to give birth to

Greek Verb

τίκτω [in LXX chiefly for יָלַד;] prop, of parents, to beget, bring forth, but esp. the latter, and so always in NT: absol, Luk.1:57 2:6, Jhn.16:21, Gal.4:27 " (LXX) (see M, Pr., 127), Rev.12:2, 4; υἱόν, Mat.1:21, 23 1:25 Luk.1:31 2:7, Rev.12:5, 13; pass, Mat.2:2, Luk.2:11. Metaphorical, of the earth, βοτάνην, Heb.6:7 (Æsch, al.); of lust, ἁμαρτίαν, Jas.1:15. (AS)

to give birth to

Greek Verb

τίκ-τω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future τέξω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; poetry infinitive also τεκεῖσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἔτεκον, Epic dialect τέκον, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc: aorist 1 ἔτεξα only late, [Refs 5th c.AD+] is probable reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect τέτοκα [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, in same sense as active, only in Poets, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: future (see. above): aorist ἐτεκόμην [Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect τεκόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive τέκηαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, present indicative τίκτεται [Refs 4th c.BC+]; infinitive τίκτεσθαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]participle τικτόμενος[Refs]: future τεχθήσομαι [Refs 1st c.AD+]: aorist ἐτέχθην [LXX+5th c.BC+]perfect τέτεγμαι, infinitive τετέχθαι, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]--These passive tenses seem not to have been used in correct Attic dialect:—bring into the world, engender; of the father, beget, of the mother, bring forth. I) imperfect active τίκτε, ἔτικτε, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] usually of the father, [Refs 8th c.BC+], Lyric poetry, and Trag. the present and imperfect are also used of the mother, ἃ Θήβαν ἔτικτεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεινὸν τὸ τίκτειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of both parents. Στάσις δὲ καὶ Κρόνος. τίκτετον τύραννον [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.2) aorist active τέκε, ἔτεκε, mostly of the mother, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (also future middle τέξεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] of the father, [Refs 8th c.BC+] I.3) the aorist middle τέκετο is commonly used of the father, as [Refs 8th c.BC+] of the mother, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so τῶν τεκομένων of the mother, [Refs 4th c.BC+] I.4) the two are conjoined, ὃν τέκετο θάνατος, ἔτεκε δ᾽ αἰόλος δράκων [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.5) aorist active is used in plural of both parents, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; aorist middle τεκόμεσθα, [Refs 8th c.BC+] I.5.b) οἱ τεκόντες the parents, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; the Article is rarely omitted, πατέρων τε καὶ τεκόντων [Refs 4th c.BC+] the father, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁ τεκοῦσα the mother, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τ. αὐτόν his mother, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.6) frequently in in Medicine texts and other Prose, of women, τίκτουσι ῥηϊδίως [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) of female animals, bear young, breed, of mares, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of cows, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of sheep, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the hare, τὰ μὲν τέτοκε, τὰ δὲ τίκτει, τὰ δὲ κύει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of birds, hatch, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ᾠὰ τ. lay eggs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of fish, spawn, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] III) of the earth, bear, produce, ἔμπεδα μῆλα (sheep) [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, γαῖαν, ἣ τὰ πάντα τίκτεται [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, τίκτεσθαι δὲ φόρους γᾶς. εὐχόμεθ᾽ ἀεί [Refs] IV) metaphorically, generate, engender, produce, λέγω τὴν χώρην λιμὸν τέξεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of impiety, τὸ γὰρ δυσσεβὲς ἔργον μετὰ μὲν πλείονα τίκτει [NT+4th c.BC+]; of Night as the mother of Day, τῆς. τεκούσης φῶς τόδ᾽ εὐφρόνης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in Prose, νουσήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τῷδε κέρδει (sic codices) κέρδος ἄλλο τίκτεται [Refs 4th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to produce (from seed, as a mother, a plant, the earth, etc.), literally or figuratively; bear, be born, bring forth, be delivered, be in travail; a strengthened form of a primary (which is used only as alternate in certain tenses)