τέκνον

99 τέκνον , -ου, τό ( τίκτω ), [in LXX chiefly for בֵּן , also for יֶלֶד , etc. ;] that which is begotten, born (cf. Scottish bairn ), a child of either sex: Mk 13:12 , Lk 1:7 , Ac 7:5 ; pl., Mt 7:11 , Mk 7:27 , Lk 1:17 , Eph 6:1 , al.; τέκνα ἐπαγγελίας , Ro 9:8 ; τ. τῆς σαρκός , ib. ; in a wider sense (as Heb. בָּנִים ), of posterity, Mt 2:18 , Lk 3:8 , al.; specif., of a male child, Mt 21:28 , Ac 21:21 , a,l.; in voc. as a form of kindly address from an elder to a junior or from a teacher to a disciple, Mt 9:2 21:28 , Mk 2:5 , Lk 2:48 ; τ. μου (= cl. τ. μοι ; v. Bl., §37, 5), Ga 4:19 ( τεκνία , WH, txt.), II Ti 2:1 . Metaph., of disciples (apart from direct address, v. supr.): Phm 10 , I Ti 1:2 , Tit 1:4 , III Jo 4 ; with reference to the Fatherhood of God (v.s. πατήρ, γεννάω ), τέκνα τ. θεοῦ (cf. Is 30:1 , Wi 16:21 ): Ro 8:16 , Eph 5:1 , Phl 2:15 ; and esp. in Johannine bks. (cf. Westc, Epp. Jo. , 94, 120), Jo 1:12 , I Jo 3:1 al.; of those who imitate others and are therefore regarded as the spiritual offspring of their exemplars: Mt 3:9 , Lk 3:8 , Jo 8:39 , Ro 9:7 , I Pe 3:6 ; τ. διαβόλου , I Jo 3:10 ; as in Heb. (LXX, Jl 2:23 , Ps 149:2 , I Mac 1:38 ), of the inhabitants of a city: Mt 23:37 , Lk 13:34 19:44 , Ga 4:25 ; with an adjectival gen., freq. rendering a Heb. expression, adopted from LXX or formed on the analogy of its language, but sometimes with parallels in Gk. writers (v. Deiss., BS , 161ff.): τέκνα φωτός , Eph 5:8 ; τ. ὑπακοῆς , I Pe 1:14 ; κατάρας , II Pe 2:14 ; ὀργῆς , Eph 2:3 . SYN. : v.s. παῖς .