Greek Word Study · Strong’s G1078
γένεσις
genesis · “origin”
Used 5 times across 3 books
Definition
γένεσις, -εως, ἡ
(γίγνομαι), [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹלֵדֹת ;]
1. origin, lineage: βίβλος γενέσεως (as in Gen.2:4a 5:1), Mat.1:1.
2. birth: Mat.1:18, Luk.1:14 (Rec. γέννησις); πρόσωπον τῆς γ., face of his birth ("what God made him to be," Hort., in l.), Jas.1:23; ὁ τροχὸς τῆς γ., the wheel (course) of birth or creation ("the wheel of man's nature according to its original Divine purpose," Hort), Jas.3:6.
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(γίγνομαι), [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹלֵדֹת ;]
1. origin, lineage: βίβλος γενέσεως (as in Gen.2:4a 5:1), Mat.1:1.
2. birth: Mat.1:18, Luk.1:14 (Rec. γέννησις); πρόσωπον τῆς γ., face of his birth ("what God made him to be," Hort., in l.), Jas.1:23; ὁ τροχὸς τῆς γ., the wheel (course) of birth or creation ("the wheel of man's nature according to its original Divine purpose," Hort), Jas.3:6.
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Where it appears
Matthew2
Luke1
James2
In the text
Matthew 1:1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.Matthew 1:18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.Luke 1:14And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.James 1:23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
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