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τέκνα τῆς σαρκός

A child (as produced) · flesh

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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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σάρξ G4561 flesh
Pronunciation sárx
In Paul, flesh denotes humanity's fallen nature as opposed to God's Spirit, not mere physical body.
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What does τέκνα τῆς σαρκός (tekna tēs sarkos) mean in the Bible?

τέκνον · σάρξ is a Greek word meaning "a child (as produced)".

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Meaning

a child (as produced)
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 10:21 · Mark 13:12 · John 8:39 · Rom 8:16 · Rom 8:17 · Rom 9:7 · Rom 9:8 · 1 Cor 7:14 · 2 Cor 12:14 · Gal 4:27 · Gal 4:28 · Gal 4:31 · Eph 2:3 · Eph 5:1 · Eph 5:8 · Eph 6:1 28×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Luke 1:7 · 1 Cor 4:17 · Phil 2:22 · Rev 12:5 4×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 15:26 · Mark 7:27 · Luke 7:35 · Rom 8:21 · Gal 4:25 · 1 Tim 3:12 · 2 John 1:4 7×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Acts 7:5 · Phlm 1:10 2×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Matt 7:11 · Luke 11:13 · Acts 2:39 · Acts 13:33 · Acts 21:5 · 2 Cor 6:13 · 2 Cor 12:14 · 2 John 1:1 8×
Dative · Singular · Neuter 1 Tim 1:2 · 2 Tim 1:2 · Titus 1:4 3×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 2:18 · Matt 3:9 · Matt 18:25 · Matt 19:29 · Matt 21:28 · Matt 22:24 · Matt 23:37 · Matt 27:25 · Mark 7:27 · Mark 10:29 · Mark 10:30 · Luke 1:17 · Luke 3:8 · Luke 13:34 · Luke 14:26 · Luke 18:29 33×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 10:21 · Mark 12:19 · Mark 13:12 · Rev 12:4 4×
Vocative · Singular · Neuter Matt 9:2 · Matt 21:28 · Mark 2:5 · Luke 2:48 · Luke 15:31 · Luke 16:25 · 1 Tim 1:18 · 2 Tim 2:1 8×
Vocative · Plural · Neuter Mark 10:24 · Gal 4:19 2×
99 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 5 — Purge the Evil, Keep the Feast, and Guard the Holiness of the Church Galatians 5 — Stand Firm in Freedom: Faith Working Through Love and Life by the Spirit Galatians 6 — Boasting Only in the Cross: Spirit-Shaped Community and New Creation John 1 — The Word Made Flesh, Witnessed, and Followed John 11 — The Resurrection and the Life, the Raising of Lazarus, and the Plot to Kill Jesus John 17 — The Son’s High Priestly Prayer: Glory, Preservation, Sanctification, Unity, Mission, and Love John 3 — New Birth, Lifted-Up Son, and the Love of God for the World John 6 — The Bread of Life, the Words of Eternal Life, and the Crisis of True Discipleship John 8 — The Light of the World, True Freedom, and the I AM Before Abraham Luke 24 — The Risen Christ Opens the Scriptures, Commissions Witnesses, and Ascends in Blessing Mark 10 — The Way of the Servant King: Marriage, Children, Wealth, Cross, Ransom, and Sight Mark 14 — The Son of Man Handed Over: Anointing, Supper, Gethsemane, Betrayal, Trial, and Denial Mark 2 — The Son of Man Has Authority: Forgiveness, Fellowship, and Lordship Mark 7 — True Defilement and Boundary-Crossing Mercy Matthew 15 — Tradition, the Heart, Gentile Faith, and the Compassionate Bread of the Messiah Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Matthew 19 — Marriage from Creation, Children Received, Riches Renounced, and the Reward of Following Christ Matthew 21 — The King Enters Jerusalem, Judges Fruitless Religion, and Exposes Rejected-Son Leadership Matthew 3 — The Forerunner, the Kingdom, and the Beloved Son Philippians 3 — Counting All Things Loss and Pressing On Toward Christ Romans 13 — Submission to Governing Authorities, Love as the Fulfillment of the Law, and Life in the Light of the Coming Day Romans 7 — Released from the Law, Exposed by the Law, and Crying Out for Deliverance Romans 8 — No Condemnation, Life in the Spirit, and the Unbreakable Love of God in Christ Romans 9 — God’s Faithfulness, Sovereign Mercy, and Israel’s Stumbling Over Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

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