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G1471 ἔγκυος (énkyos)
Greek
Noun, Feminine
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Quick Definition

with child, pregnant

Strong's Definition

swelling inside, i.e. pregnant

Derivation: from G1722 (ἐν) and the base of G2949 (κῦμα);

KJV Usage: great with child

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἔγκυος (WH ἐνκυος, see ἐν, III. 3.), ἐγκυον, for the more usual ἐγκύμων (from ἐν and κύω), big with child, pregnant: Luk_2:5. (Herodotus 1, 5 etc.; Diodorus 4, 2; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 33.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

not given

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** ἔνκυος ( Rec. ἐγκ -, see ἐν ), -ον (- κύω , to conceive), [in LXX : Sir_42:10 * ;] pregnant, big with child: Luk_2:5 .† ἔγκυος , see ἐνκ -.

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἔνκυος /ἔγκυος [page 216] For this NT ἅπ . εἰρ . ( Luk_2:5 ) cf. BGU IV. 1104 .21 (B.C. 8) ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ ἔνκυος καθε̣σ̣τ̣ηκεν ἡ̣ Διονυσάριον , P Oxy II. 267 .20 (A.D. 36) ἐνκύου σ [ο ]ῦ οὔση [ς , ib. X. 1273 .33 (A.D. 260) ἐὰ ]ν̣ [δὲ ] καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς ἀπαλλαγῆς ἔγκυος ᾖν ( l. ᾖ ) ἡ γαμουμένη , if at the time of the separation the bride should be pregnant. See also Syll 802 .14 (iii/B.C.) ἔγκυος δὲ γενομένα ἐγ γαστρὶ ἐφόρει τρία ἔτη and .12, .17.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἔγκυος ἔγ-κυος, ον [Etym: κύω] [Etym: =e)gku/mwn, Hdt. ]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἔγκυος, see: ἐνκ-. ἔνκυoς (Rec. ἐγκ-, see: ἐν), -ον (κύω, to conceive), [in LXX: Sir.42:10 * ;] pregnant, big with child : Luk.2:5.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

2:5

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