# G5388 φιλότεκνος

φιλότεκνος (philóteknos), Strong’s G5388: fond of one's children, i.e. maternal KJV: love their children. Occurs 4 times.

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*philóteknos* — fond of one's children, i.e. maternal

KJV: love their children

Built from [φίλος phílos](https://besorah.bible/word/G5384) (actively, fond, i.e. friendly) + [τέκνον téknon](https://besorah.bible/word/G5043) (a child)

Occurs 4 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Titus 2:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/titus/2?v=4) — that they may train the young wives to love their husbands, to love their children,
- [4 Maccabees 15:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/15?v=4) — In what way can I describe ethically the affections of parents toward their children, the resemblance of soul and of…
- [4 Maccabees 15:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/15?v=5) — For by how much mothers are by nature weak in disposition and prolific in offspring, by so much the fonder they are of…
- [4 Maccabees 15:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/15?v=6) — Of all mothers, the mother of the seven was the fondest of children, who in seven childbirths had deeply engendered…