τόκος, τόκου, ὁ (from τίκτω, perfect τέτοκα); 1. birth; a. the act of bringing forth. b. that which has been brought forth, offspring; (in both senses from Homer down). 2. interest of money, usury (because it multiplies money, and as it were 'breeds' (cf. e. g. Merchant of Venice 1:3)): Mat_25:27; Luk_19:23 (so in Greek writings from Pindar and Aristophanes down; the Sept. for πΖωΖΡκ).

τόκος tokos 2x a bringing forth; offspring; met. produce of money lent, interest, usury, Mat_25:27 ; Luk_19:23

τόκος , -ου , ὁ ( < τίκτω ), [in LXX for H5392 , etc.;] (a) a bringing forth, birth; (b) offspring . Metaph ., of the produce of money lent out, interest, usury ( cf. Merch. of Venice, I, iii, "a breed of barren metal "): Mat_25:27 , Luk_19:23 ( Soph ., Plat ., al. ).†

τόκος [page 637] a bringing forth, and hence offspring, and metaph. interest, usury, because it multiplies or breeds money (the lexicons compare Shakespeare s Merck. of Venice I. 3 breed of barren metal ). This metaph. usage occurs in the NT in Mat_25:27 , Luk_19:23 , and can be readily illustrated from the Κοινή , e.g. P Eleph 27a. .21 (iii/B.C.) τετάγμεθα τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τοὺς τόκους ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλικὴν τράπεζαν , P Grenf II. 18 .17 (B.C. 127) τόκους διδράχμους τῆς μνᾶς τὸν μῆνα ἕκαστον , i.e. interest at 2 % a month (cf. s.v . δίδραχμον ), BGU IV. 1171 .21 (i/B.C.) τοὺς ὀφειλομένους τόκους , P Tebt II. 384 .18 (A.D. 10) ἀ̣ν̣τὶ τῶν τούτων τόκων , in return for the (remission of) interest upon this sum (Edd.), P Bilabel 35 .5 (A.D. 87) με κ [υρίαν εἶναι ] δραχμῶν κ̄ καὶ τὸν τόκον (cf. .10 ), and P Oxy I. 114 .4 (ii/iii A.D.) πεπλήρωκα τὸν τόκον μέχρι τοῦ Ἔπειφ πρὸς στατῆρα τῆς μνᾶς , I have paid the interest up to Epeiph, at the rate of a stater per mina (Edd.). In the LXX τόκος renders κΐ , oppression, by transliteration, as in Psa. 71꞉ 14 [MT Psa_72:14 ].

τόκος τόκος, ὁ, [Etym: τίκτω] "a bringing forth, childbirth, parturition", Il. ; in pl., Soph. , Eur. "the time of parturition", Hdt. "the offspring, young, a child, son", Hom. , Aesch. , etc. metaph. "the produce of money" lent out, "interest", Lat. usura, Ar. , etc.; ἐπὶ τόκῳ or ἐπὶ τόκον δανείζεσθαι to borrow at "interest", Dem. ; τόκοι τόκων "compound interest", Ar. the "produce" of land, Xen.

τόκος, -ου, ὁ (τίκτω), [in LXX for נֶשֶׁךְ, etc. ;] __(a) a bringing forth, birth; __(b) offspring. Metaphorical, of the produce of money lent out, interest, usury (cf. Merch. of Venice, I, iii, "a breed of barren metal "): Mat.25:27, Luk.19:23 (Soph., Plat., al.).† (AS)