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Lexicon :: Strong's G1080 - gennaō

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γεννάω
Transliteration
gennaō (Key)
Pronunciation
ghen-nah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a variation of γένος (G1085)
mGNT
97x in 28 unique form(s) TR
97x in 28 unique form(s) LXX
229x in 33 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:665,114

Strong’s Definitions

γεννάω gennáō, ghen-nah'-o; from a variation of G1085; to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate:—bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 97x

The KJV translates Strong's G1080 in the following manner: begat (49x), be born (39x), bear (2x), gender (2x), bring forth (1x), be delivered (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 97x
The KJV translates Strong's G1080 in the following manner: begat (49x), be born (39x), bear (2x), gender (2x), bring forth (1x), be delivered (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. of men who fathered children

    1. to be born

    2. to be begotten

      1. of women giving birth to children

  2. metaph.

    1. to engender, cause to arise, excite

    2. in a Jewish sense, of one who brings others over to his way of life, to convert someone

    3. of God making Christ his son

    4. of God making men his sons through faith in Christ's work

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γεννάω gennáō, ghen-nah'-o; from a variation of G1085; to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate:—bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring.
STRONGS G1080:
γεννάω, -ῶ; future γεννήσω; 1 aorist ἐγέννησα; perfect γεγέννηκά; [passive, present γεννάομαι, -ῶμαι]; perfect γεγέννημαι; 1 aorist ἐγεννήθην; (from γέννα, poetic for γένος); in Greek writings from Pindar down; in the Sept. for יָלַד; to beget;
1. properly: of men begetting children, Matthew 1:1-16; Acts 7:8, 29; followed by ἐκ with the genitive of the mother, Matthew 1:3, 5, 6; more rarely of women giving birth to children, Luke 1:13, 57; Luke 23:29; John 16:21; εἰς δουλείαν to bear a child unto bondage, that will be a slave, Galatians 4:24 ([Xenophon, de rep. Lac. 1, 3]; Lucian, de sacrif. 6; Plutarch, de liber. educ. 5; others; Sept. Isaiah 66:9; 4 Macc. 10:2, etc.). Passive, to be begotten: τὸ ἐν αὐτῇ γεννηθέν that which is begotten in her womb, Matthew 1:20; to be born: Matthew 2:1, 4 [Winers Grammar, 266 (250); Buttmann, 203 (176)]; Matthew 19:12; 26:24; Mark 14:21; Luke 1:35; John 3:4; [Acts 7:20]; Romans 9:11; Hebrews 11:23; with the addition εἰς τὸν κόσμον, John 16:21; followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Acts 22:3; ἀπό τινος, to spring from one as father, Hebrews 11:12 [L WH marginal reading ἐγεννήθ. see Tdf. at the passage]; ἔκ τινος to be born of a mother, Matthew 1:16; ἐκ πορνείας, John 8:41; ἐξ αἱμάτων, ἐκ θελήματος ἀνδρός, John 1:13; ἐκ τῆς σαρκός, John 3:6 [Rec.elz γεγενημ.]; ἐν ἁμαρτίαις ὅλος, John 9:34 (see ἁμαρτία, 2 a.); εἴς τι, to be born for something, John 18:37; 2 Peter 2:12 [Tdf. γεγενημ. so Rec.st bez]; with an adjective: τυφλὸς γεγέννημαι, John 9:2, 19f, 32; Ῥωμαῖος to be supplied, Acts 22:28; τῇ διαλέκτῳ, ἐν ᾗ ἐγεννήθημεν, Acts 2:8; γεννηθεὶς κατὰ σάρκα begotten or born according to (by) the working of natural passion; κατὰ πνεῦμα according to (by) the working of the divine promise, Galatians 4:29, cf. Galatians 4:23.
2. metaphorically,
a. universally, to engender, cause to arise, excite: μάχας, 2 Timothy 2:23 (βλαβην, λύπην, etc. in Greek writings).
b. in a Jewish sense, of one who brings others over to his way of life: ὑμᾶς ἐγέννησα I am the author of your Christian life, 1 Corinthians 4:15; Philemon 1:10 (Sanhedr. fol. 19, 2 "If one teaches the son of his neighbor the law, the Scripture reckons this the same as though he had begotten him"; [cf. Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 8]).
c. after Psalm 2:7, it is used of God making Christ his son;
α. formally to show him to be the Messiah (υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ), viz. by the resurrection: Acts 13:33.
β. to be the author of the divine nature which he possesses [but compare the commentaries on the passages that follow]: Hebrews 1:5; Hebrews 5:5.
d. peculiarly, in the Gospel and First Epistle of John, of God conferring upon men the nature and disposition of his sons, imparting to them spiritual life, i. e. by his own holy power prompting and persuading souls to put faith in Christ and live a new life consecrated to himself; absolutely 1 John 5:1; mostly in passive, ἐκ θεοῦ or ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν, γεγέννηται, γεγεννημένος, etc.: John 1:13; 1 John 2:29 [Rec.st γεγένηται]; 1 John 3:9; 4:7; 5:1,4,18; also ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος γεννᾶσθαι, John 3:6 [Rec.elz γεγενημ.], John 3:8; ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ πνεύματος (because that moral generation is effected in receiving baptism [(?) cf. Schaff's Lange, Godet, Westcott, on the words, and references under the word βάπτισμα, 3]), John 3:5; ἄνωθεν γεννᾶσθαι, John 3:3, 7 (see ἄνωθεν, c.) equivalent to τέκνον θεοῦ γίνεσθαι, John 1:12. [Compare: ἀναγεννάω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
2:7
Isaiah
4; 66:9
Matthew
1:1; 1:2; 1:3; 1:3; 1:4; 1:5; 1:5; 1:6; 1:6; 1:7; 1:8; 1:9; 1:10; 1:11; 1:12; 1:13; 1:14; 1:15; 1:16; 1:16; 1:20; 2:1; 2:4; 19:12; 26:24
Mark
14:21
Luke
1:13; 1:35; 1:57; 23:29
John
1:12; 1:13; 1:13; 3:3; 3:4; 3:5; 3:6; 3:6; 3:7; 3:8; 8:41; 9:2; 9:19; 9:32; 9:34; 16:21; 16:21; 18:37
Acts
2:8; 7:8; 7:20; 7:29; 13:33; 22:3; 22:28
Romans
9:11
1 Corinthians
4:15
Galatians
4:23; 4:24; 4:29
2 Timothy
2:23
Philemon
1:10
Hebrews
1:5; 5:5; 11:12; 11:23
2 Peter
2:12
1 John
2:29; 3:9; 4:7; 5:1; 5:1; 5:4; 5:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1080 matches the Greek γεννάω (gennaō),
which occurs 97 times in 65 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Abraham fathered[fn] Isaac,

