Strong's Lexicon
G5088 — τίκτω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5088 |
|---|---|
| Word: | τίκτω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a strengthened form of a primary teko tek'-o "to comb wool" (which is used only as alternate in certain tenses) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 18 |
| Transliteration: | tikto |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | tik'-to |
| Meaning: | 1. to produce, to bring forth (from seed, as a mother, a plant, the earth, etc.) {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | bear, be born, bring forth, be delivered, be in travail |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τίκτω; future τέξομαι; 2 aorist ἔτεκον; 1 aorist passive ἐτέχθην; from Homer down; the Sept. for éÈìÇã; to bring forth, bear, produce (fruit from the seed); properly, of women giving birth: absolutely, Luk 1:57 (Buttmann, 267 (230)); ; Joh 16:21; Gal 4:27; Heb 11:11 Rec.; Rev 12:2; Rev 12:4; υἱόν, Mat 1:21; Mat 1:23; Mat 1:25; Luk 1:31; Luk 2:7; Rev 12:5; Rev 12:13; passive, Mat 2:2; Luk 2:11; of the earth bringing forth its fruits: βοτάνην, Heb 6:7 (Euripides, Cycl. 333; Γαιαν, ἡ τά πάντα τίκτεται, Aeschylus Cho. 127; γῆς τῆς πάντα τικτούσης, Philo opif. m. § 45, who draws out at length the comparison of the earth to a mother). metaphorically, to bear, bring forth: ἁμαρτίαν, in the simile where ἡ ἐπιθυμία is likened to a female, Jas 1:15 (ἀρετήν, Plato, conv., p. 212 a.).
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
τίκτω (bear)
Matthew 1:21
- KJV: And she shall bring forth a son and thou shalt call his name JESUS for he shall save his people from their sins
- GK: τέξεται δε υίον και καλέσεις το όνομα αυτού Ιησούν αυτός γαρ σώσει τον λαόν αυτού από των αμαρτιών αυτών
Matthew 1:23
- KJV: Behold a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son and they shall call his name Emmanuel which being interpreted is God with us
- GK: ιδού η παρθένος εν γαστρί έξει και τέξεται υιόν και καλέσουσι το όνομα αυτού Εμμανουήλ ο εστι μεθερμηνευόμενον μεθ΄ ημών ο θεός
Matthew 1:25
- KJV: And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son and he called his name JESUS
- GK: και ουκ εγίνωσκεν αυτήν έως ου έτεκεν τον υιόν αυτής τον πρωτότοκον και εκάλεσε το όνομα αυτού Ιησούν
Matthew 2:2
- KJV: Saying Where is he that is born King of the Jews for we have seen his star in the east and are come to worship him
- GK: λέγοντες που εστίν ο τεχθείς βασιλεύς των Ιουδαίων είδομεν γαρ αυτού τον αστέρα εν τη ανατολή και ήλθομεν προσκυνήσαι αυτώ
Luke 1:31
- KJV: And behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son and shalt call his name JESUS
- GK: και ιδού συλλήψη εν γαστρί και τέξη υιόν και καλέσεις το όνομα αυτού Ιησούν
Luke 1:57
- KJV: Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered and she brought forth a son
- GK: τη δε Ελισάβετ επλήσθη ο χρόνος του τεκείν αυτήν και εγέννησεν υιόν
Luke 2:6
- KJV: And so it was that, while they were there the days were accomplished that she should be delivered
- GK: εγένετο δε εν τω είναι αυτούς εκεί επλήσθησαν αι ημέραι του τεκείν αυτήν
Luke 2:7
- KJV: And she brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn
- GK: και έτεκε τον υιόν αυτής τον πρωτότοκον και εσπαργάνωσεν αυτόν και ανέκλινεν αυτόν εν τη φάτνη διότι ουκ ην αυτοίς τόπος εν τω καταλύματι
Luke 2:11
- KJV: For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord
- GK: ότι ετέχθη υμίν σήμερον σωτήρ ος εστι Χριστός κύριος εν πόλει Δαβίδ
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