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Lexicon :: Strong's G1119 - gony

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γόνυ
Transliteration
gony (Key)
Pronunciation
gon-oo'
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:738,126

Strong’s Definitions

γόνυ góny, gon-oo'; of uncertain affinity; the "knee":—knee(X -l).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G1119 in the following manner: knee (7x), kneel (with G5087) (with G3588) (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G1119 in the following manner: knee (7x), kneel (with G5087) (with G3588) (5x).
  1. the knee, to kneel down

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γόνυ góny, gon-oo'; of uncertain affinity; the "knee":—knee(X -l).
STRONGS G1119:
γόνυ, γόνατος, τό, [from Homer down], the knee: Hebrews 12:12; τιθέναι τὰ γόνατα to bend the knees, kneel down, of persons supplicating: Luke 22:41; Acts 7:60; Acts 9:40; Acts 20:36; Acts 21:5; of [mock] worshippers, Mark 15:19, so also προσπίπτειν τοῖς γόνασί τινος, Luke 5:8 (of a suppliant in Euripides, Or. 1332); κάμπτειν τὰ γόνατα to bow the knee, of those worshipping God or Christ: τινί, Romans 11:4; πρός τινα, Ephesians 3:14; reflexively, γόνυ κάμπτει τινί, to i. e. in honor of one, Romans 14:11 (1 Kings 19:18); ἐν ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ, Philippians 2:10 (Isaiah 45:23).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
19:18
Isaiah
45:23
Mark
15:19
Luke
5:8; 22:41
Acts
7:60; 9:40; 20:36; 21:5
Romans
11:4; 14:11
Ephesians
3:14
Philippians
2:10
Hebrews
12:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1119 matches the Greek γόνυ (gony),
which occurs 27 times in 26 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3 - And she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah, go in to her that she may bear on my knees, that [fn]through her I too may obtain children.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:12 - Then Joseph [fn]took them from his knees and bowed with his face to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35 - “Yahweh will strike you on the knees and legs with sore boils, from which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:21 - Then Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg and placed a hammer in her hand and went secretly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went through into the ground; for he was sound asleep and exhausted. So he died.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - So he brought the people down to the water. And Yahweh said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps the water with his tongue as a dog laps, you shall set him aside by himself, and so also everyone who kneels to drink.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - Now the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was 300 men; but all the rest of the people kneeled to drink water.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - Then she made him sleep on her knees and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to afflict him, and his strength left him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:54 -

Now it happened that when Solomon had [fn]finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he arose from before the altar of Yahweh, from kneeling on his knees with his [fn]hands spread toward heaven.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42 - So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he stretched himself down toward the ground and put his face between his knees.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - “Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13 -

So he again sent the commander of a third fifty with his fifty. Then the third commander of fifty went up and came and bowed down on his knees before Elijah, and he begged him and said to him, “O man of God, please let my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20 - Then he carried him and brought him to his mother, and he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:24 - And Jehu [fn]drew his bow with his full strength and struck [fn]Joram between his arms; and the arrow went [fn]through his heart and he crouched down in his chariot.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:20 -

Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless Yahweh your God.” And all the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed low and prostrated themselves to Yahweh and to the king.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - Now Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5 -

But at the evening offering I arose from my [fn]affliction, even with my garment and my robe torn, and I fell on my knees and stretched out my [fn]hands to Yahweh my God;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12 -

“Why did the knees receive me,

And why the breasts, that I should suck?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:4 -

“Your words have [fn]helped the stumbling to stand,

And you have encouraged [fn]feeble knees.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 -

My knees are feeble from fasting,

And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:3 -

Strengthen limp hands, and give courage to the knees of the stumbling.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23 -

“I have sworn by Myself,

The word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness

And will not turn back,

That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 -

For thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I stretch out peace to her like a river,

And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;

And you will [fn]be nursed; you will be carried on the [fn]hip and played with on the knees.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:6 - Then the [fn]splendor of the king’s face changed, and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints [fn]went slack, and his knees were knocking against each other.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10 -

Now when Daniel knew that the written document was signed, he entered his house (now in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, [fn]as he had been doing previously.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:10 -

Then behold, a hand touched me and set me shaking on my [fn]hands and knees.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:10 -

She is emptied! Yes, she is emptied out and eviscerated!

Hearts are melting and knees knocking!

Also anguish is in all their loins,

And all their faces [fn]turn pale!

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