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G815 ἄτεκνος (áteknos)
Greek
Adjective
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Quick Definition

childless

Strong's Definition

childless

Derivation: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G5043 (τέκνον);

KJV Usage: childless, without children

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἄτεκνος, ἄτεκνον (τέκνον), without offspring, childless: Luk_20:28-30. (Gen_15:2; Sir_16:8. In Greek writings from Hesiod, Works, 600 down.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἄτεκνος ateknos 2x childless, Luk_20:28-29

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἄτεκνος , -ον ( < τέκνον ), [in LXX : Gen_15:2 , Lev_20:20-21 ( H6185 ), Isa_49:21 , Jer_18:21 ( H7921 ), Sir_16:3 * ;] childless: Luk_20:28-29 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἄτεκνος [page 89] P Lond 23 .13 (B.C. 158 7) (= I. p. 38) διὰ τὸ ἄτεκνόν με εἶναι . The word is common in connexion with dispositions of property, etc., e.g. P Oxy II. 249 .10 ff. (A.D. 80) τοῦ ὁμογνησίου μου ἀδελφοῦ Ποπλίου . . . μ [ε ]τηλλαχότος ἀτέκνου , P Amh II. 72 .8 (A.D. 246) ἀτέκνου καὶ ἀδιαθέτου childless and intestate. P Strass I. 29 .33 (A.D. 289), al. Cf. also BGU II. 648 .15 (A.D. 164 or 196) ἐπεὶ καὶ ἄτεκν [ός ] εἰμι καὶ οὐδὲ ἐμαυτῆι ἀπαρκεῖν δύναμαι .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἄτεκνος [Etym: τέκνον] "without children, childless", Hes. , Trag. in causal sense, "destroying children", Aesch.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἄτεκνος, -ον (τέκνον), [in LXX: Gen.15:2, Lev.20:20-21 (עֲרִירִי), Isa.49:21, Jer.18:21 (שָׁכֹל), Sir.16:3 * ;] childless: Luk.20:28-29.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

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