Word

ἀποκυέω

apokyéō · G616 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

to cause, to give rise to, to give birth to

To cause a state, with focus upon the process

Examples
James 1:15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it has run its course, brings forth death.
to bring into being, to cause to exist

(A figurative extension of meaning of ἀποκυέω ‘to give birth to,’ not occurring in the NT) To be brought into being as something newly created

Examples
James 1:18 In the exercise of His will He gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἁμαρτίαsin 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐγώI, we 1
θάνατοςdeath 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

εἰςto+ εἰμίto be 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 2 words

τίκτω tíktō · G5088 · to bear, to give birth, to grow: The standard Greek verb for giving birth; ἀποκυέω (James 1:15, 18) is a more intensive or perfective compound form, but τίκτω is the basic lexical equivalent for the birth/production concept.
γεννάω gennáō · G1080 · to be the father of, to procreate, to beget: Common Greek verb for begetting/generating; covers both literal and figurative birth/generation, overlapping substantially with ἀποκυέω's metaphorical use for bringing forth sin or spiritual life.

In the other Testament 2 words

יָלַד yâlad · H3205 · to bear, to father, to beget: The primary Hebrew verb for giving birth and begetting; ἀποκυέω is used metaphorically in James for sin/death 'bringing forth' but יָלַד covers both literal and figurative birth/generation, making it the natural translation equivalent.
חוּל chûwl · H2342 · to turn, to whirl, to rage: Hebrew verb emphasizing the labor/travail aspect of giving birth; applicable to ἀποκυέω's metaphorical use of the birth process to describe sin or desire bringing forth consequences.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To cause, to give rise to, to give birth to13.12: In James 1:15, James writes, “when lust has conceived, it gives birth to (apokýei) sin; and sin, when it has run its course, brings forth (apokýei) death,” picturing sin's origin and its final result through the image of childbirth.
To bring into being, to cause to exist13.87: In James 1:18, James writes that God, “in the exercise of His will, gave us birth (apekýēsen) by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures,” describing an act that brought believers themselves into a new existence.

Word family 9 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

κῦμα kŷma · G2949 · wave, billow, surge · 4×ἀποκυλίω apokylíō · G617 · to cause to roll away, to roll away · 4×κυλλός kyllós · G2948 · crippled · 4×ἀποκυέωapokyéō · G616προσκυλίω proskylíō · G4351 · to roll up to, to roll against · 2×ἔγκυος énkyos · G1471 · pregnant, to be pregnant · 1×κύλισμα kýlisma · G2946 · to roll about, to wallow · 1×κυλιόω kylióō · G2947 · to roll about, to wallow · 1×κύμβαλον kýmbalon · G2950 · cymbals · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀποκύω, or ἀποκύω (hence, 3 person singular present either ἀποκύει (so WH) or ἀποκύει,…

ἀποκύω, or ἀποκύω (hence, 3 person singular present either ἀποκύει (so WH) or ἀποκύει, Jas 1:15; cf. Winers Grammar, 88 (84); Buttmann, 62 (54)); 1 aorist ἀπεκύησα; (κύω, or κυέῶ, to be pregnant; cf. ἔγκυος); to bring forth from the womb, give birth to: τινα, Jas 1:15; to produce, Jas 1:18. (4 Macc. 15:17; Dionysius Halicarnassus 1, 70; Plutarch, Lucian, Aelian, v. h. 5, 4; Herodian, 1, 5, 13 (5, Bekker edition); 1, 4, 2 (1, Bekker edition).)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

State1 occurrence Exist1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0