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G1471 ἔγκυος (énkyos)

Greek
Noun, Feminine
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Quick Definition

ἔγκυος, ον n.f. 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

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -ον | κύω (hold, contain) · κῦμα

23.50 · Physiological Processes and States · Birth, Procreation

pregnant, to be pregnant to be in a state of pregnancy This expression contrasts with the meaning of συλλαμβάνω[b] 23.49 in that it seems to focus more upon the state of pregnancy rather than the event of conception.

LUK 2:5

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἔγκυος [WH ἔνκ., see ἐν, II. 8.1, τον, for the more usual ἐγκύμων, (fr. ἐν and κύω), big with child, pregnant: Lk. ii. 5. (Hdt.1, 5 ete. ; Diod. 4, 2; Joseph. antt. 4, 8, 33.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

not given

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἔγκυος, v.s. 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-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἔγκυος (egkuos) — pregnant. ἔγκῠος, ον, (κύω) ={ἐγκύμων}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πῶλος ἡσυχίης ἔγκυος, of the Trojan horse, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

2. of plants, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

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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