adjective

ekgonem

Greekἔκγονον (ekgonon)

Strong’sG1549

descended, a descendant

stem ekgon-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

grandchildren1×

What it means

ἔκ-γονος, -ον

(< ἐκγίγνομαι, to be born of), [in LXX for פְּרִי (neut.), בֵּן, etc.;]

1. c. gen., born of.

2. As subst., ὁ, ἡ ἔ., a child, son or daughter; in pl., descendants: τέκνα ἢ ἔ., children or grand-children, I Ti 5:4.†

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

Strong’s G1549 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidek'-gon-on

a descendant, i.e. (specially) grandchild

Fromneuter of a derivative of a compound of G1537 and G1096;

King Jamesnephew.

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	ekgonos	ekgonas	ekgonem	ekgonois	ekgonais	ekgoneim1×ἔκγονα
object accusative	ekgonon	ekgonan		ekgonoin	ekgonain
direct address vocative	ekgonor	ekgonar		ekgonoir	ekgonair
of, belonging to genitive	ekgonou	ekgonau	ekgoneu	ekgonoiu	ekgonaiu	ekgoneiu
to, for dative	ekgono	ekgona	ekgone	ekgonoi	ekgonai	ekgonei

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

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

ekgon 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

ekgoneim“grandchildren”subject or objectdirect plural1×

1 Timothy 5:4“grandchildren”ei de tinas chēras tekneim ē ekgoneim echatō, mathalōr prōton ton idion oikon eusebarō kai amoibain apodōarō toi progonoi, houtem gar atō apodektem enōpion tou theou.But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.