Strong’s G5088 · Greek

τίκτω
tíktō

Definition

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

Etymology

a strengthened form of a primary (which is used only as alternate in certain tenses);

How the KJV renders it

  • bear
  • be born
  • bring forth
  • be delivered
  • be in travail

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.