Quick Definition
τίκτω v. I bear, bring forth, produce
Strong's Definition
a strengthened form of a primary teko tek'-o (which is used only as alternate in certain tenses); to produce (from seed, as a mother, a plant, the earth, etc.), literally or figuratively
KJV Usage: bear, be born, bring forth, be delivered, be in travail
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | fut. τέξομαι · aor. ἔτεκον · inf. τεκεῖν · aor.pass. ἐτέχθην · ptc. τεχθείς | ἀρχιτέκτων · ἄτεκνος · ὁμότεχνος · πρωτοτόκια · πρωτότοκος · τεκνίον · τεκνογονέω · τεκνογονία · τέκνον · τεκνοτροφέω · τέκτων · τόκος · φιλότεκνος
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.
MAT 1:21 · MAT 1:23 · MAT 1:25 · MAT 2:2 · LUK 1:31 · LUK 1:57 · LUK 2:6 · LUK 2:7 · LUK 2:11 · JHN 16:21 · GAL 4:27 · JAS 1:15 · REV 12:2 · REV 12:4 · REV 12:4 · REV 12:5 · REV 12:13
23.194 · Physiological Processes and States · Grow, Growth
to grow, to produce to cause the growth and production of plants
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
τίκτω ; fut. τέξομαι ; 2 aor. ἔτεκον ; 1 aor. pass. ἐτέχθην; fr. Hom. down; Sept. for 2: to bring forth, bear, produce (fruit from the seed); prop., of women giving birth: absol., Lk. i. 57 [B. 267 (230)]; 11. 6; Jn. xvi. 21; Gal. iv. 27; Heb. xi. 11 Rec.; Rev. xii. 2, 4; vidv, Mt. i. 21, 23, 25; Lk. i. 31; ii. 7; Rev. xii. 5, 13; pass., Mt. ii. 2; Lk. ii. 11; of the earth bringing forth its fruits: βοτάνην, Heb. vi. 7 (Eur. Cycl. 333; γαῖαν, ἢ τὰ πάντα τίκτεται; Aeschyl. Cho. 127; γῆς τῆς πάντα τικτούσης, Philo opif. m. § 45, who draws out at length the comparison of the earth to a mother). metaph. to bear, Sring forth: ἁμαρτίαν, in the simile where ἢ ἐπιθυμία is likened to a female, Jas. i. 15 (ἀρετήν, Plat. cony. p. 212 a.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τίκτω tiktō 18x
to bear, bring forth children, Mt. 1:21, 23; trop. to bear, produce, as the earth, yield, Heb. 6:7; met. to give birth to, Jas. 1:15
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τίκτω
[in LXX chiefly for יָלַד ;]
prop., of parents,
to beget, bring forth, but esp. the latter, and so always in NT: absol., Lk 1:57 2:6, Jo 16:21, Ga 4:27 (LXX) (v. M, Pr., 127), Re 12:2, 4; υἱόν, Mt 1:21, 23, 25 Lk 1:31 2:7, Re 12:5, 13; pass., Mt 2:2, Lk 2:11. Metaph., of the earth, βοτάνην, He 6:7 (Æsch., al.); of lust, ἁμαρτίαν, Ja 1:15.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τίκτω (tiktō) — to give birth to. τίκ-τω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future τέξω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; poetry infinitive also τεκεῖσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἔτεκον, Epic dialect τέκον, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.: aorist 1 ἔτεξα only late, [Refs 5th c.AD+] is probable reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect τέτοκα [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, in same sense as active, only in Poets, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: future (see. above): aorist ἐτεκόμην [Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect τεκόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive τέκηαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, present indicative τίκτεται [Refs 4th c.BC+]; infinitive τίκτεσθαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]participle τικτόμενος[Refs]: future τεχθήσομαι [Refs 1st c.AD+]: aorist ἐτέχθην [LXX+5th c.BC+]perfect τέτεγμαι, infinitive τετέχθαι, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]--These passive tenses seem not to have been used in correct Attic dialect:—bring into the world, engender; of the father, beget, of the mother, bring forth.
I. imperfect active τίκτε, ἔτικτε, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] usually of the father, [Refs 8th c.BC+], Lyric poetry, and Trag. the present and imperfect are also used of the mother, ἃ Θήβαν ἔτικτεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεινὸν τὸ τίκτειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of both parents. Στάσις δὲ καὶ Κρόνος.. τίκτετον τύραννον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. aorist active τέκε, ἔτεκε, mostly of the mother, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (also future middle τέξεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] of the father, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.3. the aorist middle τέκετο is commonly used of the father, as [Refs 8th c.BC+] of the mother, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so τῶν τεκομένων of the mother, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.4. the two are conjoined, ὃν τέκετο θάνατος, ἔτεκε δ᾽ αἰόλος δράκων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.5. aorist active is used in plural of both parents, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; aorist middle τεκόμεσθα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.5. b οἱ τεκόντες the parents, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; the Article is rarely omitted, πατέρων τε καὶ τεκόντων [Refs 4th c.BC+] the father, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁ τεκοῦσα the mother, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τ. αὐτόν his mother, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.6. frequently in in Medicine texts and other Prose, of women, τίκτουσι ῥηϊδίως [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. of female animals, bear young, breed, of mares, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of cows, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of sheep, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the hare, τὰ μὲν τέτοκε, τὰ δὲ τίκτει, τὰ δὲ κύει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of birds, hatch, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ᾠὰ τ. lay eggs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of fish, spawn, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. of the earth, bear, produce, ἔμπεδα μῆλα (sheep) [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, γαῖαν.., ἣ τὰ πάντα τίκτεται [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, τίκτεσθαι δὲ φόρους γᾶς.. εὐχόμεθ᾽ ἀεί [Refs]
IV. metaphorically, generate, engender, produce, λέγω τὴν χώρην λιμὸν τέξεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of impiety, τὸ γὰρ δυσσεβὲς ἔργον μετὰ μὲν πλείονα τίκτει [NT+4th c.BC+]; of Night as the mother of Day, τῆς.. τεκούσης φῶς τόδ᾽ εὐφρόνης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in Prose, νουσήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τῷδε κέρδει (sic codices) κέρδος ἄλλο τίκτεται [Refs 4th c.BC+]