τέκνον

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child

τέκνον , -ου, τό (τίκτω), [in LXX chiefly for בֵּן, also for יֶלֶד, etc. ;] that which is begotten, born (cf. Scottish bairn ), a child of either sex: Mrk.13:12 , Luk.1:7 , Act.7:5 ; pl., Mat.7:11 , Mrk.7:27 , Luk.1:17 , Eph.6:1 , al.; τέκνα ἐπαγγελίας, Rom.9:8; τ. τῆς σαρκός, ib.; in a wider sense (as Heb. בָּנִים), of posterity, Mat.2:18 , Luk.3:8 , al.; specif., of a male child, Mat.21:28 , Act.21:21 , a,l.; in voc. as a form of kindly address from an elder to a junior or from a teacher to a disciple, Mat.9:2 21:28 , Mrk.2:5 , Luk.2:48 ; τ. μου (= cl. τ. μοι; see Bl., §37, 5), Gal.4:19 (τεκνία, WH, txt.), 2Ti.2:1. Metaphorical, __(a) of disciples (apart from direct address, see supr.): Phm 10, 1Ti.1:2 , Tit.1:4 , 3Jo.4 ; __(b) with reference to the Fatherhood of God (see: πατήρ, γεννάω), τέκνα τ. θεοῦ (cf. Isa.30:1 , Wis.16:21 ): Rom.8:16 , Eph.5:1 , Php.2:15 ; and esp. in Johannine bks. (cf. Westc, Epp. Jo. , 94, 120), Jhn.1:12 , 1Jn.3:1 al.; __(with) of those who imitate others and are therefore regarded as the spiritual offspring of their exemplars : Mat.3:9 , Luk.3:8 , Jhn.8:39 , Rom.9:7 , 1Pe.3:6 ; τ. διαβόλου, 1Jn.3:10; __(d) as in Heb. (LXX, Jol.2:23 , Psa.149:2 , 1Ma.1:38 ), of the inhabitants of a city: Mat.23:37 , Luk.13:34 19:44 , Gal.4:25 ; __(e) with an adjectival genitive, frequently rendering a Heb. expression, adopted from LXX or formed on the analogy of its language, but sometimes with parallels in Gk. writers (see Deiss., BS , 161ff.): τέκνα φωτός, Eph.5:8; τ. ὑπακοῆς, 1Pe.1:14; κατάρας, 2Pe.2:14; ὀργῆς, Eph.2:3. SYN. : see: παῖς. (AS)