Quick Definition
τεκνογονέω v. I bear children
Strong's Definition
to be a child-bearer, i.e. parent (mother)
Derivation: from a compound of G5043 (τέκνον) and the base of G1096 (γίνομαι);
KJV Usage: bear children
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | τίκτω + γίνομαι
23.52 · Physiological Processes and States · Birth, Procreation
to bear, to give birth to give birth to a child All languages have expressions for human birth, though these are frequently in idiomatic forms, for example, ‘to drop a child’ or ‘to cause a baby to pass between the legs.’ A number of languages have a variety of terms referring to giving birth, and some of these may involve unfortunate connotations. One must therefore be careful about the selection of appropriate expressions.
1 It is possible that τεκνογονέω and τεκνογονία differ somewhat in connotation from τίκτω[a] and γεννάω[b] in being stylistically more formal, but there seems to be no significant denotative distinction in meaning.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τεκνογονέω, -ῶ; (τεκνογόνος, and this fr. τέκνον and ΓΈΝΩ); ἰο beget or bear children: 1 Tim. ν. 14. (Δηthol. 9, 22, 4.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τεκνογονέω teknogoneō 1x
to bear children, to rear a family, 1 Tim. 5:14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† τεκνογονέω, -ῶ to beget or bear children: I Ti 5:14 (Anthol.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τεκνογονέω (teknogoneō) — to have children. τεκνογον-έω, bear young, bear children, [NT+1st c.AD+]