τέκνον

Noun

teknon · child

Search morphology

Strong's ID: 5043

Lexical summary

99

NT occurrences

10

Observed forms

About this Greek word

A child, a son or daughter, Mt. 2:18; Lk. 1:7; pl. descendants, posterity, Mt. 3:9; Acts 2:39; child, son, as a term of endearment, Mt. 9:2; Mk. 2:5; 10:24; pl. children, inhabitants, people, of a city, Mt. 23:37; Lk. 19:44; from the Hebrew, met. a child or son in virtue of discipleship, 1 Cor. 4:17; 1 Tim. 1:2; 2 Tim. 1:2; Tit. 1:4; Phlm. 10; 3 Jn. 4; a child in virtue of gracious acceptance, Jn. 1:12; 11:52; Rom. 8:16, 21; 1 Jn. 3:1; a child in virtue of spiritual conformity, Jn. 8:39; Phil. 2:15; 1 Jn. 3:10; a child of, one characterized by some condition or quality, Mt. 11:19; Eph. 2:3; 5:8; 1 Pet. 1:14; 2 Pet. 2:14

Observed NT forms

These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.

Noun declension

Noun declension, grouped by number and case
NumberCaseNeuterReferences
SingularNominative
Luke 1:7
Genitive
Acts 7:5
Dative
1 Timothy 1:2
Accusative
Matthew 10:21
Vocative
Matthew 9:2
PluralNominative
Matthew 10:21
Genitive
Matthew 15:26
Dative
Matthew 7:11
Accusative
Matthew 2:18
Vocative
Mark 10:24

NT distribution

NT Book

τέκνον

Book distribution counts: Luke: 14 occurrences; Matthew: 14 occurrences; Mark: 9 occurrences; Romans: 7 occurrences; Acts: 5 occurrences; 1 John: 5 occurrences; 1 Timothy: 5 occurrences; Ephesians: 5 occurrences; Galatians: 5 occurrences; John: 3 occurrences; 2 John: 3 occurrences; Revelation: 3 occurrences; 1 Corinthians: 3 occurrences; 2 Corinthians: 3 occurrences; Titus: 2 occurrences; 1 Peter: 2 occurrences; 2 Timothy: 2 occurrences; Colossians: 2 occurrences; Philippians: 2 occurrences; 1 Thessalonians: 2 occurrences; 3 John: 1 occurrences; 2 Peter: 1 occurrences; Philemon: 1 occurrences

Author

τέκνον
  • Paul39
  • Luke19
  • John15
  • Matthew14
  • Mark9
  • Peter3

Author distribution counts: Paul: 39 occurrences; Luke: 19 occurrences; John: 15 occurrences; Matthew: 14 occurrences; Mark: 9 occurrences; Peter: 3 occurrences