noun · masculine
gonevos
Greekγονεύς (goneus)
Strong’sG1118
a parent
stem gonev-20 times in the New Testamentin 9 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
γονεύς, -έως, ὁ
(< γίγνομαι), [in LXX for אָב, אֵם;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1118 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidgon-yooce'
a parent
Fromfrom the base of G1096;
King Jamesparent.
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | gonevos | gonevois9×γονεῖς |
| object accusative | gonevon | gonevoin5×γονεῖς |
| direct address vocative | gonevor | gonevoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | gonevou | gonevoiu1×γονέων |
| to, for dative | gonevo | gonevoi5×γονεῦσιν |
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
gonevo 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
20 occurrences, every one of them listed
gonevois“parents”subjectnominative plural9×
Luke 2:41“parents”Kai poreuele tois gonevois autou kata etem eis Ierousalēm ta heorta teu pascha.Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
Luke 2:43“parents”kai teleiaratoiu tain hēmerain, en te hupostrefarō autoin hupomenata Iēsus tos paidos en Ierousalēm, kai ouk gnōskala tois gonevois autou.When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed.
Luke 8:56“parents”kai existanala tois gonevois autau; tos de parangellata autoi mēdeno legara tem ginarētem.Her parents were astounded, but Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.
John 9:2“parents”kai erōtala auton tois mathētois autou legarōtois; Rabbi, tinos hamartata, houtos ē tois gonevois autou, hina tuflos genniteia?and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
John 9:3“parents”apokrinita Iēsus; Oute houtos hamartata oute tois gonevois autou, alla hina faneriteia teim ergeim tou theou en auto.Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.
John 9:20“parents”apokrinila oun tois gonevois autou kai legala; Oidanē hoti houtos atō tos huios nu kai hoti tuflos gennita;His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind.
John 9:22“parents”houteim legala tois gonevois autou hoti fobele toin Ioudaioin, ēdē gar suntithelelē tois Ioudaiois hina ean tinos auton homologateia christon, aposunagōgos gineteia.His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
John 9:23“parents”dia houtem tois gonevois autou legala hoti Hēlikian echatō, auton eperōtavar.That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
2 Corinthians 12:14“parents”Idou tritem houtem hetoimōs echamō erchara pros vin, kai ouk katanarkami; ouk gar zētamō teim vu alla vin, ouk gar ofeilatō teim tekneim toi gonevoi thēsaurizarō, alla tois gonevois tei teknei.See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
gonevoin“parents”objectaccusative plural5×
Matthew 10:21“parents”paradōati de adelfos adelfon eis thanaton kai patēros teknem, kai epanistaneli tekneim epi gonevoin kai thanatali autoin.Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
Mark 13:12“parents”kai paradōati adelfos adelfon eis thanaton kai patēros teknem, kai epanistaneli tekneim epi gonevoin kai thanatali autoin;Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
Luke 2:27“parents”kai erchata en te pneume eis tem hierem; kai en te eisagara toin gonevoin tem paidiem Iēsun teu poiara autoin kata tem ethizirētem tou nomou peri autouLed by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for Him what was customary under the Law,
Luke 18:29“parents”tos de legata autoi; Amēn legamō vi hoti oudenos atō hos afiēkata oikian ē gunaikan ē adelfoin ē gonevoin ē tekneim heneken tau basileiau tou theou,“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
John 9:18“parents”Ouk pisteuala oun tois Ioudaiois peri autou hoti ate tuflos kai anablepata, heōs hotinou fōnala toin gonevoin autou tou anableparatouThe Jews still did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parents
gonevoiu“parents”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Luke 21:16“parents”paradōivi de kai hupo gonevoiu kai adelfoiu kai sungenoiu kai filoiu, kai thanatali ek vu,You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.
gonevoi“parents”to, fordative plural5×
Romans 1:30“parents”katalaloin, theostugoin, hubristoin, huperēfanoin, alazōnoin, efeuretoin kakeiu, gonevoi apeithoin,slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
2 Corinthians 12:14“parents”Idou tritem houtem hetoimōs echamō erchara pros vin, kai ouk katanarkami; ouk gar zētamō teim vu alla vin, ouk gar ofeilatō teim tekneim toi gonevoi thēsaurizarō, alla tois gonevois tei teknei.See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
Ephesians 6:1“parents”Teim tekneim, hupakouavōr toi gonevoi vu en kurio, houtem gar atō dikaiem;Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Colossians 3:20“parents”Teim tekneim, hupakouavōr toi gonevoi kata panteim, houtem gar euarestem atō en kurio.Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
2 Timothy 3:2“parents”eli gar tois anthrōpois filautois, filargurois, alazōnois, huperēfanois, blasfēmois, gonevoi apeithois, acharistois, anosiois,For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,