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τίκτω

tiktōto give birth toHow to read Greek
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Definition

τίκτω

[in LXX chiefly for יָלַד ;]

prop., of parents,

to beget, bring forth, but esp. the latter, and so always in NT: absol., Luke 1:57; 2:6, John 16:21, Galatians 4:27" (LXX) (see M, Pr., 127), Revelation 12:2, 4; υἱόν, Matthew 1:21, 23; 1:25, Luke 1:31; 2:7, Revelation 12:5, 13; pass., Matthew 2:2, Luke 2:11. Metaphorical, of the earth, βοτάνην, Hebrews 6:7 (Æsch., al.); of lust, ἁμαρτίαν, James 1:15.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as τίκτω:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

18 total
  1. Matthew 1:21τέξεται · She will give birth to
    She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
  2. Matthew 1:23τέξεται · will give birth to
    “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
  3. Matthew 1:25ἔτεκεν · she gave birth to
    But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.
  4. Matthew 2:2τεχθεὶς · has been born
    …asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”
  5. Luke 1:31τέξῃ · give birth to
    Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
  6. Luke 1:57τεκεῖν · to have her child
    When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
  7. Luke 2:6τεκεῖν · Child to be born
    While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born.
  8. Luke 2:7ἔτεκεν · she gave birth to
    And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
  9. Luke 2:11ἐτέχθη · has been born
    Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!
  10. John 16:21τίκτῃ · in childbirth
    A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
  11. Galatians 4:27τίκτουσα · bears no children
    For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
  12. Hebrews 6:7τίκτουσα · that produces
    For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.
  13. James 1:15τίκτει · it gives birth to
    Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
  14. Revelation 12:2τεκεῖν · of giving birth
    She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.
  15. Revelation 12:4τεκεῖν · to give birth; τέκῃ · she gave birth
    His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.
  16. Revelation 12:5ἔτεκεν · she gave birth
    And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
  17. Revelation 12:13ἔτεκεν · had given birth
    And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.