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<div> '''1: τέκνον ''' (Strong'S #5043  Noun Neuter  teknon  tek'-non ) </div> <p> "a child" (akin to tikto, "to beget, bear"), is used in both the natural and the figurative senses. In contrast to huios, "son" (see below), it gives prominence to the fact of birth, whereas huios stresses the dignity and character of the relationship. Figuratively, teknon is used of "children" of (a) God, &nbsp;John 1:12; (b) light, &nbsp;Ephesians 5:8; (c) obedience, &nbsp;1 Peter 1:14; (d) a promise, &nbsp;Romans 9:8; &nbsp;Galatians 4:28; (e) the Devil, &nbsp;1 John 3:10; (f) wrath, &nbsp;Ephesians 2:3; (g) cursing, &nbsp;2 Peter 2:14; (h) spiritual relationship, &nbsp;2 Timothy 2:1; &nbsp;Philemon 1:10 . See [[Daughter]] , Son. </p> <div> '''2: τεκνίον ''' (Strong'S #5040  Noun Neuter  teknion  tek-nee'-on ) </div> <p> "a little child," a diminutive of No. 1, is used only figuratively in the [[Nt,]] and always in the plural. It is found frequently in 1John, see 2:1,12,28; 3:7,18; 4:4; 5:21; elsewhere, once in John's Gospel, &nbsp;John 13:33 , once in Paul's Epistles, &nbsp;Galatians 4:19 . It is a term of affection by a teacher to his disciples under circumstances requiring a tender appeal, e.g., of Christ to the Twelve just before His death; the [[Apostle]] John used it in warning believers against spiritual dangers; Paul, because of the deadly errors of [[Judaism]] assailing the [[Galatian]] churches. Cp. his use of teknon in &nbsp;Galatians 4:28 . </p> <div> '''3: υἱός ''' (Strong'S #5207  Noun Masculine  huios  hwee-os' ) </div> <p> "a son," is always so translated in the [[Rv,]] except in the phrase "children of Israel," e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 27:9; and with reference to a foal, &nbsp;Matthew 21:5 . The [[Av]] does not discriminate between teknon and huios. In the First [[Epistle]] of John, the Apostle reserves the word for the Son of God. See teknia, "little children" (above), and tekna, "children," in &nbsp;John 1:12; &nbsp;11:52 . See paidion (below). For the other use of huios, indicating the quality of that with which it is connected, see Son. </p> <div> '''4: παῖς ''' (Strong'S #3816  Noun  pais  paheece ) </div> <p> signifies (a) "a child in relation to descent," (b) "a boy or girl in relation to age," (c) "a servant, attendant, maid, in relation to condition." As an instance of (a) see &nbsp;Matthew 21:15 , "children," and &nbsp;Acts 20:12 [[(Rv]] "lad"). In regard to (b) the [[Rv]] has "boy" in &nbsp; Matthew 17:18; &nbsp;Luke 9:42 . In &nbsp;Luke 2:43 it is used of the Lord Jesus. In regard to (c), see &nbsp; Matthew 8:6,8,13 , etc. As to (a) note &nbsp;Matthew 2:16 , [[Rv,]] "male children. See [[Maid]] , [[Manservant]] , [[Servant]] , [[Son]] , [[Young]] [[Man.]] </p> <div> '''5: παιδίον ''' (Strong'S #3813  Noun Neuter  paidion  pahee-dee'-on ) </div> <p> a diminutive of pais, signifies "a little or young child;" it is used of an infant just born, &nbsp;John 16:21; of a male child recently born, e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 2:8; &nbsp;Hebrews 11:23; of a more advanced child, &nbsp;Mark 9:24; of a son, &nbsp;John 4:49; of a girl, &nbsp;Mark 5:39,40,41; in the plural, of "children," e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 14:21 . It is used metaphorically of believers who are deficient in spiritual understanding, &nbsp;1 Corinthians 14:20 , and in affectionate and familiar address by the Lord to His disciples, almost like the Eng., "lads," &nbsp;John 21:5; by the Apostle John to the youngest believers in the family of God, &nbsp;1 John 2:13,18; there it is to be distinguished from teknia, which term he uses in addressing all his readers (&nbsp;1 John 2:1,12,28 : see teknia, above). See Damsel. </p> &nbsp;Mark 9:21 <div> '''6: παιδάριον ''' (Strong'S #3808  Noun Neuter  paidarion  pahee-dar'-ee-on ) </div> <p> another diminutive of pais, is used of "boys and girls," in &nbsp;Matthew 11:16 (the best texts have paidiois here), and a "lad," &nbsp; John 6:9; the tendency in colloquial Greek was to lose the diminutive character of the word. </p> <div> '''7: νήπιος ''' (Strong'S #3516  Adjective  nepios  nay'-pee-os ) </div> <p> lit., "not-speaking" (from ne, a negative, and epos, a word is rendered "childish" in &nbsp;1 Corinthians 13:11 : see Babe. </p> <div> '''8: μονογενής ''' (Strong'S #3439  Adjective  monogenes  mon-og-en-ace ) </div> <p> lit., "only-begotten," is translated "only child" in &nbsp;Luke 9:38 . See Only , [[Only-Begotten.]] </p> <div> '''9: τεκνογονία ''' (Strong'S #5042  Noun [[Feminine]]  teknogonia  tek-nog-on-ee'-ah ) </div> <p> teknon and a root gen---, whence gennao, "to beget," denotes "bearing children," implying the duties of motherhood, &nbsp;1 Timothy 2:15 . </p> <div> [['''A]]  1: νηπιάζω ''' (Strong'S #3515  Verb  nepiazo  nay-pee-ad'-zo ) </div> <p> "to be a babe," is used in &nbsp;1 Corinthians 14:20 , "(in malice) be ye babes" (akin to No. 7, above). </p> <div> [['''A]]  2: τεκνοτροφέω ''' (Strong'S #5044  Verb  teknotropheo  tek-not-rof-eh'-o ) </div> <p> "to rear young," teknon, and trepho, "to rear," signifies "to bring up children," &nbsp;1 Timothy 5:10 . </p> <div> [['''A]]  3: τεκνογονέω ''' (Strong'S #5041  Verb  teknogoneo  tek-nog-on-eh'-o ) </div> <p> "to bear children" (teknon, and gennao, "to beget"), see No. 9 above, is found in &nbsp;1 Timothy 5:14 . </p> <div> [['''B]]  1: ἔγκυος ''' (Strong'S #1471  Adjective  enkuos  eng'-koo-os ) </div> <p> denotes "great with child" (en, "in," and kuo, "to conceive"), &nbsp;Luke 2:5 . </p> <div> [['''B]]  2: φιλότεκνος ''' (Strong'S #5388  Adjective  philoteknos  fil-ot'-ek-nos ) </div> <p> from phileo, "to love," and teknon, signifies "loving one's children," &nbsp;Titus 2:4 . </p> <div> [['''B]]  3: ἄτεκνος ''' (Strong'S #815  Adjective  ateknos  at'-ek-nos ) </div> <p> from a, negative, and teknon, signifies "childless," &nbsp;Luke 20:28-30 . </p> &nbsp;Acts 7:19&nbsp;2 Timothy 3:15Babe.&nbsp;Ephesians 1:5Adoption.

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