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ἔκγονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔκγονος ἔκγονον

Structure: ἐκγον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)kgi/gnomai

Sense

  1. born of, sprung from
  2. a child, son or daughter, descendants, offspring

Examples

  • τὰ δέ ἔκγονα, ἃ ἐὰν γεννήσῃσ μετὰ ταῦτα, ἔσονται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν. κληθήσονται ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἐκείνων κλήροισ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 48:6)
  • καὶ ἀγαπήσει σε καὶ εὐλογήσει σε καὶ πληθυνεῖ σε καὶ εὐλογήσει τὰ ἔκγονα τῆσ κοιλίασ σου καὶ τὸν καρπὸν τῆσ γῆσ σου, τὸν σῖτόν σου καὶ τὸν οἶνόν σου καὶ τὸ ἔλαιόν σου, τὰ βουκόλια τῶν βοῶν σου καὶ τὰ ποίμνια τῶν προβάτων σου ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ἧσ ὤμοσε Κύριοσ τοῖσ πατράσι σου δοῦναί σοι. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 7:13)
  • εὐλογημένα τὰ ἔκγονα τῆσ κοιλίασ σου καὶ τὰ γενήματα τῆσ γῆσ σου καὶ τὰ βουκόλια τῶν βοῶν σου καὶ τὰ ποίμνια τῶν προβάτων σου. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 28:4)
  • ἐπικατάρατα τὰ ἔκγονα τῆσ κοιλίασ σου καὶ τὰ γενήματα τῆσ γῆσ σου, τὰ βουκόλια τῶν βοῶν σου καὶ τὰ ποίμνια τῶν προβάτων σου. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 28:18)
  • καὶ κατέδεται τὰ ἔκγονα τῶν κτηνῶν σου καὶ τὰ γενήματα τῆσ γῆσ σου, ὥστε μὴ καταλιπεῖν σοι σῖτον, οἶνον, ἔλαιον, τὰ βουκόλια τῶν βοῶν σου, καὶ τὰ ποίμνια τῶν προβάτων σου, ἕωσ ἂν ἀπολέσῃ σε (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 28:51)

Synonyms

  1. born of

  2. a child

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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