adjective

ateknos

Greekἄτεκνος (ateknos)

Strong’sG815

childless

stem atekn-2 times in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

childless1×no children1×

What it means

ἄτεκνος, -ον

(< τέκνον), [in LXX: Ge 15:2, Le 20:20, 21 (עֲרִירִי), Is 49:21, Je 18:21 (שׁכל), Si 16:3*;]

childless: Lk 20:28, 29.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G815 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidat'-ek-nos

childless

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and G5043;

King Jameschildless, without children.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	ateknos2×ἄτεκνος	ateknas	ateknem	ateknois	ateknais	atekneim
object accusative	ateknon	ateknan		ateknoin	ateknain
direct address vocative	ateknor	ateknar		ateknoir	ateknair
of, belonging to genitive	ateknou	ateknau	atekneu	ateknoiu	ateknaiu	atekneiu
to, for dative	atekno	atekna	atekne	ateknoi	ateknai	ateknei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

ateknstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

atekn is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

ateknos“childless”subjectnominative singular2×

Luke 20:28“no children”legarōtois; Didaskalor, Mōusos grafata ni, ean tinou adelfos apothnēskateia echarōtos gunaikan, kai houtos ateknos ateiō, hina lambateia tos adelfos autou tan gunaikan kai exanistanateia spermem to adelfo autou.“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

Luke 20:29“childless”hepta oun adelfois ale; kai tos prōtos lambaratos gunaikan apothnēskata ateknos;Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife but died childless.