τέκνον

tevknon tevknon,
tevknou,
tov (
tivktw,
tekei'n), from Homer down, the Septuagint chiefly for @Be, sometimes for dl,y<, offspring; plural children; a. properly,
a. universally and without regard to sex, child: ; ; ; ; plural, ; ; ; ; ; Lukei. 17; ; ; ; ; f; ,; ; ; ,,, and often; with emphasis: to be regarded as true, genuine children, ;
tevkna
ejpaggeliva", children begotten by virtue of the divine promise, ; accounted as children begotten by virtue of God's promise, ;
tav
tevkna
th'"
sarkov", children by natural descent, . in a broader sense (like the Hebrew !ynIB;), posterity: ; ; ; ; (32). with emphasis: genuine posterity, true offspring, ; (of women) to be regarded as children, .
b. specifically, a male child, a son: ; ; ; in the vocative, in kindly address, ; ; . b. metaphorically, the name is transferred to that intimate and reciprocal relationship formed between men by the bonds of love, friendship, trust, just as between parents and children;
a. in affectionate address, such as patrons, helpers, teachers, and the like, employ; vocative child (son), my child, children. (Latin fili, mi fili, etc., for carissime, etc.): ; ; (here Lachmann
tekniva, which see).
b. just as in Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic, Persian, so in the N. T., pupils or disciples are called children of their teachers, because the latter by their instruction nourish the minds of their pupils and mould their characters (see
gennavw, 2 b.): ; ; ; in affectionate address, L text T Tr WH marginal reading; ; ; with
ejn
kurivw/ added, ;
ejn
pivstei, ;
katav
koinhvn
pivstin, (!yaiybiG?h' ynEB], sons i. e. disciples of the prophets, (); ,,; among the Persians, `sons of the Magi,' i. e. their pupils).
g.
tevkna
tou'
Qeou', children of God --in the O. T. of `the people of Israel' as especially dear to God: ; Sap. ; -- in the N. T., in Paul's writings, all who are animated by the Spirit of God () and thus are closel