τέκνον

τέκνον, -ου, τό

(τίκτω), [in LXX chiefly for בֵּן, also for יֶלֶד, etc. ;]

that which is begotten, born (cf. Scottish bairn), a child of either sex: Mark 13,12, Luk 1,7, ApG 7,5; pl., Matt 7,11, Mark 7,27, Luk 1,17, Ef 6,1, al.; τέκνα ἐπαγγελίας, Rom 9,8 τ. τῆς σαρκός, ib.; in a wider sense (as Heb. בָּנִים), of posterity, Matt 2,18, Luk 3,8, al.; specif., of a male child, Matt 21,28, ApG 21,21, a,l.; in voc. as a form of kindly address from an elder to a junior or from a teacher to a disciple, Matt 9,2; 21,28, Mark 2,5, Luk 2,48; τ. μου (= cl. τ. μοι; see Bl., §37, 5), Gal 4,19 (τεκνία, WH, txt.), 2 Tim 2,1, Metaphorical,

(a) of disciples (apart from direct address, see supr.): Phm 10, 1 Tim 1,2, Tit 1,4, 3 Joh 4;

(b) with reference to the Fatherhood of God (see: πατήρ, γεννάω), τέκνα τ. θεοῦ (cf. Es 30,1, Wis 16,21): Rom 8,16, Ef 5,1, Fil 2,15; and esp. in Johannine bks. (cf. Westc, Epp. Jo., 94, 120), Joh 1,12, 1 Joh 3,1 al.;

(with) of those who imitate others and are therefore regarded as the spiritual offspring of their exemplars: Matt 3,9, Luk 3,8, Joh 8,39, Rom 9,7, 1 Pet 3,6; τ. διαβόλου, 1 Joh 3,10

(d) as in Heb. (LXX, Joel 2,23, Sl 149,2, 1Ma 1,38), of the inhabitants of a city: Matt 23,37, Luk 13,34; 19,44, Gal 4,25;

(e) with an adjectival genitive, frequently rendering a Heb. expression, adopted from LXX or formed on the analogy of its language, but sometimes with parallels in Gk. writers (see Deiss., BS, 161ff.): τέκνα φωτός, Ef 5,8 τ. ὑπακοῆς, 1 Pet 1,14 κατάρας, 2 Pet 2,14 ὀργῆς, Ef 2,3,

SYN.: see: παῖς.