γεννάω
Transliteration
gennaō (Key)
Pronunciation
ghen-nah'-o
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a variation of γένος (G1085)
mGNT
97x in 28 unique form(s) TR
97x in 28 unique form(s) LXX
229x in 33 unique form(s)
γεγενημένα — 1x
γεγέννηκά — 3x
γεγέννημαι — 2x
γεγεννήμεθα — 1x
γεγεννημένον — 4x
γεγεννημένος — 4x
γεγεννημένου — 1x
γεγέννηται — 5x
γεννᾶται — 1x
γεννηθεὶς — 3x
γεννηθὲν — 1x
γεννηθέντος — 1x
γεννηθέντων — 1x
γεννηθῇ — 3x
γεννηθῆναι — 3x
γεννήσαντα — 1x
γεννήσει — 1x
γεννήσῃ — 1x
γεννώμενον — 1x
γεννῶσα — 1x
γεννῶσιν — 1x
ἐγεννήθη — 7x
ἐγεννήθημεν — 1x
ἐγεννήθης — 1x
ἐγεννήθησαν — 3x
ἐγέννησα — 2x
ἐγέννησαν — 1x
ἐγέννησεν — 42x
γεγέννηκά — 3x
γεγέννημαι — 2x
γεγεννήμεθα — 1x
γεγεννημένα — 1x
γεγεννημένον — 4x
γεγεννημένος — 4x
γεγεννημένου — 1x
γεγέννηται — 5x
γεννᾶται — 1x
γεννηθεὶς — 3x
γεννηθὲν — 1x
γεννηθέντος — 1x
γεννηθέντων — 1x
γεννηθῇ — 3x
γεννηθῆναι — 3x
γεννήσαντα — 1x
γεννήσει — 1x
γεννήσῃ — 1x
γεννώμενον — 1x
γεννῶσα — 1x
γεννῶσιν — 1x
ἐγεννήθη — 7x
ἐγεννήθημεν — 1x
ἐγεννήθης — 1x
ἐγεννήθησαν — 3x
ἐγέννησα — 2x
ἐγέννησαν — 1x
ἐγέννησεν — 42x
γεγέννηκά — 1x
γεγεννηκότων — 1x
γεγεννημένης — 1x
γεγέννησαι — 2x
γεννᾷ — 2x
γεννᾶται — 2x
γεννηθέντων — 1x
γεννηθήσεταί — 1x
γεννῆσαι — 18x
γεννήσαντά — 1x
γεννήσαντες — 2x
γεννήσαντός — 1x
γεννήσει — 1x
γεννήσεις — 4x
γεννήσῃ — 3x
γεννήσῃς — 2x
γεννήσω — 1x
γεννήσωσιν — 1x
γεννωμένων — 1x
γεννῶνται — 2x
γεννῶσαν — 1x
ἐγεννήθη — 2x
ἐγεννήθην — 1x
ἐγεννήθησαν — 5x
ἐγέννησα — 1x
ἐγέννησάν — 1x
ἐγέννησαν — 2x
ἐγέννησάς — 1x
ἐγέννησας — 2x
ἐγέννησε — 1x
ἐγέννησέν — 2x
ἐγέννησεν — 160x
ἐγεννῶσαν — 2x
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:665,114

Strong’s Definitions

γεννάω gennáō, ghen-nah'-o; from a variation of G1085; to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate:—bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 97x

The KJV translates Strong's G1080 in the following manner: begat (49x), be born (39x), bear (2x), gender (2x), bring forth (1x), be delivered (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 97x
The KJV translates Strong's G1080 in the following manner: begat (49x), be born (39x), bear (2x), gender (2x), bring forth (1x), be delivered (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. of men who fathered children

    1. to be born

    2. to be begotten

      1. of women giving birth to children

  2. metaph.

    1. to engender, cause to arise, excite

    2. in a Jewish sense, of one who brings others over to his way of life, to convert someone

