Quick Definition
descended, a descendant
Strong's Definition
a descendant, i.e. (specially) grandchild
Derivation: neuter of a derivative of a compound of G1537 (ἐκ) and G1096 (γίνομαι);
KJV Usage: nephew
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔκγονος, ἔκγονον (ἐκγίνομαι), sprung from one, born, begotten (Homer and following); commonly as a substantive, ὁ, ἡ ἔκγονος, οἱ ἐκγονοι, a son, daughter, offspring, children, descendants; in the Sept. common in neuter plural ἔκγονα and τά ἔκγονα, for τΐΜψΔι, Deu_7:13 (Alex.); , etc.; φΖΰΑφΘΰΔιν, Isa_48:19; Isa_61:9; αΕΜο, Isa_49:15; also in Sir_40:15 Sir_44:11, etc. In the N. T. once: 1Ti_5:4 τέκνα ἤ ἔκγονα, grandchildren (A. V. renders it by the obsolete, nephews; cf. Eastwood and Wright, Bible Word-Book, or B. D. American edition under the word ).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἔκγονος ekgonos 1x
born of, descended from; as a noun ἔκγονα , descendants, grandchildren, 1Ti_5:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἔκ -γονος , -ον
( < ἐκγίγνομαι , to be born of ),
[in LXX for H6529 (neut.), H1121 , etc.;]
1. c . gen ., born of.
2. As subst ., ὁ , ἡ ἔ ., a child, son or daughter; in pl., descendants: τέκνα ἢ ἔ ., children or grand- children, 1Ti_5:4 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἔκγονος (~ ἔκγονον ) [page 192]
In OGIS 90 .3 (Rosetta stone B.C. 196) ἐκγόνου θεῶν Φιλοπατόρων , Dittenberger renders ἐ . by filii , and compares the restoration in ib. 91 .2 , but Wilcken ( Archiv iii. p. 321) does not think ἐ . suitable in a pure Greek inscr. and prefers τοῦ ἐ [κ βασιλέως ] Πτολ . κτλ . In ib. 197 .8 Wilcken ( l.c. ) renders ἔκγονον by Urenkel, great-grandchild : cf. 1Ti_5:4 where AV renders nephews = grandchildren, according to the original, but now antiquated, sense of the word. The plur. is common in the general sense of descendants, e.g. P Lille I. 4 .27 (B.C. 218 7) ὧι ὑπῆρχεν αὐτῶι ἡ γῆ καὶ ἐκγόνοις , CPR I. 1 .4 (A.D. 83 4), P Oxy IX. 1200 .25 (A.D. 266) κρατεῖν σε καὶ κυριεύειν σὺν ἐκγόνοις καὶ τοῖς παρὰ σοῦ μεταλημψομένοις τοῦ προκειμένου ψειλοῦ τόπου , and so ib. 1208 .17 (A.D. 291). Down to about B.C. 300 the form ἔγγονος is found in Attic inscrr. : see Meisterhans Gr. p. 107 and cf. Mayser Gr. p. 228. Εγγονος survives in MGr = grandchild.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἔκ-γονος, -ον
(ἐκγίγνομαι, to be born of), [in LXX for פְּרִי (neut.), בֵּן, etc. ;]
__1. with genitive, born of.
__2. As subst., ὁ, ἡ ἔ., a child, son or daughter; in pl., descendants: τέκνα ἢ ἔ., children or grand-children, 1Ti.5:4.†
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