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Strong's G5088 · Greek

τίκτω

tikto · tik'-to

a strengthened form of a primary teko tek'-o (which is used only as alternate in certain tenses); to produce (from seed, as a mother, a plant, the earth, etc.), literally or figuratively


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

τίκτω (G5088)

18 τίκτω [in LXX chiefly for יָלַד ;] prop., of parents, to beget, bring forth , but esp. the latter, and so always in NT: absol., Lk 1:57 2:6 , Jo 16:21 , Ga 4:27 (LXX) (v. M, Pr. , 127), Re 12:2 , 4 ; υἱόν , Mt 1:21 , 23 , 25 Lk 1:31 2:7 , Re 12:5 , 13 ; pass., Mt 2:2 , Lk 2:11 . Metaph., of the earth, βοτάνην , He 6:7 (Æsch., al.); of lust, ἁμαρτίαν , Ja 1:15 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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