# G616 ἀποκυέω

ἀποκυέω (apokyéō), Strong’s G616: to breed forth, i.e. (by transference) to generate (figuratively) KJV: beget, produce. Occurs 3 times.

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*apokyéō* — to breed forth, i.e. (by transference) to generate (figuratively)

KJV: beget, produce

Built from [ἀπό apó](https://besorah.bible/word/G575) ("off," i.e. away) + [κῦμα kŷma](https://besorah.bible/word/G2949) (a billow)

Occurs 3 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Jacob 1:15](https://besorah.bible/besorah/jacob/1?v=15) — Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
- [Jacob 1:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/jacob/1?v=18) — Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
- [4 Maccabees 15:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/15?v=17) — O you only woman who have produced perfect holiness!