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τέκνον
téknon · Greek · Strong's G5043 · 99 occurrences
The KJV renders 13 different Hebrew and Greek words as “child”
What it means
a child (as produced)
from the base of G5098 (τιμωρία);
How the KJV renders it
child, daughter, son
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“child”
“son”
Questions this word decides
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Is purgatory taught in scripture?
- What does John 3:5 mean ('born of water and Spirit')?
- What does 1 Timothy 2:12 mean about women teaching?
- What does it mean to be born again?
- Is hell eternal conscious torment or annihilation?
Where it appears
99 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 4:14 N-NPN1 Corinthians 4:17 N-NSN1 Corinthians 7:14 N-NPN1 John 3:1 N-APN1 John 3:2 N-NPN1 John 3:10 N-NPN1 John 5:2 N-APN1 Peter 1:14 N-NPN1 Peter 3:6 N-APN1 Thessalonians 2:7 N-APN1 Thessalonians 2:11 N-APN1 Timothy 1:2 N-DSN1 Timothy 1:18 N-VSN1 Timothy 3:4 N-APN1 Timothy 3:12 N-GPN1 Timothy 5:4 N-APN2 Corinthians 6:13 N-DPN2 Corinthians 12:14 N-DPN2 John 1:1 N-DPN2 John 1:4 N-GPN2 John 1:13 N-NPN2 Peter 2:14 N-NPN2 Timothy 1:2 N-DSN2 Timothy 2:1 N-VSN3 John 1:4 N-APNActs 2:39 N-DPNActs 7:5 N-GSNActs 13:32 N-DPNActs 21:5 N-DPNActs 21:21 N-APNColossians 3:20 N-NPNColossians 3:21 N-APNEphesians 2:3 N-NPNEphesians 5:1 N-NPNEphesians 5:8 N-NPNEphesians 6:1 N-NPNEphesians 6:4 N-APNGalatians 4:19 N-VPNGalatians 4:25 N-GPNGalatians 4:27 N-NPNGalatians 4:28 N-NPNGalatians 4:31 N-NPNJohn 1:12 N-NPNJohn 8:39 N-NPNJohn 11:52 N-APNLuke 1:7 N-NSNLuke 1:17 N-APNLuke 2:48 N-VSNLuke 3:8 N-APNLuke 7:35 N-GPNLuke 11:13 N-DPNLuke 13:34 N-APNLuke 14:26 N-APNLuke 15:31 N-VSNLuke 16:25 N-VSNLuke 18:29 N-APNLuke 19:44 N-APNLuke 20:31 N-APNLuke 23:28 N-APNMatthew 2:18 N-APN
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