Greek noun (feminine) · G1078
γένεσις
genesisghen'-es-is
origin, lineage; birth
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: génesis
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1078is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1078
nativity; figuratively, nature
The King James renders it: generation, nature(-ral).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
genesis is rendered "origin, lineage; birth". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "origin, lineage".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 1:1This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
Matthew 1:1γενέσεως
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: origin, lineage, and birth.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| origin, lineageβίβλος γενέσεως (as in Gen.2:4a 5:1), Mat.1:1. | Tagged as
| WhereGenesis 2:4This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created… |
| birthMat.1:18, Luk.1:14 (Rec. γέννησις); πρόσωπον τῆς γ., face of his birth ("what God made him to be," Hort., in l.), Jas.1:23; ὁ τροχὸς τῆς... | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 1:18This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| γενεά | genea | generation | Uses43 |
| γενέσια | genesia | birthday | Uses2 |
| γενεαλογία | genealogia | genealogy | Uses2 |
| γενετή | genete | birth | Uses1 |
| γενεαλογέω | genealogeo | to trace genealogy | Uses1 |
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- γενέσεως3
- γενέσει1
- γένεσις1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular3N-GSF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
Matthew
two uses
This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
- γενέσεωςgeneseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of genealogy
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
- γένεσιςgenesisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: origin
Luke
one use
He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
- γενέσειgeneseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: birth
James
two uses
For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
- γενέσεωςgeneseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: natural
The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
- γενέσεωςgeneseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of nature
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.