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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.
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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 21 times in 21 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:47 - "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:21 - But this kind doesn't go out except by prayer and fasting."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:26 - Now the woman was a Yevanit, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:29 - He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:6 - Anan the Kohen Gadol was there, with Kayafa, Yochanan, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the Kohen Gadol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:36 - Yosi, who by the apostles was surnamed Bar-Nabba (which is, being interpreted, Son of Exhortation), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:13 - On the second time Yosef was made known to his brothers, and Yosef's race was revealed to Par`oh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:19 - The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:26 - Brothers, children of the stock of Avraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

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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.' As some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also his offspring.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29 - Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:2 - He found a certain Yehudi named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Yehudim to depart from Rome. He came to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:24 - Now a certain Yehudi named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:10 - and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:28 - God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:10 - There are, it may be, so many kinds of sounds in the world, and none of them is without meaning.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:26 - I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Goyim, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:14 - I advanced in the Yehudim' religion beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:5 - circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Yisra'el, of the tribe of Binyamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Parush;

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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 God's own possession, that you may show forth 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, Yeshua, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star."
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