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Lexicon :: Strong's G1078 - genesis

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γένεσις
Transliteration
genesis (Key)
Pronunciation
ghen'-es-is
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as γενεά (G1074)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:682,117

Strong’s Definitions

γένεσις génesis, ghen'-es-is; from the same as G1074; nativity; figuratively, nature:—generation, nature(-ral).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G1078 in the following manner: generation (1x), natural (1x), nature (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G1078 in the following manner: generation (1x), natural (1x), nature (1x).

  1. source, origin

    1. a book of one's lineage, i.e. in which his ancestry or progeny are enumerated

  2. used of birth, nativity

  3. of that which follows origin, viz. existence, life

    1. the wheel of life (Jas 3:6), other explain it, the wheel of human origin which as soon as men are born begins to run, i.e. its course of life

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γένεσις génesis, ghen'-es-is; from the same as G1074; nativity; figuratively, nature:—generation, nature(-ral).
STRONGS G1078:
γένεσις, -εως, ἡ, (ΓΕΝΩ [Curtius, § 128]), in Greek writings for the first time in Homer, Iliad 14, 201 [cf. 246];
1. source, origin: βίβλος γενέσεώς τινος a book of one's lineage, i. e. in which his ancestry or his progeny are enumerated (equivalent to תּוֹלְדוֹת סֵפֶר, Genesis 5:1, etc.) [Matthew 1:1].
2. used of birth, nativity, in Matthew 1:18 and Luke 1:14, for Rec. γέννησις (ἡμέραι τῆς γενέσεώς μου equivalent to ἀφ’ οὗ ἐγεννήθην, Judith 12:18 cf. 20); πρόσωπον τῆς γενέσεως his native (natural) face, James 1:23.
3. of that which follows origin, viz. existence, life: ὁ τροχὸς τῆς γενέσεως the wheel [cf. English "machinery"] of life, James 3:6 (cf. Grimm on Sap. vii. 5); but others explain it the wheel of human origin which as soon as men are born begins to run, i. e. the course [cf. English "round"] of life.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
5:1
Matthew
1:1; 1:18
Luke
1:14
James
1:23; 3:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1078 matches the Greek γένεσις (genesis),
which occurs 39 times in 39 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:4 - This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created - when the LORD God made the earth and heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:1 - This is the record of the family line of Adam. When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:9 - This is the account of Noah. Noah was a godly man; he was blameless among his contemporaries. He walked with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:1 - This is the account of Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:32 - These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations, and from these the nations spread over the earth after the flood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:10 - This is the account of Shem. Shem was 100 old when he became the father of Arphaxad, two years after the flood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:27 - This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12 - This is the account of Abraham's son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:19 - This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:13 - I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the sacred stone and made a vow to me. Now leave this land immediately and return to your native land.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:9 - Then Jacob prayed, "O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O LORD, you said to me, 'Return to your land and to your relatives and I will make you prosper.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:1 - What follows is the account of Esau (also known as Edom).

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:9 - This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:20 - On the third day it was Pharaoh's birthday, so he gave a feast for all his servants. He "lifted up" the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker in the midst of his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:24 - The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:25 - Now Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' households of Levi according to their clans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:10 - six of their names on one stone, and the six remaining names on the second stone, according to the order of their birth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:18 - and they assembled the entire community together on the first day of the second month. Then the people recorded their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men who were twenty years old or older were listed by name individually,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:1 - Now these are the records of Aaron and Moses when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:11 - Boaz replied to her, "I have been given a full report of all that you have done for your mother-in-law following the death of your husband - how you left your father and your mother, as well as your homeland, and came to live among people you did not know previously.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:18 - These are the descendants of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:29 - These were their descendants: Ishmael's firstborn son was Nebaioth; the others were Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:2 - Reaiah the son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:21 - The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, the clans of the linen workers at Beth-Ashbea,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:38 - These who are named above were the leaders of their clans. Their extended families increased greatly in numbers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:7 - His brothers by their clans, as listed in their genealogical records: The leader Jeiel, Zechariah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2 - The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, and Samuel. They were leaders of their families. In the time of David there were 22,600 warriors listed in Tola's genealogical records.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:4 - According to the genealogical records of their families, they had 36,000 warriors available for battle, for they had numerous wives and sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:9 - There were 20,200 family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:28 - These were the family leaders listed in the genealogical records; they lived in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:9 - Their relatives, listed in their genealogical records, numbered 956. All these men were leaders of their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:34 - These were the family leaders of the Levites, as listed in their genealogical records. They lived in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:31 - As for the Hebronites: Jeriah was the leader of the Hebronites according to the genealogical records. In the fortieth year of David's reign, they examined the records and discovered there were highly respected men in Jazer in Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:1 - A good reputation is better than precious perfume; likewise, the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:14 - And I said, "Ah, sovereign LORD, I have never been ceremonially defiled before. I have never eaten a carcass or an animal torn by wild beasts; from my youth up, unclean meat has never entered my mouth."

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:3 - and say, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:4 - As for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water; you were certainly not rubbed down with salt, nor wrapped with blankets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:3 - Otherwise, I will strip her naked, and expose her like she was when she was born. I will turn her land into a wilderness and make her country a parched land, so that I might kill her with thirst.
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