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ἄτεκνος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἄτεκνος, ον
Greek transliteration: 
ateknos
Simplified transliteration: 
ateknos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
815
GK Number: 
866
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-3a
Gloss: 
childless, without children
Definition: 
childless, Lk. 20:28, 29*

Greek-English Concordance for ἄτεκνος

Luke 20:28 saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if someone’s brother dies, having a wife, but is childless (ateknos | ἄτεκνος | nom sg masc), then his brother must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
Luke 20:29 Now there were seven brothers. The first, having taken a wife, died childless (ateknos | ἄτεκνος | nom sg masc).