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Lexicon :: Strong's G1085 - genos

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γένος
Transliteration
genos (Key)
Pronunciation
ghen'-os
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:684,117

Strong’s Definitions

γένος génos, ghen'-os; from G1096; "kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective):—born, country(-man), diversity, generation, kind(-red), nation, offspring, stock.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's G1085 in the following manner: kind (5x), kindred (3x), offspring (3x), nation (2x), stock (2x), born (2x), diversity (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's G1085 in the following manner: kind (5x), kindred (3x), offspring (3x), nation (2x), stock (2x), born (2x), diversity (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. kindred

    1. offspring

    2. family

    3. stock, tribe, nation

      1. i.e. nationality or descent from a particular people

    4. the aggregate of many individuals of the same nature, kind, sort

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γένος génos, ghen'-os; from G1096; "kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective):—born, country(-man), diversity, generation, kind(-red), nation, offspring, stock.
STRONGS G1085:
γένος, -ους, τό, (ΓΕΝΩ, γίνομαι), race;
a. offspring: τινός, Acts 17:28f (from the poet Aratus); Revelation 22:16.
b. family: [Acts 4:6, see ἀρχιερεύς, 2 at the end]; Acts 7:13 [others refer this to c.]; Acts 13:26.
c. stock, race: Acts 7:19; 2 Corinthians 11:26; Philippians 3:5; Galatians 1:14; 1 Peter 2:9; (Genesis 11:6; Genesis 17:14, etc. for עַם); nation (i. e. nationality or descent from a particular people): Mark 7:26; Acts 4:36; Acts 18:2, 24.
d. concrete, the aggregate of many individuals of the same nature, kind, sort, species: Matthew 13:47; Matthew 17:21 [T WH omit; Tr brackets the verse]; Mark 9:29; 1 Corinthians 12:10, 28; 1 Corinthians 14:10.
(With the same significations in Greek writings from Homer down.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
11:6; 17:14
Matthew
13:47; 17:21
Mark
7:26; 9:29
Acts
4:6; 4:36; 7:13; 7:19; 13:26; 17:28; 18:2; 18:24
1 Corinthians
12:10; 12:28; 14:10
2 Corinthians
11:26
Galatians
1:14
Philippians
3:5
1 Peter
2:9
Revelation
22:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1085 matches the Greek γένος (genos),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:47 - “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:26 - Now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:29 - And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:6 - with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:36 - Thus Joseph, who was also called by the apostles Barnabas (which means son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:13 - And on the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:19 - He dealt shrewdly with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, so that they would not be kept alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:26 - “Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:28 - for
“‘In him we live and move and have our being’;[fn] as even some of your own poets have said,
“‘For we are indeed his offspring.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29 - Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:2 - And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:24 - Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:10 - to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:28 - And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:10 - There are doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is without meaning,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:26 - on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:14 - And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:5 - circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9 - But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:16 - “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”
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