Greek · G1135, G5043

γυναῖκα ... τέκνα

A woman; specially, a wife · a child (as produced)

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γυνή G1135 a woman; specially, a wife
Pronunciation gynḗ
Denotes woman or wife; vocative form conveys respect and affection rather than reproof or severity.
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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 γυναῖκα ... τέκνα (gynaika ... tekna) mean in the Bible?

γυνή · τέκνον is a Greek phrase meaning "wife and children".

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What does γυνή · τέκνον mean in the Bible?

γυνή · τέκνον is a Greek phrase meaning "wife and children".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1135, G5043?

G1135, G5043 is connected to 212 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. wife and children

Source Gloss

wife and children
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

This word appears as a noun across 10 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 10 Aligned forms 212 Case pattern Nominative (85) Number pattern Singular (169)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 9:20 · Matt 9:22 · Matt 13:33 · Matt 15:22 · Matt 22:27 · Matt 22:28 · Matt 26:7 · Matt 27:19 · Mark 5:25 · Mark 5:33 · Mark 7:25 · Mark 7:26 · Mark 12:22 · Mark 12:23 · Mark 14:3 · Luke 1:5 71×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 27:55 · Mark 15:40 · Luke 8:2 · Luke 23:49 · Luke 23:55 · Luke 24:22 · Luke 24:24 · Acts 8:12 · 1 Cor 14:34 · Eph 5:22 · Eph 5:24 · Col 3:18 · Heb 11:35 · 1 Pet 3:5 14×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 19:10 · Luke 3:19 · Luke 17:32 · John 4:9 · John 4:27 · John 4:39 · Acts 5:2 · Acts 16:1 · 1 Cor 7:1 · 1 Cor 7:27 · 1 Cor 11:3 · 1 Cor 11:8 · 1 Cor 11:11 · 1 Cor 11:12 · Gal 4:4 · Eph 5:23 22×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 11:11 · Matt 14:21 · Matt 15:38 · Luke 7:28 · Luke 23:27 · Acts 5:14 · Acts 17:4 · Acts 17:12 · 1 Pet 3:1 · Rev 9:8 · Rev 14:4 11×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 19:5 · Matt 26:10 · John 4:42 · Acts 5:1 · Acts 24:24 · 1 Cor 7:3 · 1 Cor 7:14 · 1 Cor 7:27 · 1 Cor 7:33 · 1 Cor 11:6 · 1 Cor 14:35 · Eph 5:31 · 1 Tim 2:12 · Rev 12:14 · Rev 12:16 · Rev 12:17 16×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 28:5 · Luke 1:42 · Acts 1:14 · Acts 16:13 · Acts 21:5 · 1 Tim 2:10
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 1:20 · Matt 1:24 · Matt 5:28 · Matt 5:31 · Matt 5:32 · Matt 14:3 · Matt 18:25 · Matt 19:3 · Matt 19:9 · Matt 19:29 · Matt 22:24 · Matt 22:25 · Mark 6:17 · Mark 6:18 · Mark 10:2 · Mark 10:7 51×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 19:8 · Acts 8:3 · Acts 9:2 · Acts 13:50 · Acts 22:4 · 1 Cor 7:29 · Eph 5:25 · Eph 5:28 · Col 3:19 · 1 Tim 2:9 · 1 Tim 3:11 11×
Vocative · Singular · Feminine Matt 15:28 · Luke 13:12 · Luke 22:57 · John 2:4 · John 4:21 · John 19:26 · John 20:13 · John 20:15 · 1 Cor 7:16
Vocative · Plural · Feminine 1 Pet 3:1
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