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G5041 τεκνογονέω (teknogonéō)
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Quick Definition

τεκνογονέω v. I bear children

Strong's Definition

from a compound of 5043 and the base of 1096; to be a child-bearer, i.e. parent (mother)

KJV Usage: bear children

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | τίκτω + γίνομαι

23.52 · Physiological Processes and States · Birth, Procreation

to bear, to give birth to give birth to a child All languages have expressions for human birth, though these are frequently in idiomatic forms, for example, ‘to drop a child’ or ‘to cause a baby to pass between the legs.’ A number of languages have a variety of terms referring to giving birth, and some of these may involve unfortunate connotations. One must therefore be careful about the selection of appropriate expressions.

1TI 5:14

1 It is possible that τεκνογονέω and τεκνογονία differ somewhat in connotation from τίκτω[a] and γεννάω[b] in being stylistically more formal, but there seems to be no significant denotative distinction in meaning.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

τεκνογονέω, -ῶ; (τεκνογόνος, and this fr. τέκνον and ΓΈΝΩ); ἰο beget or bear children: 1 Tim. ν. 14. (Δηthol. 9, 22, 4.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

τεκνογονέω teknogoneō 1x

to bear children, to rear a family, 1 Tim. 5:14*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† τεκνογονέω, -ῶ to beget or bear children: I Ti 5:14 (Anthol.).†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

τεκνογονέω (teknogoneō) — to have children. τεκνογον-έω, bear young, bear children, [NT+1st c.AD+]

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