    3. of God making Christ his son

    4. of God making men his sons through faith in Christ's work

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γεννάω gennáō, ghen-nah'-o; from a variation of G1085; to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate:—bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring.
STRONGS G1080:
γεννάω, -ῶ; future γεννήσω; 1 aorist ἐγέννησα; perfect γεγέννηκά; [passive, present γεννάομαι, -ῶμαι]; perfect γεγέννημαι; 1 aorist ἐγεννήθην; (from γέννα, poetic for γένος); in Greek writings from Pindar down; in the Sept. for יָלַד; to beget;
1. properly: of men begetting children, Matthew 1:1-16; Acts 7:8, 29; followed by ἐκ with the genitive of the mother, Matthew 1:3, 5, 6; more rarely of women giving birth to children, Luke 1:13, 57; Luke 23:29; John 16:21; εἰς δουλείαν to bear a child unto bondage, that will be a slave, Galatians 4:24 ([Xenophon, de rep. Lac. 1, 3]; Lucian, de sacrif. 6; Plutarch, de liber. educ. 5; others; Sept. Isaiah 66:9; 4 Macc. 10:2, etc.). Passive, to be begotten: τὸ ἐν αὐτῇ γεννηθέν that which is begotten in her womb, Matthew 1:20; to be born: Matthew 2:1, 4 [Winers Grammar, 266 (250); Buttmann, 203 (176)]; Matthew 19:12; 26:24; Mark 14:21; Luke 1:35; John 3:4; [Acts 7:20]; Romans 9:11; Hebrews 11:23; with the addition εἰς τὸν κόσμον, John 16:21; followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Acts 22:3; ἀπό τινος, to spring from one as father, Hebrews 11:12 [L WH marginal reading ἐγεννήθ. see Tdf. at the passage]; ἔκ τινος to be born of a mother, Matthew 1:16; ἐκ πορνείας, John 8:41; ἐξ αἱμάτων, ἐκ θελήματος ἀνδρός, John 1:13; ἐκ τῆς σαρκός, John 3:6 [Rec.elz γεγενημ.]; ἐν ἁμαρτίαις ὅλος, John 9:34 (see ἁμαρτία, 2 a.); εἴς τι, to be born for something, John 18:37; 2 Peter 2:12 [Tdf. γεγενημ. so Rec.st bez]; with an adjective: τυφλὸς γεγέννημαι, John 9:2, 19f, 32; Ῥωμαῖος to be supplied, Acts 22:28; τῇ διαλέκτῳ, ἐν ᾗ ἐγεννήθημεν, Acts 2:8; γεννηθεὶς κατὰ σάρκα begotten or born according to (by) the working of natural passion; κατὰ πνεῦμα according to (by) the working of the divine promise, Galatians 4:29, cf. Galatians 4:23.
2. metaphorically,
a. universally, to engender, cause to arise, excite: μάχας, 2 Timothy 2:23 (βλαβην, λύπην, etc. in Greek writings).
b. in a Jewish sense, of one who brings others over to his way of life: ὑμᾶς ἐγέννησα I am the author of your Christian life, 1 Corinthians 4:15; Philemon 1:10 (Sanhedr. fol. 19, 2 "If one teaches the son of his neighbor the law, the Scripture reckons this the same as though he had begotten him"; [cf. Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 8]).
c. after Psalm 2:7, it is used of God making Christ his son;
α. formally to show him to be the Messiah (υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ), viz. by the resurrection: Acts 13:33.
β. to be the author of the divine nature which he possesses [but compare the commentaries on the passages that follow]: Hebrews 1:5; Hebrews 5:5.
d. peculiarly, in the Gospel and First Epistle of John, of God conferring upon men the nature and disposition of his sons, imparting to them spiritual life, i. e. by his own holy power prompting and persuading souls to put faith in Christ and live a new life consecrated to himself; absolutely 1 John 5:1; mostly in passive, ἐκ θεοῦ or ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν, γεγέννηται, γεγεννημένος, etc.: John 1:13; 1 John 2:29 [Rec.st γεγένηται]; 1 John 3:9; 4:7; 5:1,4,18; also ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος γεννᾶσθαι, John 3:6 [Rec.elz γεγενημ.], John 3:8; ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ πνεύματος (because that moral generation is effected in receiving baptism [(?) cf. Schaff's Lange, Godet, Westcott, on the words, and references under the word βάπτισμα, 3]), John 3:5; ἄνωθεν γεννᾶσθαι, John 3:3, 7 (see ἄνωθεν, c.) equivalent to τέκνον θεοῦ γίνεσθαι, John 1:12. [Compare: ἀναγεννάω.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
2:7
Isaiah
4; 66:9
Matthew
1:1; 1:2; 1:3; 1:3; 1:4; 1:5; 1:5; 1:6; 1:6; 1:7; 1:8; 1:9; 1:10; 1:11; 1:12; 1:13; 1:14; 1:15; 1:16; 1:16; 1:20; 2:1; 2:4; 19:12; 26:24
Mark
14:21
Luke
1:13; 1:35; 1:57; 23:29
John
1:12; 1:13; 1:13; 3:3; 3:4; 3:5; 3:6; 3:6; 3:7; 3:8; 8:41; 9:2; 9:19; 9:32; 9:34; 16:21; 16:21; 18:37
Acts
2:8; 7:8; 7:20; 7:29; 13:33; 22:3; 22:28
Romans
9:11
1 Corinthians
4:15
Galatians
4:23; 4:24; 4:29
2 Timothy
2:23
Philemon
1:10
Hebrews
1:5; 5:5; 11:12; 11:23
2 Peter
2:12
1 John
2:29; 3:9; 4:7; 5:1; 5:1; 5:4; 5:18
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