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Strong's #815 - ἄτεκνος
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- without offspring, childless
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ἄτεκν-ος, ον,
I without children, childless, barren, Hes. Op. 602, A. Th. 828 (lyr.), S. El. 164 (lyr.), Arist. EN 1099b4, Tab.Heracl. 1.151, etc.; of animals and fishes, Arist. HA 577a3, GA 755b19: also c. gen., ἄ. ἀρσένων παίδων E. Ba. 1305. Adv. -νως Sch. E. Or. 206.
II in causal sense, λειχὴν ἄφυλλος ἄ. A. Eu. 785. [ ἄτε κνος S. l. c., ἄτε κνος A. and E. ll.cc.]
ἄτεκνος, ἄτεκνον (τέκνον), without offspring, childless: Luke 20:28-30. (Genesis 15:2; Sir. 16:8. In Greek writings from Hesiod, Works, 600 down.)
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P Lond 23.13 (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 II. 249.10 ff. (A.D. 80) τοῦ ὁμογνησίου μου ἀδελφοῦ Ποπλίου . . . μ [ε ]τηλλαχότος ἀτέκνου , P Amh II. 72.8 (A.D. 246) ἀτέκνου καὶ ἀδιαθέτου ";childless and intestate."; P Strass I. 29.33 (A.D. 289), al. Cf. also BGU II. 648.15 (A.D. 164 or 196) ἐπεὶ καὶ ἄτεκν [ός ] εἰμι καὶ οὐδὲ ἐμαυτῆι ἀπαρκεῖν δύναμαι .
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