Lexical Definition

‎τίκτω‎ tíktō (tik'-to) to give birth to ^G:V
a strengthened form of a primary (which is used only as alternate in certain tenses)

bear, be born, bring forth, be delivered, be in travail.

• to produce (from seed, as a mother, a plant, the earth, etc.), literally or figuratively

Abbott-Smith

τίκτω [in LXX chiefly for יָלַד ;]
prop., of parents,
to beget, bring forth, but esp. the latter, and so always in NT: absol., Lk 1:57 2:6, Jo 16:21, Ga 4:27 (LXX) (v. M, Pr., 127), Re 12:2, 4; υἱόν, Mt 1:21, 23, 25 Lk 1:31 2:7, Re 12:5, 13; pass., Mt 2:2, Lk 2:11. Metaph., of the earth, βοτάνην, He 6:7 (Æsch., al.); of lust, ἁμαρτίαν, Ja 1:15.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

τίκτω-τω,

[Refs 8th c.BC+]: future τέξω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; poetry infinitive also τεκεῖσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἔτεκον, Epic dialect τέκον, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.: aorist 1 ἔτεξα only late, [Refs 5th c.AD+] is probable reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect τέτοκα [τίκτωτω">Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, in same sense as active, only in Poets, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: future (see. above): aorist ἐτεκόμην [Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect τεκόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive τέκηαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, present indicative τίκτωτεται [Refs 4th c.BC+]; infinitive τίκτωτεσθαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]participle τικτόμενος[Refs]: future τεχθήσομαι [Refs 1st c.AD+]: aorist ἐτέχθην [LXX+5th c.BC+]perfect τέτεγμαι, infinitive τετέχθαι, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]--These passive tenses seem not to have been used in correct Attic dialect:—bring into the world, engender; of the father, beget, of the mother, bring forth.

__I imperfect active τίκτωτε, ἔτικτε, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] usually of the father, [Refs 8th c.BC+], Lyric poetry, and Trag. the present and imperfect are also used of the mother, ἃ Θήβαν ἔτικτεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεινὸν τὸ τίκτωτειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of both parents. Στάσις δὲ καὶ Κρόνος.. τίκτωτετον τύραννον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 aorist active τέκε, ἔτεκε, mostly of the mother, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (also future middle τέξεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] of the father, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.3 the aorist middle τέκετο is commonly used of the father, as [Refs 8th c.BC+] of the mother, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so τῶν τεκομένων of the mother, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.4 the two are conjoined, ὃν τέκετο θάνατος, ἔτεκε δ᾽ αἰόλος δράκων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.5 aorist active is used in plural of both parents, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; aorist middle τεκόμεσθα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.5.b οἱ τεκόντες the parents, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; the Article is rarely omitted, πατέρων τε καὶ τεκόντων [Refs 4th c.BC+] the father, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁ τεκοῦσα the mother, [τίκτωτουσα, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1247, “El.” 342); in Prose, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.8 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τ. αὐτόν his mother, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.6 frequently in in Medicine texts and other Prose, of women, τίκτωτουσι ῥηϊδίως [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of female animals, bear young, breed, of mares, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of cows, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of sheep, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the hare, τὰ μὲν τέτοκε, τὰ δὲ τίκτωτει, τὰ δὲ κύει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of birds, hatch, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ᾠὰ τ. lay eggs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of fish, spawn, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III of the earth, bear, produce, ἔμπεδα μῆλα (sheep) [τίκτωτουσα ποίαν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 333 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, γαῖαν.., ἣ τὰ πάντα τίκτωτεται [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, τίκτωτεσθαι δὲ φόρους γᾶς.. εὐχόμεθ᾽ ἀεί [Refs]
__IV metaphorically, generate, engender, produce, λέγω τὴν χώρην λιμὸν τέξεσθαι [τίκτωτει σφάλματα [prev. work] 10.ζ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; of impiety, τὸ γὰρ δυσσεβὲς ἔργον μετὰ μὲν πλείονα τίκτωτει [NT+4th c.BC+]; of Night as the mother of Day, τῆς.. τεκούσης φῶς τόδ᾽ εὐφρόνης [τίκτωτει.., Ἅλιον αἰτῶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 95 (Lyric poetry): generally, τ. [νόμους] [prev. author] “OT” 870 (Lyric poetry); χάρις χάριν γάρ ἐστιν ἡ τίκτωτουσ᾽ ἀεί [prev. author] “Aj.” 522; τ. ἀοιδάς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 767 (Lyric poetry); ὕδωρ δὲ πίνων οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοι σοφόν 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 199; τ. ῥήματα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1059 (\_anapaest meter\_)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in Prose, νουσήματα [τίκτωτει πόλεμον καὶ ἔχθραν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 547a; πολλοὺς καὶ καλοὺς λόγους [prev. author] “Smp.” 210d; [δὰς] πῦρ τέξεται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.23, etc.:">Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τῷδε κέρδει (sic codices) κέρδος ἄλλο τίκτωτεται [τίκτωτω from τί-τκ-ω reduplicate from τεκ (τέκνον, etc.).) ">Refs 4th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Num.26.60 ☩ Jas.1.15}