Children
τεκνίονStrong’s G5040teknion
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Teknion is the Greek word usually translated “little children”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.”
Meaning
Usually translated “little children”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- little children 8
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 John 7
- John 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 John 2:1My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
- 1 John 2:12I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
- 1 John 2:28And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
- 1 John 3:7Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
- 1 John 3:18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
- 1 John 4:4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Greek dictionary
τεκνίον teknion · children
τεκνίον, -ου, τό (dimin. of τέκνον), a little child: as a term of endearment, in voc. pl., Jhn.13:33, Gal.4:19, 1Jn.2:1 Jn 2:12 Jn 2:28 Jn 3:7 Jn 3:13 Jn 4:4 Jn 5:21.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “children” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHILDREN, noun
plural Of child.
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.