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Strong's #5388 - φιλότεκνος

Transliteration
philóteknos
Phonetics
fil-ot'-ek-nos
Root Word (Etymology)
from (G5384) and (G5043)
Parts of Speech
Adjective
TDNT
None
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. loving one's offspring or children
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (1)
Titus 1
NAS (2)
Titus 2
HCS (1)
Titus 1
BSB (1)
Titus 1
ESV (1)
Titus 1
WEB (1)
Titus 1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

φῐλότεκν-ος, ον,

loving one's children or offspring, Hdt. 2.66, E. HF 636, Ph. 356, Ar. Th. 752, Titus 2:4; ἦθος φ. D.S. 34 / 5.11: Comp., αἱ μητέρες -ότεραι Arist. EN 1168a25; Sup. -ότατος Plu. Aem. 6: τὸ φ., = φιλοτεκνία, Id. 2.93f.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

φιλότεκνος, φιλοτεκνον (φίλος and τέκνον), loving one's offspring or children: joined with φίλανδρος (as in Plutarch, mor., p. 769 c.), of women, Titus 2:4. (4 Macc. 15:3-5; Herodotus 2, 66; Aristophanes, Euripides, Aristotle, Plutarch, Lucian, others.)


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** φιλότεκνος , -ον

(< φίλος , τέκνον ),

[in LXX: 4 Maccabees 15:4-6 *;]

loving one's children (Hdt., Arist., Plut., al.): of women, joined with φίλανδρος , q.v., Titus 2:4.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
φιλοτεκνους φιλοτέκνους philoteknous philotéknous
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