Quick Definition
a parent
Strong's Definition
a parent
Derivation: from the base of G1096 (γίνομαι);
KJV Usage: parent
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
γονεύς, γονεως, ὁ (ΓΑΝΩ, γέγονα) (Homer h. Cer., Hesiod, others); a begetter, parent; plural οἱ γονεῖς the parents: Luk_2:41; Luk_2:43 L text T Tr WH; (); ; Joh_9:2-3; Joh_9:20; Joh_9:22-23; 2Co_12:14; Rom_1:30; Eph_6:1; Col_3:20; 2Ti_3:2; accusative plural γονεῖς: Mat_10:21; ( Lachmann marginal reading); Luk_2:27; (); Mar_13:12; (Joh_9:18); on this form cf. Winers Grammar, § 9, 2; (Buttmann, 14 (13)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
γονεύς goneus 20x
a father; pl. in NT parents, Mat_10:21 ; Luk_2:27 ; Luk_2:41 ; 2Co_12:14 parents.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
γονεύς , -έως , ὁ
( < γίγνομαι ),
[in LXX for H1 , H517 ;]
a begetter, a father ; mostly in pl ., οἱ γ ., parents: Luk_2:41 ; Luk_2:43 ; Luk_8:56 ; Luk_21:16 , Joh_9:2-3 ; Joh_9:20-23 Rom_1:30 , 2Co_12:14 , Eph_6:1 , Col_3:20 , 2Ti_3:2 ; acc pl. (Hellenistic, v. Thackeray, Gr. , i, 148), γονεῖς , Mat_10:21 , Mar_13:12 , Luk_2:27 ; Luk_18:29 , Joh_9:18 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
γονεύς [page 131]
The following examples from the Oxyrhynchus papyri may serve to illustrate this common word I. 75 .34 (A.D. 129) Διωγενίδαν . . . τετελευτηκέναι ἄτεκνον περιόντων τῶν γονέων , that D. has died childless in her parents lifetime, III. 478 .11 (A.D. 132) ἐξ ἀμφ [οτ ]έρων γονέων , VIII. 1121 .11 (A.D. 295) οὐκ ἐπαυσάμην τὰ πρέποντα γείνεσθαι ὑπὸ τέκνων γονεῦσι ἀναπληροῦσα , I was assiduous in performing what is owing from children to parents (Ed.). From a much earlier period P Eleph 23 .12 (B.C. 223 2) will serve as a sample, θεοὺς ]Ἀδελφοὺς καὶ θεοὺς Σωτῆρας τοὺς τούτων γονεῖς . The word in the Κοινή is plural only, as predominantly in class. Grk. So with the MGr γονῖοί parents, but there is a γονῖός father, which was perhaps derived from the plural.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
γονεύς [Etym: γείνομαι II] "a begetter, father": in pl. γονεῖς, έων, οἱ, "the parents", Hes. , attic: also, "a progenitor, ancestor", Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
γονεύς, -έως, ὁ
(γίγνομαι), [in LXX for אָב, אֵם ;]
a begetter, a father; mostly in pl., οἱ γ., parents: Luk.2:41, 43 8:56 21:16, Jhn.9:2, 3 20, 22, 23 Rom.1:30, 2Co.12:14, Eph.6:1, Col.3:20, 2Ti.3:2; accusative pl. (Hellenistic, see Thackeray, Gr., i, 148), γονεῖς, Mat.10:21, Mrk.13:22, Luk.2:27 18:29, Jhn.9:18.†
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