ἀποκυέω
apokueō
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.†
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- James 1:15 ἀποκύει
Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
- James 1:18 ἀπεκύησεν
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.