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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 20 times in 20 verses in the MGNT 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 of every kind,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:26 - The woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:29 - So He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:6 - as well as Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:36 - And Joses,[fn] who was also named Barnabas by the apostles (which is translated Son of Encouragement), a Levite of the country of Cyprus,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:13 - “And the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to the Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:19 - “This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them expose their babies, so that they might not live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:26 - “Men and brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you the word 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 have our being, as also 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 - “Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:2 - And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla (because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome); and he came to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:24 - Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:10 - to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:28 - And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:26 - in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:14 - And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, 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 Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9 - But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises 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, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”
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