What does γνήσιος · τέκνον mean in the Bible?
γνήσιος · τέκνον is a Greek phrase meaning "genuine child".
Greek · G1103, G5043
True child
Genuine · a child (as produced)
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γνήσιος G1103 genuine
Pronunciation gnḗsios
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τέκνον G5043 a child (as produced)
Pronunciation téknon
Physical offspring or spiritual descendants; designates those belonging to a father or exemplar.
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What does true child (gnēsios teknon) mean in the Bible?
γνήσιος · τέκνον is a Greek phrase meaning "genuine child".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1103, G5043?
G1103, G5043 is connected to 4 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. genuine child
Source Gloss
genuine child
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Singular (4)
Dative · Singular · Neuter 1 Tim 1:2 · Titus 1:4 2×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter 2 Cor 8:8 1×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Phil 4:3 1×
Word Origins
true child is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain