received your good things during your lifetime, and Lazarus correspondingly received bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. |
| Luke 18:29 | Then Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or siblings or parents or children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut), for the sake of the kingdom of God |
| Luke 19:44 | And they will tear down both you and the children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) within you, and they will not leave stone upon stone in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.” |
| Luke 20:31 | and the third took her, and likewise also the seven: they left no children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) and died. |
| Luke 23:28 | Turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut). |
| John 1:12 | But as many as did accept him, to them he gave the right to become children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) of God, to those who believe in his name, |
| John 8:39 | They answered him, saying, “Our father is Abraham!” Jesus said to them, “If you were really Abraham’s children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut), you would be doing the deeds of Abraham. |
| John 11:52 | and not only for the nation, but that he should gather into one the children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) of God who were scattered abroad. |
| Acts 2:39 | For the promise is for you and for your children (teknois | τέκνοις | dat pl neut) and for all who are far away — as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.” |
| Acts 7:5 | Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, but promised to give it to him as a possession and to his descendants after him, though as yet Abraham had no child (teknou | τέκνου | gen sg neut). |
| Acts 13:33 | that God has fulfilled this for us, their children (teknois | τέκνοις | dat pl neut), by raising Jesus; as also in the second Psalm it is written, ‘You are my Son; today I have begotten you.’ |
| Acts 21:5 | When our days there were ended, we departed and went on our journey, and they all, with wives and children (teknois | τέκνοις | dat pl neut), accompanied us until we were outside the city. Then kneeling down on the beach, we prayed |
| Acts 21:21 | But they were told about you that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) and not to walk according to our customs. |
| Romans 8:16 | The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) of God, |
| Romans 8:17 | and if children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut), then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him. |
| Romans 8:21 | that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay into the glorious freedom of the children (teknōn | τέκνων | gen pl neut) of God. |
| Romans 9:7 | neither are they all children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) of Abraham because they are his descendants; on the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your descendants will be named.” |
| Romans 9:8 | This means it is not the children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) of the flesh who are children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) of God, but the children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) of the promise are counted as descendants. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:14 | I am not writing these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my dear children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut). |
| 1 Corinthians 4:17 | That is why I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child (teknon | τέκνον | nom sg neut) in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, as I teach them everywhere in every church. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:14 | For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through union with his wife, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated through union with her husband. Otherwise your children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) would be defiled, but as it is, they are holy. |
| 2 Corinthians 6:13 | Now as a fair exchange — I speak as to children (teknois | τέκνοις | dat pl neut) — open wide your hearts to us also. |
