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:
Romans 9:8: "That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children"
Romans 9:8: "flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children"
Romans 9:8: "of God: but the children of the promise are counted for"
1 Corinthians 4:14: "as my beloved sons I warn"
1 Corinthians 4:17: "who is my beloved son, and faithful in"
1 Corinthians 7:14: "else were your children unclean; but now"
2 Corinthians 6:13: "same, I (speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged."
2 Corinthians 12:14: "you: for the children ought not to lay up for the"
2 Corinthians 12:14: "the parents for the children."
Galatians 4:25: "is in bondage with her children."
Galatians 4:27: "hath many more children than she which hath a husband."
Galatians 4:28: "as Isaac was, are the children of promise."
Galatians 4:31: "brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free."
Ephesians 2:3: "and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others."
Ephesians 5:1: "of God as dear children:"
Ephesians 5:8: "the Lord: walk as children of light:"
Ephesians 6:1: " Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this"
Ephesians 6:4: "And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up"
Philippians 2:15: "blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst"
Philippians 2:22: "of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me"
Colossians 3:20: " Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is"
Colossians 3:21: "provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged."
1 Thessalonians 2:7: "even as a nurse cherisheth her children:"
1 Thessalonians 2:11: "of you, as a father doth his children,"
1 Timothy 1:2: "Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace,"
1 Timothy 1:18: "charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies"
1 Timothy 3:4: "his own house, having his children in subjection with all"
1 Timothy 3:12: "of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well."
1 Timothy 5:4: "any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first"
2 Timothy 1:2: "To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God"
2 Timothy 2:1: "Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace"
Titus 1:4: "To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy,"
Titus 1:6: "wife, having faithful children not accused of riot"
Philemon 1:10: "thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in"
1 Peter 1:14: "As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts"
1 Peter 3:6: "him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid"
2 Peter 2:14: "exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:"
1 John 3:1: "upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the"
1 John 3:2: "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear"
1 John 3:10: "In this the children of God are manifest, and"
1 John 3:10: "manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth"
1 John 5:2: "that we love the children of God, when we love God,"
2 John 1:1: "lady and her children, whom I love in"
2 John 1:4: "I found of thy children walking in truth, as"
2 John 1:13: "The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen."
3 John 1:4: "to hear that my children walk in truth."
Revelation 2:23: "And I will kill her children with death; and all"
Revelation 12:4: "for to devour her child as soon as it was born."
Revelation 12:5: "of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and"
