G5043–τέκνον–teknon

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou who murderest the Prophets and stonest those who have been sent to thee, how often have I desired to gather thy children just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not come!

τέκνα tekna “children”

"If any one is coming to me who does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes and his own life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

τέκνα tekna “children”

"`You my dear son,' said the father, `are always with me, and all that is mine is also yours.

τέκνον, teknon “Son,”

"`Remember, my child,' said Abraham, `that you had all your good things during your lifetime, and that Lazarus in like manner had his bad things. But, now and here, he is receiving consolation and you are in agony.

τέκνον, teknon “Child,”

"I solemnly tell you," replied Jesus, "that there is no one who has left house or wife, or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of God's Kingdom,

τέκνα tekna “children”

And they will dash thee to the ground and thy children within thee, and will not leave one stone upon another within thee; because thou hast not recognized the time of thy visitation."

τέκνα tekna “children”

and all seven, having done the same, left no children when they died.

τέκνα tekna “children”

But Jesus turned towards them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

τέκνα tekna “children”

But all who have received Him, to them--that is, to those who trust in His name--He has given the privilege of becoming children of God;

τέκνα tekna “children”

"Our father is Abraham," they said. "If you were Abraham's children," replied Jesus, "it is Abraham's deeds that you would be doing.

τέκνα tekna “children”

and not for the nation only, but in order to unite into one body all the far-scattered children of God.

τέκνα tekna “children”

For to you belongs the promise, and to your children, and to all who are far off, whoever the Lord our God may call."

τέκνοις teknois “children”

But he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not a single square yard of ground. And yet He promised to bestow the land as a permanent possession on him and his posterity after him--and promised this at a time when Abraham was childless.

τέκνου. teknou “a child.”

that God has amply fulfilled it to our children in raising up Jesus; as it is also written in the second Psalm, `Thou art My Son: to-day I have become Thy Father.'

τέκνοις teknois “children”

When, however, our time was up, we left and went on our way, all the disciples and their wives and children coming to see us off. Then, after kneeling down on the beach and praying,

τέκνοις teknois “children”

Now what they have been repeatedly told about you is that you teach all the Jews among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, and that you forbid them to circumcise their children or observe old-established customs.

τέκνα tekna “children”

The Spirit Himself bears witness, along with our own spirits, to the fact that we are children of God;

τέκνα tekna “children”

and if children, then heirs too--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ; if indeed we are sharers in Christ's sufferings, in order that we may also be sharers in His glory.

τέκνα, tekna “children,”

Yet there was always the hope that at last the Creation itself would also be set free from the thraldom of decay so as to enjoy the liberty that will attend the glory of the children of God.

τέκνων teknōn “children”

nor because they are Abraham's true children. But the promise was "Through Isaac shall your posterity be reckoned."

τέκνα, tekna “children,”

In other words, it is not the children by natural descent who count as God's children, but the children made such by the promise are regarded as Abraham's posterity.

τέκνα tekna “children”τέκνα tekna “children”τέκνα tekna “children”

I am not writing all this to shame you, but I am offering you advice as my dearly-loved children.

τέκνα tekna “children”

For this reason I have sent Timothy to you. Spiritually he is my dearly-loved and faithful child. He will remind you of my habits as a Christian teacher--the manner in which I teach everywhere in every Church.

τέκνον teknon “child”

For, in such cases, the unbelieving husband has become--and is--holy through union with a Christian woman, and the unbelieving wife is holy through union with a Christian brother. Otherwise your children would be unholy, but in reality they have a place

τέκνα tekna “children”

And in just requital--I speak as to my children--let your hearts expand also.

τέκνοις teknois “to children”