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Lexicon :: Strong's G1119 - gony

Aa
γόνυ
Transliteration
gony (Key)
Pronunciation
gon-oo'
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:738,126

Strong’s Definitions

γόνυ góny, gon-oo'; of uncertain affinity; the "knee":—knee(X -l).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G1119 in the following manner: knee (7x), kneel (with G5087) (with G3588) (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G1119 in the following manner: knee (7x), kneel (with G5087) (with G3588) (5x).

  1. the knee, to kneel down

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γόνυ góny, gon-oo'; of uncertain affinity; the "knee":—knee(X -l).
STRONGS G1119:
γόνυ, γόνατος, τό, [from Homer down], the knee: Hebrews 12:12; τιθέναι τὰ γόνατα to bend the knees, kneel down, of persons supplicating: Luke 22:41; Acts 7:60; Acts 9:40; Acts 20:36; Acts 21:5; of [mock] worshippers, Mark 15:19, so also προσπίπτειν τοῖς γόνασί τινος, Luke 5:8 (of a suppliant in Euripides, Or. 1332); κάμπτειν τὰ γόνατα to bow the knee, of those worshipping God or Christ: τινί, Romans 11:4; πρός τινα, Ephesians 3:14; reflexively, γόνυ κάμπτει τινί, to i. e. in honor of one, Romans 14:11 (1 Kings 19:18); ἐν ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ, Philippians 2:10 (Isaiah 45:23).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
19:18
Isaiah
45:23
Mark
15:19
Luke
5:8; 22:41
Acts
7:60; 9:40; 20:36; 21:5
Romans
11:4; 14:11
Ephesians
3:14
Philippians
2:10
Hebrews
12:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1119 matches the Greek γόνυ (gony),
which occurs 27 times in 26 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3 - And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:12 - And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35 - Jehovah will smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, whereof thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the crown of thy head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:21 - Then Jael Heber’s wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - So he brought down the people unto the water: and Jehovah said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:54 - And it was so, that, when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto Jehovah, he arose from before the altar of Jehovah, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42 - So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - Yet will I leave me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13 - And again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20 - And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:24 - And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:20 - And David said to all the assembly, Now bless Jehovah your God. And all the assembly blessed Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped Jehovah, and the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - (for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven);

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5 - And at the evening oblation I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe rent; and I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12 -
Why did the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should suck?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:4 -
Thy words have upholden him that was falling,
And thou hast made firm the feeble knees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 -
My knees are weak through fasting;
And my flesh faileth of fatness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:3 - Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23 - By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 - For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and ye shall suck thereof; ye shall be borne upon the side, and shall be dandled upon the knees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:6 - Then the king’s countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10 - And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:10 - And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:10 - She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale.
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