verb

teknotrofamō

Greekτεκνοτροφέω (teknotrofeō)

Strong’sG5044

I bring up children

stem teknotrof-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

brought up children1×

What it means

* τεκνο-τροφέω, -ῶ

to rear young (of bees, Arist.),

to bring up children: I Ti 5:10.†

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

Strong’s G5044 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidtek-not-rof-eh'-o

to be a childrearer, i.e. fulfil the duties of a female parent

Fromfrom a compound of G5043 and G5142;

King Jamesbring up children.

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

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
teknotrofataἐτεκνοτρόφησεν	happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular	brought up children	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	teknotrofamō	teknotrofame	teknotrofami	teknotrofama	teknotrofamē	teknotrofamelē
you 2nd person singular	teknotrofasō	teknotrofase	teknotrofasi	teknotrofasa	teknotrofasē	teknotrofaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	teknotrofatō	teknotrofate	teknotrofati	teknotrofata1×ἐτεκνοτρόφησεν	teknotrofatē	teknotrofatelē
we 1st person plural	teknotrofanō	teknotrofane	teknotrofani	teknotrofana	teknotrofanē	teknotrofanelē
ye 2nd person plural	teknotrofavō	teknotrofave	teknotrofavi	teknotrofava	teknotrofavē	teknotrofavelē
they 3rd person plural	teknotrofalō	teknotrofale	teknotrofali	teknotrofala	teknotrofalē	teknotrofalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	teknotrofameiō	teknotrofameia	teknotrofameiē
you 2nd person singular	teknotrofaseiō	teknotrofaseia	teknotrofaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	teknotrofateiō	teknotrofateia	teknotrofateiē
we 1st person plural	teknotrofaneiō	teknotrofaneia	teknotrofaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	teknotrofaveiō	teknotrofaveia	teknotrofaveiē
they 3rd person plural	teknotrofaleiō	teknotrofaleia	teknotrofaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	teknotrofasōr	teknotrofasar	teknotrofasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	teknotrofatōr	teknotrofatar	teknotrofatēr
ye 2nd person plural	teknotrofavōr	teknotrofavar	teknotrofavēr
they 3rd person plural	teknotrofalōr	teknotrofalar	teknotrofalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	teknotrofamoiō	teknotrofamoia
you 2nd person singular	teknotrofasoiō	teknotrofasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	teknotrofatoiō	teknotrofatoia
we 1st person plural	teknotrofanoiō	teknotrofanoia
ye 2nd person plural	teknotrofavoiō	teknotrofavoia
they 3rd person plural	teknotrofaloiō	teknotrofaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	teknotrofarō	teknotrofari	teknotrofara	teknotrofarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	teknotrofarōtos	teknotrofaritos	teknotrofaratos	teknotrofarētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

teknotrofstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

teknotrof 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

teknotrofata“brought up children”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×

1 Timothy 5:10“brought up children”en ergei kalei marturirōtas, ei teknotrofata, ei xenodochata, ei hagioiu podoin niptata, ei thlibirōtoi eparkata, ei pante erge agathe epakolouthata.and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.