teknon · child

What it means

teknon (τέκνον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “child”.

Son, daughter.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.
2. Children of God, or someone dear: "my children".

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Child, son or daughter: someone born of another. It comes from τίκτω, “to give birth”. Thayer: a child; figuratively, a disciple or a descendant. It is a word of affection in the mouth of a father or a teacher.

• The children of a family Matthew 7:11Ephesians 6:1
• “Child”: a word of affection Mark 2:5Luke 15:31
• “Children of God” John 1:12Romans 8:16
• Descendants: “children for Abraham” Matthew 3:9
• Disciples and followers: “My children” Galatians 4:19Luke 7:35

How we translate it

“Children” 78 times, “child” 21. The Greek word serves for son and daughter alike, and English “child” keeps that. Different is υἱός (G5207), “son”; on touching the word one sees which the text has. The diminutive τεκνία is translated “Little children” (John 13:33).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• children ×78
• child ×21

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×14
• Mark×9
• Luke×14
• John×3
• Acts×5
• Romans×7
• 1 Corinthians×3
• 2 Corinthians×3
• Galatians×5
• Ephesians×5
• Philippians×2
• Colossians×2
• 1 Thessalonians×2
• 1 Timothy×5
• 2 Timothy×2
• Titus×2
• Philemon×1
• 1 Peter×2
• 2 Peter×1
• 1 John×5
• 2 John×3
• 3 John×1
• Revelation×3

• Matthew 2:18

  “A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning: Rachel weeping for her children; and she would not be comforted, because they are no more.”

• Matthew 3:9

  and do not presume to say within yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

• Matthew 7:11

  If then you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

• Matthew 9:2

  And look, they were bringing to him a paralytic lying on a bed. And seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, “Take courage, child; your sins are forgiven.”

• Matthew 10:21

  And brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and put them to death.

• Matthew 15:26

  But he answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”

• Matthew 18:25

  And since he did not have the means to repay, the master ordered him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

• Matthew 19:29

  And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

• Matthew 21:28

  But what do you think? A man had two children. He came to the first and said, ‘Child, go, work today in the vineyard.’

• Matthew 22:24

  saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If someone dies not having children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’

• Matthew 23:37

  Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing!

• Matthew 27:25

  And all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

• Mark 2:5

  And Jesus, seeing their faith, says to the paralyzed man, “Child, your sins are forgiven.”

• Mark 7:27

  And he was saying to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”

• Mark 10:24

  And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answers again and says to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter into the kingdom of God!

• Mark 10:29

  Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for the sake of me and for the sake of the good news

• Mark 10:30

  who will not receive a hundred times as much now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.

• Mark 12:19

  “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves behind a wife and does not leave a child, his brother should take the wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

• Mark 13:12

  And brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

• Luke 1:7

  And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days.

• Luke 1:17

  And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

• Luke 2:48

  And when they saw him, they were astounded; and his mother said to him, “Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been searching for you in anguish.”

• Luke 3:8

  So produce fruits worthy of the change of mind, and do not begin to say within yourselves: We have Abraham as father. For I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

• Luke 7:35

  And wisdom has been declared righteous by all her children.”

• Luke 11:13

  So if you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

• Luke 13:34

  Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children the way a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you were not willing!

• Luke 14:26

  “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even his own life as well, he cannot be my disciple.

• Luke 15:31

  And he said to him, ‘Child, you are always with me, and everything that is mine is yours.

• Luke 16:25

  But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus likewise bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.

• Luke 18:29

  And he said to them, “Truly I tell you that there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

• Luke 19:44

  and they will dash you to the ground, and your children within you, and they will not leave stone upon stone in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”

• Luke 20:31

  and the third took her; and likewise also the seven left no children and died.

• Luke 23:28

  But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children,

• John 1:12

  But to all who received him, he gave them the right to become children of God, to those who believe in his name,

• John 8:39

  They answered and said to him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus says to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works of Abraham.

• John 11:52

  and not for the nation only, but so that he might also gather into one the children of God who are scattered.

• Acts 2:39

  For the promise is for you and for your children and for all those far away, as many as the Lord our God may call.”

• Acts 7:5

  And he did not give him an inheritance in it, not even a foothold; and he promised to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, when he had no child.

• Acts 13:33

  that God has fulfilled this for our children by raising Jesus, as it is written also in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son; I today have begotten you.’

• Acts 21:5

  And when it happened that we had completed the days, we left and went on our way, all accompanying us, with wives and children, until we were outside the city; and kneeling on the beach and praying,

And 59 more times.