teknon<\/em>. Since I’m not familiar with Greek I could be missing something, so I thought it would be good to check with you.<\/p>\nThanks so much for your time and help.<\/p>\n\t
Answer:<\/h2>\n
You are looking at a Strong’s reference. Strong gives only the root word and not its various forms. For example, in English “like” is a root word from which we derive: liked, likes, liking, unlike, likable, etc. To a non-English speaker, some of these forms might not look like they come from the same root word.<\/p>\n
The root word in I Timothy 3:4 and Titus 1:6 is\u00a0teknon<\/em>, but the actual form of the word being used in both passages is\u00a0tekna. Tekna<\/em>\u00a0is the nominative and accusative form of\u00a0teknon<\/em>\u00a0in the plural neuter. “Neuter” means the word doesn’t refer to a particular gender.\u00a0Teknon<\/em> is also nominative and accusative but is a singular neuter word.<\/p>\nOther forms of the same root word are:<\/p>\n
\n- teknou<\/em>\u00a0generative singular neuter<\/li>\n
- tekn\u00f5<\/em>\u00a0dative singular neuter<\/li>\n
- tekn\u00f5n<\/em>\u00a0generative plural neuter<\/li>\n
- teknois\u00a0<\/em>dative plural neuter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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