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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g1118 Greek: goneus

Parents:

"a begetter, a father" (akin to ginomai, "to come into being, become"), is used in the plural in the NT, Mat 10:21; Mar 13:12; six times in Luke (in Luk 2:43, RV, "His parents," AV, "Joseph and His mother"); six in John; elsewhere, Rom 1:30; 2Cr 12:14 (twice); Eph 6:1; Col 3:20; 2Ti 3:2.

2 Strong's Number: g4269 Greek: progonos

Parents:

an adjective signifying "born before" (pro, before, and ginomai, see No. 1), is used as a noun, in the plural,

(a) of ancestors, "forefathers," 2Ti 1:3;

(b) of living "parents," 1Ti 5:4.
See FOREFATHER.

3 Strong's Number: g3962 Greek: pater

Parents:

"a father," is used in Hbr 11:23, in the plural, of both father and mother, the "parents" of Moses.
See FATHER.

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