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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)
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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 TR Greek.

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Abraham [fn]was the father G1080 of Isaac,

and Isaac was the father G1080 of Jacob,

and Jacob was the father G1080 of [fn]Judah and his brothers.

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And Judah was the father G1080 of Perez and Zerah by Tamar,

and Perez was the father G1080 of Hezron,

and Hezron was the father G1080 of [fn]Ram.

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And Ram was the father G1080 of Amminadab,

and Amminadab was the father G1080 of Nahshon,

and Nahshon was the father G1080 of Salmon.

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And Salmon was the father G1080 of Boaz by Rahab,

and Boaz was the father G1080 of Obed by Ruth,

and Obed was the father G1080 of Jesse.

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And Jesse was the father G1080 of David the king.

And David was the father G1080 of Solomon by [fn]the wife of Uriah.

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And Solomon was the father G1080 of Rehoboam,

and Rehoboam was the father G1080 of Abijah,

and Abijah was the father G1080 of [fn]Asa.

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And Asa was the father G1080 of Jehoshaphat,

and Jehoshaphat was the father G1080 of [fn]Joram,

and Joram was the father G1080 of Uzziah.

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And Uzziah was the father G1080 of [fn]Jotham,

and Jotham was the father G1080 of Ahaz,

and Ahaz was the father G1080 of Hezekiah.

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And Hezekiah was the father G1080 of Manasseh,

and Manasseh was the father G1080 of [fn]Amon,

and Amon was the father G1080 of Josiah.

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And Josiah was the father G1080 of [fn]Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

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And after the deportation to Babylon:

Jeconiah was the father G1080 of [fn]Shealtiel,

and Shealtiel was the father G1080 of Zerubbabel.

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And Zerubbabel was the father G1080 of [fn]Abihud,

and Abihud was the father G1080 of Eliakim,

and Eliakim was the father G1080 of Azor.

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And Azor was the father G1080 of Zadok,

and Zadok was the father G1080 of Achim,

and Achim was the father G1080 of Eliud.

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And Eliud was the father G1080 of Eleazar,

and Eleazar was the father G1080 of Matthan,

and Matthan was the father G1080 of Jacob.

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And Jacob was the father G1080 of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born G1080, who is called [fn]Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:20 - But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the [fn]Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for [fn]the One who has been [fn]conceived G1080 in her is of the Holy Spirit.

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Now after Jesus was born G1080 in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, [fn]magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:4 - And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring of them where the [fn]Christ was to be born G1080.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:12 - “For there are eunuchs who were born G1080 that way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:24 - “The Son of Man is going, just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good [fn]for that man if he had not been born G1080.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:21 - “For the Son of Man is to go just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man [fn]by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good [fn]for that man if he had not been born G1080.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:13 - But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will [fn]bear G1080 you a son, and you will call his name [fn]John.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:35 - The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason [fn]the holy Child G1080 shall be called the Son of God.

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Now the time was fulfilled for Elizabeth to [fn]give birth, and she gave G1080 birth G1080 to a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:29 - “For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore G1080, and the breasts that never nursed.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:13 - who were [fn]born G1080, not of [fn]blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:3 - Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born G1080 [fn]again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

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Nicodemus *said to Him, “How can a man be born G1080 when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born G1080?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:5 - Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born G1080 of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:6 - “That which has been born G1080 of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born G1080 of the Spirit is spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:7 - “Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born G1080 [fn]again.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:8 - “The wind blows where it wishes and you hear its sound, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who has been born G1080 of the Spirit.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:41 - “You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born G1080 of sexual immorality; we have one Father: God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:2 - And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born G1080 blind?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:19 - and questioned them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born G1080 blind? Then how does he now see?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:20 - So his parents answered and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born G1080 blind;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:32 - “[fn]Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born G1080 blind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:34 - They answered and said to him, “You were born G1080 entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?” So they put him out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:21 - “Whenever a woman is in labor she has sorrow, because her hour has come; but when she gives G1080 birth G1080 to the child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a [fn]child has been born G1080 into the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:37 - Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You yourself said I am a king. For this I have been born G1080, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:8 - “And how is it that we each hear them in our own [fn]language in which we were born G1080?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:8 - “And He gave him [fn]the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham was G1080 the father G1080 of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac was the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:20 - “It was at this time that Moses was born G1080, and he was lovely [fn]in the sight of God, and he was nurtured three months in his father’s home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:29 - “At this remark, MOSES FLED AND BECAME A SOJOURNER IN THE LAND OF [fn]MIDIAN, where he was G1080 the father G1080 of two sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:33 - that God has fulfilled this promise [fn]to our children in that He raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, ‘YOU ARE MY SON; TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN G1080 YOU.’

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“I am a Jew, born G1080 in Tarsus of Cilicia, but having been brought up in this city, having been instructed at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:28 - And the commander answered, “I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money.” And Paul said, “But I have been born G1080 a citizen.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:11 - for though the twins were not yet born G1080 and had not done anything good or bad, so that the purpose of God according to His choice would [fn]stand, not [fn]because of works but [fn]because of Him who calls,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:15 - For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became G1080 your father G1080 through the gospel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:23 - But the son by the servant-woman had been born G1080 according to the flesh, while the son by the free woman through the promise.

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