King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1549
Transliteration: ekgonos
Phonetic Spelling: (ek'-gon-on)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: born of, a descendant, a grandchild
Meaning: born of, a descendant, a grandchild
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 ).
Word Summary
ekgonos: born of, a descendant, a grandchild
Original Word: ἔκγονοςTransliteration: ekgonos
Phonetic Spelling: (ek'-gon-on)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: born of, a descendant, a grandchild
Meaning: born of, a descendant, a grandchild
Strong's 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
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1549: ἔκγονοςἔκγονος, 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.);