King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5040
Transliteration: teknion
Phonetic Spelling: (tek-nee'-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a little child
Meaning: a little child
τεκνίον, τεκνιου, τό (diminutive of τέκνον, which see; (on the accent, cf. Winers Grammar, 52; Chandler § 347)), a little child; in the N. T. used as a term of kindly address by teachers to their disciples (always in the plural little children: Mark 10:24 Lachmann); John 13:33; Galatians 4:19 (where L text T Tr WH marginal reading τέκνα); 1 John 2:1, 12, 28; 1 John 3:7 (WH marginal reading παιδία),; . (Anthol.)
Word Summary
teknion: a little child
Original Word: τεκνίονTransliteration: teknion
Phonetic Spelling: (tek-nee'-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a little child
Meaning: a little child
Strong's Concordance
little childDiminutive of teknon; an infant, i.e. (plural figuratively) darlings (Christian converts) -- little children.
see GREEK teknon
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5040: τεκνίοντεκνίον, τεκνιου, τό (diminutive of τέκνον, which see; (on the accent, cf. Winers Grammar, 52; Chandler § 347)), a little child; in the N. T. used as a term of kindly address by teachers to their disciples (always in the plural little children: Mark 10:24 Lachmann); John 13:33; Galatians 4:19 (where L text T Tr WH marginal reading τέκνα); 1 John 2:1, 12, 28; 1 John 3:7 (WH marginal reading παιδία),