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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 - Then she said, “Here is my female slave Bilhah: have relations with her that she may give birth [fn]on my knees, so that [fn]by her I too may obtain a child.”
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 - “The LORD will strike you on the knees and thighs with severe boils from which you cannot be healed, and strike you from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:21 - But Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg and [fn]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. Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You shall put everyone who laps the water with his tongue as a dog laps [fn]in one group, and everyone who kneels down to drink in another.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - Now the number of those who lapped, [fn]putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people kneeled down to drink water.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - And 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 humble him, and his strength left him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:54 -

When Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and plea to the LORD, he stood up from the altar of the LORD, 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 bent down to the earth and put his face between his knees.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - “Yet I will leave seven thousand 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 the king again sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty men. When the third captain of fifty went up, he came and bowed down on his knees before Elijah, and begged him and said to him, “You 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 - When he had carried him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her [fn]lap until noon, and then he died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:24 - Then Jehu [fn]drew his bow with his full strength and [fn]shot [fn]Joram between his arms; and the arrow went [fn]through his heart, and he sank in his chariot.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:20 -

Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless the LORD your God.” And all the assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers, and bowed down and paid [fn]homage to the LORD and the king.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - For Solomon had made a bronze platform, [fn]five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the courtyard; 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 stood up from my [fn]humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn, and I bowed down on my knees and spread out my [fn]hands to the LORD my God;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12 -

“Why were the knees there in front of me,

And why the breasts, that I would nurse?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:4 -

“Your words have helped the stumbling to stand,

And you have strengthened [fn]feeble knees.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 -

My knees [fn]are weak from fasting,

And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:3 -

Strengthen the [fn]exhausted, and make the [fn]feeble strong.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23 -

“I have sworn by Myself;

The word has gone out 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 this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I extend 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 rocked back and forth on the knees.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:6 - Then the king’s [fn]face became pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints [fn]loosened and his knees began knocking together.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10 -

Now when Daniel learned that the document was signed, he entered his house (and in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and offering praise before his God, just as he had been doing previously.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:10 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:10 -

She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and waste!

Hearts are melting and knees wobbling!

Also trembling is in [fn]the entire body,

And all their faces have become pale!

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