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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
| 2 Corinthians 12:14 | Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking what you have, but you. For children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) ought not save up for their parents, but the parents for the children (teknois | τέκνοις | dat pl neut). |
| Galatians 4:19 | My little children (tekna | τέκνα | voc pl neut), for whom I am again in the pain of childbirth until Christ is formed in you, |
| Galatians 4:25 | Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children (teknōn | τέκνων | gen pl neut). |
| Galatians 4:27 | For it is written, “Rejoice, O barren woman, you who bear no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in the pain of childbirth! For the children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) of the desolate will be more in number than those of the woman who has a husband. |
| Galatians 4:28 | But you, my brothers, like Isaac, are children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) of promise. |
| Galatians 4:31 | So then, brothers, we are not children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) of a slave woman but of the free woman. |
| Ephesians 2:3 | Among them we also once lived in the passions of our flesh, gratifying the desires and impulses of the flesh, and were by nature children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) of wrath, just like everyone else. |
| Ephesians 5:1 | Therefore be imitators of God as his dear children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut), |
| Ephesians 5:8 | for once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) of light |
| Ephesians 6:1 | Children (tekna | τέκνα | voc pl neut), obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. |
| Ephesians 6:4 | And fathers, do not provoke your children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord. |
| Philippians 2:15 | so that you may be blameless and innocent, children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the universe, |
| Philippians 2:22 | But you know Timothy’s proven character, how as a child (teknon | τέκνον | nom sg neut) with his father he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel. |
| Colossians 3:20 | Children (tekna | τέκνα | voc pl neut), obey your parents in everything, for this for is pleasing is in the Lord. |
| Colossians 3:21 | Fathers, do not provoke your children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut), your lest they become discouraged. |
| 1 Thessalonians 2:7 | Although we could have made demands as apostles of Christ, we were gentle among you, like a mother tenderly nursing her own children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut). |
| 1 Thessalonians 2:11 | how, as you know, we treated each one of you as a father would treat his own children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut). |
| 1 Timothy 1:2 | to Timothy, my true spiritual son: (teknō | τέκνῳ | dat sg neut) spiritual Grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. our |
| 1 Timothy 1:18 | This command I am entrusting to you, child (teknon | τέκνον | voc sg neut) Timothy, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, so that by them you might fight the good fight, |
| 1 Timothy 3:4 | managing his own household well, having submissive children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) with all dignity |
| 1 Timothy 3:12 | Deacons each should be men of one woman, managing children (teknōn | τέκνων | gen pl neut) and their own households well. |
| 1 Timothy 5:4 | But if a certain widow has children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) or grandchildren, let them learn to show godliness first to their own household and to make some return to their parents; for this is pleasing before God. |
| 2 Timothy 1:2 | to Timothy, beloved son: (teknō | τέκνῳ | dat sg neut) Grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. |
| 2 Timothy 2:1 | You, then, my child (teknon | τέκνον | voc sg neut), be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, |
| Titus 1:4 | to Titus, a true son (teknō | τέκνῳ | dat sg neut) in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. |
| Titus 1:6 | if anyone is above reproach, a man of one woman, having believing children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut), not open to the charge of debauchery or being rebellious. |
| Philemon 1:10 | I appeal to you for my child (teknou | τέκνου | gen sg neut), Onesimus, whose father I became while in prison. |
| 1 Peter 1:14 | As children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) of obedience, do not be conformed to the desires you used to have in your time of ignorance |
| 1 Peter 3:6 | just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him “my lord.” You are her daughters (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) if you do what is right and do not fear any intimidation. |
| 2 Peter 2:14 | They have eyes full of adultery that do not stop sinning. They seduce unstable souls and have hearts well trained in greed. Accursed brood! (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) |
| 1 John 3:1 | See what great love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) of God — and so we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. |
| 1 John 3:2 | Dear friends, at the present time we are children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we will be. But we do know that when he is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is. |
| 1 John 3:10 | By this the children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) of God and the children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) of the devil are revealed: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. |
| 1 John 5:2 | By this we know that we love the children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments. |
| 2 John 1:1 | The elder to the elect lady and her children (teknois | τέκνοις | dat pl neut), whom I love in truth (and not I alone, but also all who know the truth), |
| 2 John 1:4 | I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children (teknōn | τέκνων | gen pl neut) walking in the truth, just as we received commandment from the Father. |
| 2 John 1:13 | The children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) of your elect sister send you greetings. |
| 3 John 1:4 | I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) are walking in the truth. |
| Revelation 2:23 | I will kill her children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) with a fatal disease. Then all the churches will understand that I am the one who searches minds and hearts; and I will give to each of you according to your works. |
| Revelation 12:4 | His tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and hurled them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child (teknon | τέκνον | acc sg neut) he might devour it. |
| Revelation 12:5 | So the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, who is going to rule all the nations with an iron rod; but her child (teknon | τέκνον | nom sg neut) was taken up to God and to his throne. |
Mnemonics
(to my child): "See those
(to my child): "See those cookies? TAKE NONE!"