Quick Definition
a knee
Strong's Definition
the "knee"
Derivation: of uncertain affinity;
KJV Usage: knee(X -l)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
γόνυ, γονατος, τό (from Homer down), the knee: Heb_12:12; τιθέναι τά γόνατα to bend the knees, kneel down, of persons supplicating: Luk_22:41; Act_7:60; Act_9:40; Act_20:36; Act_21:5; of (mock) worshippers, Mar_15:19, so also προσπίπτειν τοῖς γόνασι τίνος, Luk_5:8 (of a suppliant in Euripides, Or. 1332); κάμπτειν τά γόνατα to bow the knee, of those worshipping God or Christ: τίνι, Rom_11:4; πρός τινα, Eph_3:14; reflexively, γόνυ καμπτει τίνι, to i. e. in honor of one, Rom_14:11 (1Ki_19:18); ἐν ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ, Php_2:10 (Isa_45:23).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
γόνυ gony 12x
the knee, Luk_22:41 ; Heb_12:12 , et al. knee.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
γόνυ , -ατος , τό ,
[in LXX chiefly for H1290 ;]
the knee: Heb_12:12 ; of a suppliant, προσπίπτειν τοῖς γ ., Luk_5:8 ; so also τιθέναι τὰ γ ., to kneel: Luk_22:41 , Act_7:60 ; Act_9:40 ; Act_20:36 ; Act_21:5 ; in mockery, Mar_15:19 ; κάμπτειν τὰ γ ., to bend the knee: Rom_11:4 ( LXX ) Rom_14:11 ( LXX ) Eph_3:14 , Php_2:10 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
γόνυ [page 131]
γόνυ is very common in the descriptions attached to persons in official documents, as when in a census return of A.D. 48, P Oxy II. 255 .10 (= Selections , p. 46), a certain Thermoutharion is described as μέση μελίχ (ρως ) μακροπ (ρόσωπος ) οὐλ (ὴ ) γόνα (τι ) δ̣ε̣[ξι ]ω̣̑ [ι , of medium height, olive-complexioned, long-faced, a scar on the right knee. Cf. P Oxy I. 99 .5 (A.D. 55), P Fay 36 .22 (A.D. 111 2), ib. 98 .6 (A.D. 123). For the diminutive see P Oxy I. 52 .17 (A.D. 325) δεξιοῦ γονατίου there is of course no more diminutive force attaching than in ὠτάριον (NT), MGr ποδάριν , etc. From inscrr. may be noted the phrase μέχρι γονάτων for snow knee-deep, OGIS 199 .9 , a monument transcribed in Nubia by the traveller Cosmas (vi/A.D.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
γόνυ [Etym: the ionic forms γούνατος, -ατι in Trag. , but never γουνός, γουνί] "the knee", Lat. genu, Hom. , etc. ἅψασθαι γούνων to clasp "the knees" as a suppliant, Il. ; so ἑλεῖν, λαβεῖν, γούνων id=Il. ; τῶν γουνάτων λαβέσθαι Hdt. ; περὶ or ἀμφὶ γούνασί τινος χεῖρας βαλεῖν Od. ; ἀμφὶ γόνυ τινὸς πίπτειν Eur. ; γούνων λίσσεσθαι to supplicate "by [clasping] the knees", Hom. ; ἄντεσθαι or λίσσεσθαι πρὸς τῶν γονάτων Eur. of a sitting posture, γόνυ κάμψειν bend "the knee" so as to sit down, Il. :— ἐπὶ γούνασι "on" one's "knees", of a child, id=Il. ; πέπλον θεῖναι Ἀθηναίης ἐπὶ γούνασιν to lay it on her "lap" (as an offering), id=Il. ; metaph., θεῶν ἐν γούνασι κεῖται, i. e. rests on their will and pleasure, Hom. the knees are in Hom. the seat of strength; hence, γούνατά τινος λύειν to weaken, lame, kill him, Il. : also, metaph., ἐς γόνυ βάλλειν to bring down upon "the knee", i. e. to humble, conquer, Hdt. proverb., ἀπωτέρω ἢ γόνυ κνήμη "Charity begins at home, " Theocr. "the knee or joint" of grasses, such as the cane, Lat. geniculum, Hdt. , Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
γόνυ, -ατος, τό,
[in LXX chiefly for בֶּרֶךְ ;]
the knee: Heb.12:12; of a suppliant, προσπίπτειν τοῖς γ., Luk.5:8; so also τιθέναι τὰ γ., to kneel: Luk.22:41, Act.7:60 9:40 20:36 21:5; in mockery, Mrk.15:19; κάμπτειν τὰ γ., to bend the knee: Rom.11:4 (LXX) 14:11 (LXX), Eph.3:14, Php.2:10.†
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