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Lexicon :: Strong's G5040 - teknion

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τεκνίον
Transliteration
teknion (Key)
Pronunciation
tek-nee'-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Diminutive of τέκνον (G5043)
mGNT
8x in 1 unique form(s) TR
9x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:636,759

Strong’s Definitions

τεκνίον tekníon, tek-nee'-on; diminutive of G5043; an infant, i.e. (plural figuratively) darlings (Christian converts):—little children.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G5040 in the following manner: little children (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G5040 in the following manner: little children (9x).

  1. a little child

  2. in the NT used as a term of kindly address by teachers to their disciples

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τεκνίον tekníon, tek-nee'-on; diminutive of G5043; an infant, i.e. (plural figuratively) darlings (Christian converts):—little children.
STRONGS G5040:
τεκνίον, τεκνιου, τό (diminutive of τέκνον, which see; (on the accent, cf. Winers Grammar, 52; Chandler § 347)), a little child; in the N. T. used as a term of kindly address by teachers to their disciples (always in the plural little children: Mark 10:24 Lachmann); John 13:33; Galatians 4:19 (where L text T Tr WH marginal reading τέκνα); 1 John 2:1, 12, 28; 1 John 3:7 (WH marginal reading παιδία),1 John 3:18; 1 John 4:4; 5:21. (Anthol.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
10:24
John
13:33
Galatians
4:19
1 John
2:1; 2:12; 2:28; 3:7; 3:18; 4:4; 5:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5040 matches the Greek τεκνίον (teknion),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:33 - “Little children, I am with you [only] a little longer. You will look for Me and, as I told the Jews, so I tell you now, ‘Where I am going, you are not able to come.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:1 -

My little children (believers, dear ones), I am writing you these things so that you will not sin and violate God’s law. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate [who will intercede for us] with the Father: Jesus Christ the righteous [the upright, the just One, who conforms to the Father’s will in every way—purpose, thought, and action].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:12 -

I am writing to you, little children (believers, dear ones), because your sins have been forgiven for His name’s sake [you have been pardoned and released from spiritual debt through His name because you have confessed His name, believing in Him as Savior].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:28 -

Now, little children (believers, dear ones), remain in Him [with unwavering faith], so that when He appears [at His return], we may have [perfect] confidence and not be ashamed and shrink away from Him at His coming.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:7 - Little children (believers, dear ones), do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who practices righteousness [the one who strives to live a consistently honorable life—in private as well as in public—and to conform to God’s precepts] is righteous, just as He is righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:18 - Little children (believers, dear ones), let us not love [merely in theory] with word or with tongue [giving lip service to compassion], but in action and in truth [in practice and in sincerity, because practical acts of love are more than words].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:4 - Little children (believers, dear ones), you are of God and you belong to Him and have [already] overcome them [the agents of the antichrist]; because He who is in you is greater than he (Satan) who is in the world [of sinful mankind].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:21 -

Little children (believers, dear ones), guard yourselves from idols—[false teachings, moral compromises, and anything that would take God’s place in your heart].

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