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Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon
Strong's #5388 - φιλότεκνος
Transliteration
philóteknos
Phonetics
fil-ot'-ek-nos
Parts of Speech
adjective
TDNT
None
Definition
- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
Thayer's
- loving one's offspring or children
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

ASV (1)
Titus
1
BSB (1)
Titus
1
CSB (1)
Titus
1
ESV (1)
Titus
1
KJV (1)
Titus
1
LEB (0)
The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
LSB (2)
Titus
2
N95 (2)
Titus
2
NAS (2)
Titus
2
NLT (1)
Titus
1
WEB (1)
Titus
1
YLT (1)
Titus
1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions
φῐλότεκν-ος, ον,
loving one's children or offspring, Hdt. 2.66, E. HF 636, Ph. 356, Ar. Th. 752, Titus 2:4; ἦθος φ. D.S. 34 / 5.11: Comp., αἱ μητέρες -ότεραι Arist. EN 1168a25; Sup. -ότατος Plu. Aem. 6: τὸ φ., = φιλοτεκνία, Id. 2.93f.
Thayer's Expanded Definition
φιλότεκνος, φιλοτεκνον (φίλος and τέκνον), loving one's offspring or children: joined with φίλανδρος (as in Plutarch, mor., p. 769 c.), of women, Titus 2:4. (4 Macc. 15:3-5; Herodotus 2, 66; Aristophanes, Euripides, Aristotle, Plutarch, Lucian, others.)
Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
** φιλότεκνος , -ον
(< φίλος , τέκνον ),
[in LXX: 4 Maccabees 15:4-6 *;]
loving one's children (Hdt., Arist., Plut., al.): of women, joined with φίλανδρος , q.v., Titus 2:4.†
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
φιλοτεκνους φιλοτέκνους philoteknous philotéknous