◄ 1549. ekgonos ►
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ekgonos: Descendant, offspring

Original Word: ἔκγονος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: ekgonos
Pronunciation: ek'-go-nos
Phonetic Spelling: (ek'-gon-on)
KJV: nephew
NASB: grandchildren
Word Origin: [neuter of a derivative of a compound of G1537 (ἐκ - among) and G1096 (γίνομαι - become)]

1. a descendant
2. (specially) grandchild

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
nephew.

Neuter of a derivative of a compound of ek and ginomai; a descendant, i.e. (specially) grandchild -- nephew.

see GREEK ek

see GREEK ginomai

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
der. of ek and the same as ginomai
Definition
born of, a descendant, i.e. a grandchild
NASB Translation
grandchildren (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1549: ἔκγονος

ἔκγονος, ἔκγονον (ἐκγίνομαι), sprung from one, born, begotten (Homer and following); commonly as a substantive, ὁ, ἡ ἔκγονος, οἱ ἐκγονοι, a son, daughter, offspring, children, descendants; in the Sept. common in neuter plural ἔκγονα and τά ἔκγονα, for פְּרִי, Deuteronomy 7:13 (Alex.); , etc.; צֶאֱצָאִים, Isaiah 48:19; Isaiah 61:9; בֵּן, Isaiah 49:15; also in Sir. 40:15 Sir. 44:11, etc. In the N. T. once: 1 Timothy 5:4 τέκνα ἤ ἔκγονα, grandchildren (A. V. renders it by the obsolete, nephews; cf. Eastwood and Wright, Bible Word-Book, or B. D. American edition under the word ).

Forms and Transliterations
εκγονα έκγονα έκγονά ἔκγονα εκγόνοις έκγονον εκγόνων εκδανείσης εξεγράψαντο ekgona ékgona
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Englishman's Concordance
1 Timothy 5:4 Adj-ANP
GRK: τέκνα ἢ ἔκγονα ἔχει μανθανέτωσαν
NAS: or grandchildren, they must first
KJV: or nephews, let them learn
INT: children or descendants have let them learn

Strong's Greek 1549
1 Occurrence


ἔκγονα — 1 Occ.

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