Strong's #5043: teknon (pronounced tek'-non)
from the base of 5098; a child (as produced):--child, daughter, son.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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teknon
1) offspring, children
1a) child
1a) a male child, a son
1b) metaphorically
1b1) the name transferred to that intimate and reciprocal relationship formed between men by the bonds of love, friendship, trust, just as between parents and children
1b2) in affectionate address, such as patrons, helpers, teachers and the like employ: my child
1b3) in the NT, pupils or disciples are called children of their teachers, because the latter by their instruction nourish the minds of their pupils and mould their characters
1b4) children of God: in the OT of "the people of Israel" as especially dear to God, in the NT, in Paul' s writings, all who are led by the Spirit of God and thus closely related to God
1b5) children of the devil: those who in thought and action are prompted by the devil, and so reflect his character
1c) metaphorically
1c1) of anything who depends upon it, is possessed by a desire or affection for it, is addicted to it
1c2) one who is liable to any fate
1c2a) thus children of a city: it citizens and inhabitants
1c3) the votaries of wisdom, those souls who have, as it were, been nurtured and moulded by wisdom
1c4) cursed children, exposed to a curse and doomed to God' s wrath or penalty
Part of Speech: noun neuter
Relation: from the base of G5098
Citing in TDNT: 5:636, 759
Usage:
This word is used 99 times:
Matthew 2:18: "Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted,"
Matthew 3:9: "these stones to raise up children unto Abraham."
Matthew 7:11: "good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father"
Matthew 9:2: "said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven"
Matthew 10:21: "death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against"
Matthew 10:21: "the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and"
Matthew 11:19: "is justified of her children."
Matthew 15:26: "meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs."
Matthew 18:25: "his wife, and children, and all that he had,"
Matthew 19:29: "or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake,"
Matthew 21:28: "A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first,"
Matthew 21:28: "to the first, and said, Son, go work today in"
Matthew 22:24: "die, having no children, his brother shall marry his"
Matthew 23:37: "thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as"
Matthew 27:25: "and on our children."
Mark 2:5: "he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee."
Mark 7:27: "unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is"
Mark 7:27: "meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the"
Mark 10:24: "again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust"
Mark 10:29: "or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake,"
Mark 10:30: "sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with"
Mark 12:19: "behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take"
Mark 13:12: "death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against"
Mark 13:12: "the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and"
Luke 1:7: "And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was"
Luke 1:17: "the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom"
Luke 2:48: "said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us?"
Luke 3:8: "these stones to raise up children unto Abraham."
Luke 7:35: "of all her children."
Luke 11:13: "good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly"
Luke 13:34: "thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as"
Luke 14:26: "and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters,"
Luke 15:31: "he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with"
Luke 16:25: "But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in"
Luke 18:29: "or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,"
Luke 19:44: "shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and"
Luke 20:31: "also: and they left no children, and died."
Luke 23:28: "and for your children."
John 1:12: "gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his"
John 8:39: "If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works"
John 11:52: "in one the children of God that were scattered abroad."
Acts 2:39: "unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off,"
Acts 7:5: "him, when as yet he had no child."
Acts 13:33: "the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also"
Acts 21:5: "brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the"
Acts 21:21: "that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs."
Romans 8:16: "spirit, that we are the children of God:"
Romans 8:17: "And if children, then heirs; heirs of God,"
Romans 8:21: "glorious liberty of the children of God."
Romans 9:7: "the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy"