Isaac fathered Jacob,

Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,

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Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar,

Perez fathered Hezron,

Hezron fathered Aram,

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Aram fathered Amminadab,

Amminadab fathered Nahshon,

Nahshon fathered Salmon,

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Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab,

Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth,

Obed fathered Jesse,

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and Jesse fathered King David.

David fathered Solomon[fn] by Uriah’s wife,

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Solomon fathered Rehoboam,

Rehoboam fathered Abijah,

Abijah fathered Asa,[fn]

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Asa[fn] fathered Jehoshaphat,

Jehoshaphat fathered Joram,[fn]

Joram fathered Uzziah,

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Uzziah fathered Jotham,

Jotham fathered Ahaz,

Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,

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Hezekiah fathered Manasseh,

Manasseh fathered Amon,[fn]

Amon fathered Josiah,

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and Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers

at the time of the exile to Babylon.

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After the exile to Babylon

Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel,

Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,

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Zerubbabel fathered Abiud,

Abiud fathered Eliakim,

Eliakim fathered Azor,

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Azor fathered Zadok,

Zadok fathered Achim,

Achim fathered Eliud,

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Eliud fathered Eleazar,

Eleazar fathered Matthan,

Matthan fathered Jacob,

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and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary,

who gave birth to Jesus who is called the Messiah.

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But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

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So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah would be born.

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“For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, there are eunuchs who were made by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way because of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept it should accept it.”

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“The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had not been born.”

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“For the Son of Man will go just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had not been born.”

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But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John.

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The angel replied to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.

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Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she had a son.

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“Look, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the women without children, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed! ’

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who were born, not of natural descent,[fn] or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man,[fn] but of God.

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Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born again,[fn] he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

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“How can anyone be born when he is old? ” Nicodemus asked him. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born? ”

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Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

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“Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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“Do not be amazed that I told you that you must be born again.

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“The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

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“You’re doing what your father does.”

“We weren’t born of sexual immorality,” they said. “We have one Father ​— ​God.”

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His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? ”

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They asked them, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? How then does he now see? ”

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“We know this is our son and that he was born blind,” his parents answered.

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“Throughout history[fn] no one has ever heard of someone opening the eyes of a person born blind.

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“You were born entirely in sin,” they replied, “and are you trying to teach us? ” Then they threw him out.

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“When a woman is in labor, she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.

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“You are a king then? ” Pilate asked.

“You say that I’m a king,” Jesus replied. “I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”

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“How is it that each of us can hear them in our own native language?

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“And so he gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision. After this, he fathered Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

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“At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God’s sight. He was cared for in his father’s home for three months.

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“When he heard this, Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

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“God has fulfilled this for us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm:

You are my Son;

today I have become your Father.[fn]

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He continued, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of our ancestral law. I was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.

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The commander replied, “I bought this citizenship for a large amount of money.”

“But I was born a citizen,” Paul said.

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For though her sons had not been born yet or done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to election might stand —

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For you may have countless instructors in Christ, but you don’t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

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But the one by the slave was born as a result of the flesh, while the one by the free woman was born through promise.


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