τεκνίον tekníon

Meaning

an infant, i.e. (plural figuratively) darlings (Christian converts)

In the King James Version: little children

Derivation: diminutive of G5043 (τέκνον);

Where it is used

• John 13:33 Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’
• 1 John 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
• 1 John 2:12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.
• 1 John 2:28 And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.
• 1 John 3:7 Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
• 1 John 3:18 Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
• 1 John 4:4 You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
• 1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.