Word study · Greek
teknogonía
childbearing
Say it: tek-nog-on-EE-ah (approximate)
τεκνογονία
What it means
Childbearing (teknon "child" plus gonē "birth"). In 2:15, "she will be saved through her childbearing." It appears only here, and the meaning of the sentence is debated.
Open question Debated
Range of meaning
- ChildbearingGiving birth.
- Bearing a childThe birth of a child.
In 1 Timothy
- Chapter 2
"She will be saved through her childbearing" (2:15). The word appears only here.
Every verse (1)
Verses where G5042 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources