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Bill Mounce
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τέκνον
Vocabulary form:
tevknon, -ou, tov
Definition:
child, descendant
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
99
GK:
5451
Root:
tekno
Cognates:
Teknonymy is the custom of naming the parent from the child.
Mnemonics:
Raising a child demands some technique.
Mnemonic Singing:
Frail children of dust,
and feeble as frail
Biblical Concordance
| Matthew 2:18 | “A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut); she refused to be comforted, because they were no more.” |
| Matthew 3:9 | and do not presume you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I say to you that God is able from these stones to raise up children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) to Abraham. |
| Matthew 7:11 | If then you, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children (teknois | τέκνοις | dat pl neut), how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him! |
| Matthew 9:2 | And some people brought to him a paralyzed man lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take courage, my son (teknon | τέκνον | voc sg neut); your sins are forgiven.” |
| Matthew 10:21 | “Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child (teknon | τέκνον | acc sg neut), and children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) will rise up against parents and have them put to death. |
| Matthew 15:26 | And he answered, “It is not right to take bread from the children (teknōn | τέκνων | gen pl neut) and toss it to the dogs.” |
| Matthew 18:25 | And since he did not have the means to repay the debt, his master commanded that he be sold along with his wife and children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) and everything he had, and that payment be made. |
| Matthew 19:29 | And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) or lands for my name’s sake will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life. |
| Matthew 21:28 | “What do you think? A man had two sons (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut), and he went to the first and said, ‘Son (teknon | τέκνον | voc sg neut), go and work today in the vineyard.’ |
| Matthew 22:24 | They said, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut), his brother must marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.’ |
| Matthew 23:37 | “Jerusalem, O Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often have I wanted to gather your children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! |
| Matthew 27:25 | And all the people answered, saying, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!” (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) |
| Mark 2:5 | When Jesus saw Jesus their faith, their he said to the paralytic, “My son (teknon | τέκνον | voc sg neut), are forgiven.” your sins are forgiven.” |
| Mark 7:27 | He said to her, “Let the children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) first be fed, for it is not right to take the children’s (teknōn | τέκνων | gen pl neut) bread and throw it to the dogs.” |
| Mark 10:24 | The disciples were shocked at his words. But Jesus, responding again, said to them, “Children (tekna | τέκνα | voc pl neut), how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God! |
| Mark 10:29 | Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel |
| Mark 10:30 | who will not receive one hundredfold now in this present time — houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) and fields, with persecutions — and in the coming age, eternal life. |
| Mark 12:19 | “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if someone’s brother should die and leave behind a wife, but not leave behind a child (teknon | τέκνον | acc sg neut), the brother should take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. |
| Mark 13:12 | And brother will deliver over brother to death, and a father his child (teknon | τέκνον | acc sg neut); and children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) will rise up in rebellion against parents and have them put to death. |
| Luke 1:7 | But they did not have a child (teknon | τέκνον | nom sg neut), because Elizabeth was barren, and both of them were advanced in years. |
| Luke 1:17 | He will go on before him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers toward their children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut), and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, in order to establish for the Lord a people who are prepared for him.” |
| Luke 2:48 | And when they saw him, they were astounded, and his mother said to him, “Child (teknon | τέκνον | voc sg neut), why did you treat us like this? Look, your father and I have been terribly worried trying to find you.” |
| Luke 3:8 | Bear, then, fruits worthy of repentance. Do not even begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able, out of these stones, to raise up children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) to Abraham. |
| Luke 7:35 | Nevertheless, wisdom is proved right by all her children.” (teknōn | τέκνων | gen pl neut) |
| Luke 11:13 | If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children (teknois | τέκνοις | dat pl neut), how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” |
| 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. |
Mnemonics
(to my child): "See those
(to my child): "See those cookies? TAKE NONE!"