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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).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3 - Then Rachel told him, “Take my maid, Bilhah, and sleep with her. She will bear children for me,[fn] and through her I can have a family, too.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:12 - Joseph moved the boys, who were at their grandfather’s knees, and he bowed with his face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35 - The LORD will cover your knees and legs with incurable boils. In fact, you will be covered from head to foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:21 - But when Sisera fell asleep from exhaustion, Jael quietly crept up to him with a hammer and tent peg in her hand. Then she drove the tent peg through his temple and into the ground, and so he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - When Gideon took his warriors down to the water, the LORD told him, “Divide the men into two groups. In one group put all those who cup water in their hands and lap it up with their tongues like dogs. In the other group put all those who kneel down and drink with their mouths in the stream.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - Only 300 of the men drank from their hands. All the others got down on their knees and drank with their mouths in the stream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - Delilah lulled Samson to sleep with his head in her lap, and then she called in a man to shave off the seven locks of his hair. In this way she began to bring him down,[fn] and his strength left him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:54 - When Solomon finished making these prayers and petitions to the LORD, he stood up in front of the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands raised toward heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42 - So Ahab went to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the top of Mount Carmel and bowed low to the ground and prayed with his face between his knees.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - Yet I will preserve 7,000 others in Israel who have never bowed down to Baal or kissed him!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13 - Once more the king sent a third captain with fifty men. But this time the captain went up the hill and fell to his knees before Elijah. He pleaded with him, “O man of God, please spare my life and the lives of these, your fifty servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20 - So the servant took him home, and his mother held him on her lap. But around noontime he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:24 - But Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he sank down dead in his chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:20 - Then David said to the whole assembly, “Give praise to the LORD your God!” And the entire assembly praised the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and they bowed low and knelt before the LORD and the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - Now Solomon had made a bronze platform 7½ feet long, 7½ feet wide, and 4½ feet high[fn] and had placed it at the center of the Temple’s outer courtyard. He stood on the platform, and then he knelt in front of the entire community of Israel and lifted his hands toward heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5 - At the time of the sacrifice, I stood up from where I had sat in mourning with my clothes torn. I fell to my knees and lifted my hands to the LORD my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12 - Why was I laid on my mother’s lap?
Why did she nurse me at her breasts?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:4 - Your words have supported those who were falling;
you encouraged those with shaky knees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 - My knees are weak from fasting,
and I am skin and bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:3 - With this news, strengthen those who have tired hands,
and encourage those who have weak knees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23 - I have sworn by my own name;
I have spoken the truth,
and I will never go back on my word:
Every knee will bend to me,
and every tongue will confess allegiance to me.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 - This is what the LORD says:
“I will give Jerusalem a river of peace and prosperity.
The wealth of the nations will flow to her.
Her children will be nursed at her breasts,
carried in her arms, and held on her lap.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:6 - and his face turned pale with fright. His knees knocked together in fear and his legs gave way beneath him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10 - But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:10 - Just then a hand touched me and lifted me, still trembling, to my hands and knees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:10 - Soon the city is plundered, empty, and ruined.
Hearts melt and knees shake.
The people stand aghast,
their faces pale and trembling.
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