Noun teknon (child) in the New Testament

(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

2: 18"A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children (teknon); she refused to be consoled, because they are no more."
3: 9Do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our ancestor'; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children (teknon) to Abraham.
7: 11If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children (teknon), how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
9: 2And just then some people were carrying a paralyzed man lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, child (teknon); your sins are forgiven."
10: 21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child (teknon), and children (teknon) will rise against parents and have them put to death;
15: 26He answered, "It is not fair to take the children (teknon)'s food and throw it to the dogs."
18: 25and, as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, together with his wife and children (teknon) and all his possessions, and payment to be made.
19: 29And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children (teknon) or fields, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life.
21: 28"What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, 'Child (teknon), go and work in the vineyard today.'
22: 24"Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies childless, his brother shall marry the widow, and raise up children (teknon) for his brother.'
23: 37"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children (teknon) together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
27: 25Then the people as a whole answered, "His blood be on us and on our children (teknon)!"

Mark

2: 5When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Child (teknon), your sins are forgiven."
7: 27He said to her, "Let the children (teknon) be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children (teknon)'s food and throw it to the dogs."
10: 24And the disciples were perplexed at these words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children (teknon), how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
10: 29Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children (teknon) or fields, for my sake and for the sake of the good news,
10: 30who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age - houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children (teknon), and fields, with persecutions - and in the age to come eternal life.
12: 19"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, leaving a wife but no child (teknon), the man shall marry the widow and raise up children (teknon) for his brother.
13: 12Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child (teknon), and children (teknon) will rise against parents and have them put to death;

Luke

1: 7But they had no children (teknon), because Elizabeth was barren, and both were getting on in years.
1: 17With the spirit and power of Elijah he will go before him, to turn the hearts of parents to their children (teknon), and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
2: 48When his parents saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, "Child (teknon), why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been searching for you in great anxiety."
3: 8Bear fruits worthy of repentance. Do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our ancestor'; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children (teknon) to Abraham.
7: 35Nevertheless, wisdom is vindicated by all her children (teknon)."
11: 13If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children (teknon), how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
13: 34Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children (teknon) together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
14: 26"Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children (teknon), brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.
15: 31Then the father said to him, 'Child (teknon), you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
16: 25But Abraham said, 'Child (teknon), remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.
18: 29And he said to them, "Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children (teknon), for the sake of the kingdom of God,
19: 44They will crush you to the ground, you and your children (teknon) within you, and they will not leave within you one stone upon another; because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God."
20: 31and the third married her, and so in the same way all seven did not leave children (teknon) and died.
23: 28But Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children (teknon).

John

1: 12But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children (teknon) of God,
8: 39They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children (teknon), you would be doing what Abraham did,
11: 52and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the dispersed children (teknon) of God.

Acts

2: 39For the promise is for you, for your children (teknon), and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him."
7: 5He did not give him any of it as a heritage, not even a foot's length, but promised to give it to him as his possession and to his descendants after him, even though he had no child (teknon).
13: 33he has fulfilled for us, their children (teknon), by raising Jesus; as also it is written in the second psalm, 'You are my Son; today I have begotten you.'
21: 5When our days there were ended, we left and proceeded on our journey; and all of them, with wives and children (teknon), escorted us outside the city. There we knelt down on the beach and prayed
21: 21They have been told about you that you teach all the Jews living among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, and that you tell them not to circumcise their children (teknon) or observe the customs.

1 John

3: 1See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children (teknon) of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
3: 2Beloved, we are God's children (teknon) now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.
3: 10The children (teknon) of God and the children (teknon) of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love their brothers and sisters.
5: 2By this we know that we love the children (teknon) of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.

2 John

1: 1The elder to the elect lady and her children (teknon), whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,
1: 4I was overjoyed to find some of your children (teknon) walking in the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
1: 13The children (teknon) of your elect sister send you their greetings.

3 John

1: 4I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children (teknon) are walking in the truth.

1 Thessalonians

2: 7though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children (teknon).
2: 11As you know, we dealt with each one of you like a father with his children (teknon),

Philippians

2: 15so that you may be blameless and innocent, children (teknon) of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world.
2: 22But Timothy's worth you know, how like a child (teknon) with a father he has served with me in the work of the gospel.

1 Corinthians

4: 14I am not writing this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children (teknon).
4: 17For this reason I sent you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child (teknon) in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
7: 14For the unbelieving husband is made holy through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy through her husband. Otherwise, your children (teknon) would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

2 Corinthians

6: 13In return - I speak as to children (teknon) - open wide your hearts also.
12: 14Here I am, ready to come to you this third time. And I will not be a burden, because I do not want what is yours but you; for children (teknon) ought not to lay up for their parents, but parents for their children (teknon).

Galatians

4: 19My little children (teknon), for whom I am again in the pain of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
4: 25Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children (teknon).
4: 27For it is written, "Rejoice, you childless one, you who does not bear, burst into song and shout, you who endure no birth pangs; for the children (teknon) of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of the one who is married."
4: 28Now you, my friends, are children (teknon) of the promise, like Isaac.
4: 31So then, friends, we are children (teknon), not of the slave but of the free woman.

Romans

8: 16it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children (teknon) of God,
8: 17and if children (teknon), then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ - if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.
8: 21that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children (teknon) of God.
9: 7and not all of Abraham's children (teknon) are his true descendants; but "It is through Isaac that descendants shall be named for you."
9: 8This means that it is not the children (teknon) of the flesh who are the children (teknon) of God, but the children (teknon) of the promise are counted as descendants.

Colossians

3: 20Children (teknon), obey your parents in everything, for this is your acceptable duty in the Lord.
3: 21Fathers, do not provoke your children (teknon), or they may lose heart.

Ephesians

2: 3All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children (teknon) of wrath, like everyone else.
5: 1Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children (teknon),
5: 8For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children (teknon) of light
6: 1Children (teknon), obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
6: 4And, fathers, do not provoke your children (teknon) to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

1 Timothy

1: 2To Timothy, my loyal child (teknon) in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
1: 18I am giving you these instructions, Timothy, my child (teknon), in accordance with the prophecies made earlier about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight,
3: 4He must manage his own household well, keeping his children (teknon) submissive and respectful in every way
3: 12Let deacons be married only once, and let them manage their children (teknon) and their households well;
5: 4If a widow has children (teknon) or grandchildren, they should first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some repayment to their parents; for this is pleasing in God's sight.

2 Timothy

1: 2To Timothy, my beloved child (teknon): Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
2: 1You then, my child (teknon), be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus;

Philemon

1: 10I am appealing to you for my child (teknon), Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment.

1 Peter

1: 14Like obedient children (teknon), do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance.
3: 6Thus Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. You have become her children (teknon) as long as you do what is good and never let fears alarm you.

2 Peter

2: 14They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children (teknon)!

Revelation

2: 23and I will strike her children (teknon) dead. And all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.
12: 4His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth so that he might devour her child (teknon) as soon as it was born.
12: 5And she gave birth to a son, a male, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. But her child (teknon) was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne;