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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 9 times in 9 verses in 'Act' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:6 - Annas the high priest was there, and so were Caiaphas, John, Alexander and others of the high priest’s family.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:36 - Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means “son of encouragement”),

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:13 - On their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was, and Pharaoh learned about Joseph’s family.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:19 - He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:26 - “Fellow children of Abraham and you God-fearing Gentiles, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:28 - ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’[fn] As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29 - “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:24 - Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures.
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