Parents <1,,1118, goneus>
"a begetter, a father" (akin to ginomai, "to come into being, become"), is used in the plural in the NT, Mat 10:21, Mar 13:12; six times in Luke (in Luk 2:43, RV, "His parents," AV, "Joseph and His mother"); six in John; elsewhere, Rom 1:30, 2Co 12:14 (twice); Eph 6:1, Col 3:20, 2Ti 3:2.
<2,,4269, progonos>
an adjective signifying "born before" (pro, before, and ginomai, see No. 1), is used as a noun, in the plural, (a) of ancestors, "forefathers," 2Ti 1:3; (b) of living "parents," 1Ti 5:4. See FOREFATHER.
<3,,3962, pater>
"a father," is used in Heb 11:23, in the plural, of both father and mother, the "parents" of Moses. See FATHER.
