γενέσια
Transliteration
genesia (Key)
Pronunciation
ghen-es'-ee-ah
Part of Speech
neuter plural noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of γένεσις (G1078)
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
γενεσίοις — 1x
γενεσίων — 1x
γενεσίοις — 2x
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Strong’s Definitions

γενέσια genésia, ghen-es'-ee-ah; neuter plural of a derivative of G1078; birthday ceremonies:—birthday.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G1077 in the following manner: birthday (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G1077 in the following manner: birthday (2x).

  1. a birthday celebration, a birthday feast

    1. the earlier Greeks used this word of funeral commemorations, a festival commemorative of a deceased friend

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γενέσια genésia, ghen-es'-ee-ah; neuter plural of a derivative of G1078; birthday ceremonies:—birthday.
STRONGS G1077:
γενέσια, -ων, τά [cf. Winer's Grammar, 176 (166)] (from the adjective γενέσιος from γένεσις), a birthday celebration, a birthday feast: Mark 6:21; Matthew 14:6; (Alciphron epistles 3, 18 and 55; Dio Cassius, 47, 18, etc.; ἡ γενέσιος ἡμέρα, Josephus, Antiquities 12, 4, 7). The earlier Greeks used γενέσια of funeral commemorations, a festival commemorative of a deceased friend (Latin feriae denicales), see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 103f; [Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 184; Winers Grammar, 24 (23)]. Cf. Keim, ii., p. 516 [iv. 223 English translation].
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Matthew
14:6
Mark
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