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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3 - She replied, "Here is my servant Bilhah! Have sexual relations with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:12 - So Joseph moved them from Israel's knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35 - The LORD will afflict you in your knees and on your legs with painful, incurable boils - from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:21 - Then Jael wife of Heber took a tent peg in one hand and a hammer in the other. She crept up on him, drove the tent peg through his temple into the ground while he was asleep from exhaustion, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - So he brought the men down to the water. Then the LORD said to Gideon, "Separate those who lap the water as a dog laps from those who kneel to drink."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - Three hundred men lapped; the rest of the men kneeled to drink water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - She made him go to sleep on her lap and then called a man in to shave off the seven braids of his hair. She made him vulnerable and his strength left him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:54 - When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the LORD, he got up from before the altar of the LORD where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42 - So Ahab went on up to eat and drink, while Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel. He bent down toward the ground and put his face between his knees.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - I still have left in Israel seven thousand followers who have not bowed their knees to Baal or kissed the images of him."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13 - The king sent a third captain and his fifty soldiers. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. He begged for mercy, "Prophet, please have respect for my life and for the lives of these fifty servants of yours.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20 - So he picked him up and took him to his mother. He sat on her lap until noon and then died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:24 - Jehu aimed his bow and shot an arrow right between Jehoram's shoulders. The arrow went through his heart and he fell to his knees in his chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:20 - David told the entire assembly: "Praise the LORD your God!" So the entire assembly praised the LORD God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the LORD and the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - Solomon had made a bronze platform and had placed it in the middle of the enclosure. It was seven and one-half feet long, seven and one-half feet wide, and four and one-half feet high. He stood on it and then got down on his knees in front of the entire assembly of Israel. He spread out his hands toward the sky,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5 - At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the LORD my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12 - Why did the knees welcome me, and why were there two breasts that I might nurse at them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:4 - Your words have supported those who stumbled, and you have strengthened the knees that gave way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 - I am so starved my knees shake; I have turned into skin and bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:3 - Strengthen the hands that have gone limp, steady the knees that shake!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23 - I solemnly make this oath - what I say is true and reliable: 'Surely every knee will bow to me, every tongue will solemnly affirm;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 - For this is what the LORD says: "Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river, the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. You will nurse from her breast and be carried at her side; you will play on her knees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:6 - Then all the color drained from the king's face and he became alarmed. The joints of his hips gave way, and his knees began knocking together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10 - When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:10 - Then a hand touched me and set me on my hands and knees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:10 - Destruction, devastation, and desolation! Their hearts faint, their knees tremble, each stomach churns, each face turns pale!
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