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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.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 21 times in 21 verses in the TR Greek.

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“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every kind G1085;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:26 - Now the woman was a [fn]Gentile, of Syrophoenician descent G1085. And she repeatedly asked Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:29 - And He said to them, “This kind G1085 cannot come out by anything except prayer.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:6 - and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent G1085.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:36

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Now Joseph, a Levite of Cyprian birth G1085, who was also called Barnabas by the apostles (which translated means Son of [fn]Encouragement),

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:13 - “And on the second visit, Joseph [fn]made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family G1085 was revealed to Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:19 - “It was he who shrewdly took advantage of our nation G1085 and mistreated our fathers in order that they would abandon their infants in the Nile, so that they would not survive.

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“[fn]Brothers, sons of Abraham’s family G1085, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of this salvation has been sent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:28 - for in Him we live and move and [fn]exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His descendants G1085.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29 - “Therefore, since we are the descendants G1085 of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:2 - And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native G1085 of Pontus having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them,

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Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth G1085, [fn]an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was proficient in the Scriptures.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:10 - and to another the [fn]effecting of [fn]miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the [fn]distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds G1085 of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:28 - And God has [fn]appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then [fn]miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, and various kinds G1085 of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:10 - There are, perhaps, a great many kinds G1085 of [fn]languages in the world, and none is incapable of meaning.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:26 - I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen G1085, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers at sea, dangers among false brothers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:14 - and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my [fn]countrymen G1085, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:5 - circumcised the eighth day, of the nation G1085 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

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But you are A CHOSEN PEOPLE G1085, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR GOD’S OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:16

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“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you of these things [fn]for the churches. I am the root and the descendant G1085 of David, the bright morning star.”

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