G1471: ἔγκυος (énkyos)

Quick Definition

ἔγκυος, ον n.f. with child, pregnant

Strong's Definition

from 1722 and the base of 2949; swelling inside, i.e. pregnant

KJV Usage: great with child

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἔγκυος (G1471)

adjc. | -ον | κύω (hold, contain) · κῦμα

23.50 · Physiological Processes and States · Birth, Procreation

pregnant, to be pregnant to be in a state of pregnancy This expression contrasts with the meaning of συλλαμβάνω[b] 23.49 in that it seems to focus more upon the state of pregnancy rather than the event of conception.

LUK 2:5

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἔγκυος [WH ἔνκ., see ἐν, II. 8.1, τον, for the more usual ἐγκύμων, (fr. ἐν and κύω), big with child, pregnant: Lk. ii. 5. (Hdt.1, 5 ete. ; Diod. 4, 2; Joseph. antt. 4, 8, 33.)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἔγκυος, v.s. ἐνκ-.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἔγκυος (egkuos) — pregnant. ἔγκῠος, ον, (κύω) ={ἐγκύμων}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πῶλος ἡσυχίης ἔγκυος, of the Trojan horse, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

2. of plants, [Refs 4th c.BC+]