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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:21 - [fn][“But this kind G1085 does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:26 - Now the woman was a [fn]Greek, of Syrophoenician descent G1085. And she kept asking 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 but 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 and John and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent G1085.

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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 disclosed to Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:19 - “It was he who deceitfully took advantage of our family G1085 and mistreated our fathers to [fn]set their infants outside so that they would not survive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:26 -

“Brothers, sons of Abraham’s family G1085, and those among you who fear God, to us the word of this salvation was sent.

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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 offspring G1085.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29 - “Being then the offspring G1085 of God, we ought not to suppose that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the craft and thought of man.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:10 - and to another the workings of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the [fn]distinguishing of spirits, to someone else various kinds G1085 of tongues, and to another the [fn]translation 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, 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 sounds in the world, and none is without 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 desolate places, dangers on the 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 countrymen G1085, being far more 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 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

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9 -

But you are A CHOSEN FAMILY 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, sent My angel to bear witness 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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