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Strong's #5388 - φιλότεκνος
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- loving one's offspring or children
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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.
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.)
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** 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.†
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