noun · feminine
teknogonias
Greekτεκνογονία (teknogonia)
Strong’sG5042
child bearing
stem teknogoni-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* τεκνογονία, -ας, ἡ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5042 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtek-nog-on-ee'-ah
childbirth (parentage), i.e. (by implication) maternity (the performance of maternal duties)
Fromfrom the same as G5041;
King Jameschildbearing.
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 | teknogonias | teknogoniais |
| object accusative | teknogonian | teknogoniain |
| direct address vocative | teknogoniar | teknogoniair |
| of, belonging to genitive | teknogoniau1×τεκνογονίας | teknogoniaiu |
| to, for dative | teknogonia | teknogoniai |
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
teknogonia 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
teknogoniau“childbearing”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
1 Timothy 2:15“childbearing”sōziti de dia tau teknogoniau, ean menaleia en pistia kai agapa kai hagiasmo meta sōfrosunau.Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.