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G815 ἄτεκνος (áteknos)

Greek
Adjective
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Quick Definition

ἄτεκνος, ον Adj childless

Strong's Definition

childless

Derivation: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G5043 (τέκνον);

KJV Usage: childless, without children

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -ον | ἀ- + τίκτω

10.41 · Kinship Terms · Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations

childless, having no children pertaining to being without offspring

LUK 20:28 · LUK 20:29

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἄτεκνος, -ov, (τέκνον), without offspring, childless: Lk. xx. 28-30. (Gen. xv. 2; Sir. xvi. 3. In Grk. writ. fr. Hesiod opp. 600 down.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἄτεκνος ateknos 2x

childless, Lk. 20:28, 29*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἄτεκνος, -ον

(< τέκνον), [in LXX: Ge 15:2, Le 20:20, 21 (עֲרִירִי), Is 49:21, Je 18:21 (שׁכל), Si 16:3*;]

childless: Lk 20:28, 29.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἄτεκνος. P Lond 2338 (B.c, 158-7) (= I. p. 38) διὰ τὸ ἄτεκνόν με εἶναι. The word is common in connexion with dispositions of property, etc., e.g. P Oxy IT. 249!° ® (a.p. 80) τοῦ ὁμογνησίου pov ἀδελφοῦ Ποπλίου... μ[εἸτηλλαχότος ἀτέκνου, P Amh II. 728 (A.D. 246) ἀτέκνου καὶ ἀδιαθέτου “childless and intestate.”’ P Strass I. 298% (A.D. 289), a/. Cf. also BGU 11. 648 15 (A.D. 164 or 196) ἐπεὶ kal ἄτεκν[6ς] εἰμι Kal οὐδὲ ἐμαυτῆι ἀπαρκεῖν δύναμαι.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἄτεκνος (ateknos) — childless. ἄτεκν-ος, ον, without children, childless, barren, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of animals and fishes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]adverb -νως[Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. in causal sense, λειχὴν ἄφυλλος ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἄτεκνος, -ον (τέκνον), [in LXX: Gen.15:2, Lev.20:20-21 (עֲרִירִי), Isa.49:21, Jer.18:21 (שָׁכֹל), Sir.16:3 * ;] childless: Luk.20:28-29.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

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