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Strong's G1118 γονεύς (goneus)

Goneus means “parent” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1118 — bimhal in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1118
Language Greek
Linked Usages 36
Books 20

Strong's G1118 Quick Answer

Strong's G1118 γονεύς (goneus) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. goneus (gon-yooce') n. 1. a parent [from the base of G1096] It has 36 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include parents. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
goneus (gon-yooce') n. 1. a parent [from the base of G1096]
Usage
36 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
parents

Meaning and Definition

goneus (gon-yooce') n. 1. a parent [from the base of G1096] KJV: parent Root(s): G1096

Original Word
γονεύς
Transliteration
goneus
Derivation
Root: γίνομαι R1: 1096
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1118. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

parent

Usage: γονεύς, -έως, ὁ (γίγνομαι), [in LXX for אָב, אֵם ;] a begetter, a father; mostly in pl., οἱ γ., parents: Luk.2:41, 43 8:56 21:16, Jhn.9:2, 3 20, 22, 23 Rom.1:30, 2Co.12:14, Eph.6:1, Col.3:20, 2Ti.3:2; accusative pl. (Hellenistic, see Thackeray, Gr., i, 148), γονεῖς, Mat.10:21, Mrk.13:22, Luk.2:27 18:29, Jhn.9:18.† (AS)

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How Strong's G1118 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render goneus, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

parents Matthew 10:21 18×

How Strong's G1118 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 18 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1118 (γονεύς) appears 16 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1118 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1118 in the New Testament

18 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 10:21 KJV

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

Mark 13:12 KJV

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

Luke 2:27 KJV

And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

Strong's G1118 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Esther 2:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And he had a foster child, daughter of Amminadab his father’s brother, and her name was Esther; and when her parents were dead, he brought her up for a wife for himself: and the damsel was beautiful.

Strong's G1118 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

16 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 5:8 Septuagint / Brenton

For they left the way of their ancestors, and worshiped the God of heaven, the God whom they knew: so they cast them out from the face of their gods, and they fled into Mesopotamia, and sojourned there many days.

Tobit 10:12 Septuagint / Brenton

and he blessed them, and sent them away, saying, The God of heaven give you a prosperous journey, my children.

1 Maccabees 10:9 Septuagint / Brenton

Whereupon they of the tower delivered their hostages unto Jonathan, and he delivered them unto their parents.

Usage Excerpts

First 36 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1118.

Esther 2:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he had a foster child, daughter of Amminadab his father’s brother, and her name was Esther; and when her parents were dead, he brought her up for a wife for himself: and the damsel was beautiful.
Proverbs 36:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Matthew 10:21 New Testament, KJV
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Mark 13:12 New Testament, KJV
Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
Luke 2:27 New Testament, KJV
And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
Luke 2:41 New Testament, KJV
Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
Luke 8:56 New Testament, KJV
And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.
Luke 18:29 New Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,
Luke 21:16 New Testament, KJV
And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
John 9:2 New Testament, KJV
And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
John 9:3 New Testament, KJV
Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
John 9:18 New Testament, KJV
But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.
John 9:20 New Testament, KJV
His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
John 9:22 New Testament, KJV
These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
John 9:23 New Testament, KJV
Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
Romans 1:30 New Testament, KJV
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
2 Corinthians 12:14 New Testament, KJV
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Ephesians 6:1 New Testament, KJV
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Colossians 3:20 New Testament, KJV
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
2 Timothy 3:2 New Testament, KJV
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Judith 5:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For they left the way of their ancestors, and worshiped the God of heaven, the God whom they knew: so they cast them out from the face of their gods, and they fled into Mesopotamia, and sojourned there many days.
Tobit 10:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and he blessed them, and sent them away, saying, The God of heaven give you a prosperous journey, my children.
1 Maccabees 10:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Whereupon they of the tower delivered their hostages unto Jonathan, and he delivered them unto their parents.
2 Maccabees 12:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover Timothy himself fell into the hands of Dositheus and Sosipater, whom he besought with much craft to let him go with his life, because he had many of the Jews’ parents, and the brethren of some of them, who, if they put him to death, should not be regarded.
3 Maccabees 5:31 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Your parents, or your children, were they here, to these wild beasts a large repast they should have furnished; not these innocent Jews, who me and my forefathers loyally have served.
3 Maccabees 5:49 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
thought that they had come to the last moment of their lives, to the end of what they had tremblingly expected. They gave way, therefore, to lamentations and moans: they kissed each other: those nearest of kin to each other hung about one another’s necks: fathers about their sons, mothers their daughters: other women held their infants to their breasts, which drew what seemed their last milk.
3 Maccabees 6:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The whole band of infants and their parents with tears beseech thee.
4 Maccabees 2:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For the law conquers even affection toward parents, not surrendering virtue on their account.
4 Maccabees 15:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O in what way can I describe ethically the affections of parents toward their children, the resemblance of soul and of form engrafted into the small type of a child in a wonderful manner, especially through the greater sympathy of mothers with the feelings of those born of them!
4 Maccabees 15:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O holy nature and parental feeling, and reward of bringing up children, and unconquerable maternal affection!
Wisdom of Solomon 4:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For children begotten of unlawful beds Are witnesses of wickedness against their parents in their trial.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
With their priests out of the midst of their idolatrous crew, And the parents, that killed with their own hands souls destitute of help:
Daniel 1:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king told Ashpenaz his chief eunuch, to bring in some of the captive children of Israel, and of the seed of the kingdom, and of the princes;
Daniel 1:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1118, grouped by book.

Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 5 usages, New Testament
John 6 usages, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Colossians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 151 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1118 FAQ

What does goneus (γονεύς) mean?

Goneus (Strong's G1118) is a Greek word most simply glossed "parent". goneus (gon-yooce') n. 1. a parent [from the base of G1096]

How many times is goneus (γονεύς) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 36 linked usages for Strong's G1118 across 20 books.

Where can I study goneus (γονεύς) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1118 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate goneus (γονεύς)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as parents. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1118 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 16 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1118, with linked reader references where each row is available.