Quick Definition
loving one?s children
Strong's Definition
fond of one's children, i.e. maternal
Derivation: from G5384 (φίλος) and G5043 (τέκνον);
KJV Usage: love their children
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φιλότεκνος, φιλοτεκνον (φίλος and τέκνον), loving one's offspring or children: joined with φίλανδρος (as in Plutarch, mor., p. 769 c.), of women, Tit_2:4. (4Ma_15:3-5; Herodotus 2, 66; Aristophanes, Euripides, Aristotle, Plutarch, Lucian, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φιλότεκνος philoteknos 1x
loving one s children, duly parental, Tit_2:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** φιλότεκνος , -ον
( < φίλος , τέκνον ),
[in LXX : 4Ma_15:4-6 * ;]
loving one's children ( Hdt ., Arist ., Plut ., al. ): of women, joined with φίλανδρος , q.v. , Tit_2:4 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φιλότεκνος [page 672]
loving one s children (Tit. 2:4), is common in memorial inscrr., e.g. Perg 604 cited s.v. φίλανδρος , Archivv.P. 167
Δράκων Ἀπίωνος χρηστὲ φιλό -
τεκνε φιλόπιλε ὡς ἐτῶν πεντ [ή ]-
κοντα [
and Preisigke 330 .4 Δ [ιονυσά ]ριον παν [ά ]ρετε φίλανδρε φιλό τ [ε ]κνε , εὐψ [ύ ]χει , and ib 350 .2 Σάμβυ φιλ [ό ]τεκνε χρηστ [ὲ ] χαῖρε
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
φιλότεκνος φι^λό-τεκνος, ον, "loving one's children or offspring", Hdt. , Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φιλότεκνος, -ον
(φίλος, τέκνον), [in LXX: 4Ma.15:4-6 * ;]
loving one's children (Hdt., Arist., Plut., al.): of women, joined with φίλανδρος, which see, Tit.2:4.†
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