Apokyeo means “beget” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H616 — accir (“prisoner”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G616 ἀποκυέω (apokueo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. apokueo (ap-ok-oo-eh'-o) v. 1. to breed forth 2. (by transference) to generate (figuratively) It has 3 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include forth. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
apokueo (ap-ok-oo-eh'-o) v. 1. to breed forth 2. (by transference) to generate (figuratively) [from G575 and the base of G2949] KJV: beget, produce Root(s): G575, G2949
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G616. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to generate
Usage: ἀπο-κυέω (Rec. -κύω), -ῶ (ἀπό, κυέω or κύω, to be pregnant), [in LXX: 4Ma.15:17 * ;] prop., "the medical word for birth as the close of pregnancy" (Hort, Ja., 26 f.). In κοιν, "an ordinary syn. of τίκτω, but definitely 'perfectivised' (M, Pr., 111 ff.; MM, see word) by the ἀπό, and so implying safe delivery," to bring forth, give birth to: Jas.1:15, 18.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render apokueo, 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.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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.
Strong's G616 (ἀποκυέω) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
O thou only woman who hast brought forth perfect holiness!
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G616.
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
O thou only woman who hast brought forth perfect holiness!
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G616, grouped by book.
Apokyeo (Strong's G616) is a Greek word most simply glossed "beget". apokueo (ap-ok-oo-eh'-o) v. 1. to breed forth 2. (by transference) to generate (figuratively)
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's G616 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G616 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as forth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G616, with linked reader references where each row is available.