τέκνον téknon
Meaning
a child (as produced)
In the King James Version: child, daughter, son
Derivation: from the base of G5098 (τιμωρία);
Where it is used
- Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- Philippians 2:15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- Philippians 2:22 But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.
- Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
- Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7 On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:11 For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—
- 1 Timothy 1:2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 1 Timothy 1:18 Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,
- 1 Timothy 3:4 An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
- 1 Timothy 3:12 A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
- 1 Timothy 5:4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
- 2 Timothy 1:2 To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 2 Timothy 2:1 You therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
- Titus 1:4 To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
- Titus 1:6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.
- Philemon 1:10 I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.
- 1 Peter 1:14 As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
- 1 Peter 3:6 just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.
- 2 Peter 2:14 Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
- 1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
- 1 John 3:2 Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
- 1 John 3:10 By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
- 1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.
- 2 John 1:1 The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I alone, but also all who know the truth—
- 2 John 1:4 I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.
- 2 John 1:13 The children of your elect sister send you greetings.
- 3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
- Revelation 2:23 Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
- Revelation 12:4 His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.
- Revelation 12:5 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.