τίκτω
tiktō
to give birth to
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word τίκτω (tiktō) is a verb that means "to give birth to." This physical action is its primary semantic domain, indicating a biological process where a living being emerges from another. The word is used 19 times in the Bible, suggesting its importance in various contexts. The range of usage for τίκτω is quite broad, encompassing both human and animal births. It is used to describe the natural process of giving birth, as well as the miraculous conception and birth of Jesus, highlighting the divine aspect of his origin. This word also appears in passages discussing the creation of the world, where God brings forth life from nothingness. The significance of τίκτω lies in its connection to the fundamental human experience of birth and the creation of new life. Its use in the Bible underscores the sacred and mysterious nature of this process, emphasizing the awe-inspiring power of creation and the divine involvement in human existence.
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Occurrences in Scripture
19 total occurrences across the text
She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”
Matthew 1:23“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel;” which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”
Matthew 1:25and didn’t know her sexually until she had given birth to her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.
Matthew 2:2“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”
Luke 1:31Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Jesus.’
Luke 1:57Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.
Luke 2:6While they were there, the day had come for her to give birth.
Luke 2:7She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Luke 2:11For there is born to you today, in David’s city, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
John 16:21A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.
Hebrews 6:7For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it and produces a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;
Galatians 4:27For it is written, “Rejoice, you barren who don’t bear. Break out and shout, you who don’t travail. For the desolate have more children than her who has a husband.”
Hebrews 11:11By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
James 1:15Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
Revelation 12:2She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.
Revelation 12:4His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
Revelation 12:4His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
Revelation 12:5She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.
Revelation 12:13When the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.