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Strong's G616 · Greek

ἀποκυέω

apokueo · ap-ok-oo-eh'-o

from 575 and the base of 2949; to breed forth, i.e. (by transference) to generate (figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἀπο-κυέω (G616)

2 ** ἀπο-κυέω (Rec. -κύω ), -ῶ ( ἀπό , κυέω or κύω , to be pregnant ), [in LXX: IV Mac 15:17 *;] prop., "the medical word for birth as the close of pregnancy" (Hort, Ja. , 26 f.). In κοινή , "an ordinary syn. of τίκτω , but definitely 'perfectivised' (M, Pr. , 111 ff.; MM, s.v.) by the ἀπό , and so implying safe delivery," to bring forth , give birth to : Ja 1:15 , 18 .†

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

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