γονεύς, -έως, ὁ
(< γίγνομαι), [in LXX for אָב, אֵם;]
a begetter, a father; mostly in pl., οἱ γ., parents: Lk 2:41, 438:5621:16, Jo 9:2, 3, 20, 22, 23Ro 1:30, II Co 12:14, Eph 6:1, Col 3:20, II Ti 3:2; acc. pl. (Hellenistic, v. Thackeray, Gr., i, 148), γονεῖς, Mt 10:21, Mk 13:22, Lk 2:2718:29, Jo 9:18.†