Descendant
ἔκγονοςStrong’s G1549ekgonos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Ekgonos is the Greek word usually translated “grandchildren”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.”
Meaning
Usually translated “grandchildren”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- grandchildren 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Timothy 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἔκγονος ekgonos · descendant
ἔκ-γονος, -ον (ἐκγίγνομαι, to be born of), [in LXX for פְּרִי (neut.), בֵּן, etc. ;] 1. with genitive, born of. 2. As subst., ὁ, ἡ ἔ., a child, son or daughter; in pl., descendants: τέκνα ἢ ἔ., children or grand-children, 1Ti.5:4.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “descendant” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DESCENDANT, noun
Any person proceeding from an ancestor in any degree; issue; offspring, in the line of generation, ad infinitum. We are all the descendants of Adam and Eve.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.