Greek verb · G1080
γεννάω
gennaoghen-nah'-o
of the father; Of the mother
97 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: gennáō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1080is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 13 of 27New Testament books
- 31spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1080
to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate
The King James renders it: bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring.
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
gennao is rendered "of the father; Of the mother". It stands 97 times in the Greek text, across thirteen books.
- Forty-five of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "of the father".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 1:2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
- The Greek text spells it thirty-one different ways.
The first use
Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
Matthew 1:2ἐγέννησεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Forty-five of the word's ninety-seven uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: of the father, and Of the mother.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| of the fatherto beget | Tagged as
and 16 more, 80 uses in all | WhereMatthew 1:1This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: |
| Of the motherto bring forth, bear | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 1:20But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and… |
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.
All 97, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
31 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
- ἐγέννησεν42
- ἐγεννήθη7
- γεγέννηται5
- γεγεννημένον4
- γεγεννημένος4
- γεγέννηκά3
- γεννηθεὶς3
- ἐγεννήθησαν3
- γεγέννημαι2
- γεννηθῇ2
- γεννηθῆναι2
- γεγεννήμεθα1
and 19 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular42V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular7V-API-3S
- verb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singular5V-RPI-3S
- verb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular4V-RPP-NSM
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural3V-API-3P
- verb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)3V-APN
- verb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3V-APP-NSM
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular3V-APS-3S
- verb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singular3V-RAI-1S
- verb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singular3V-RPP-NSN
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular2V-AAI-1S
- verb · perfect passive, indicative · 1st person singular2V-RPI-1S
Matthew
forty-five uses
Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor.
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud.
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: begat
- ἐγεννήθηegennetheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was born
But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
- γεννηθὲνgennethenverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: having been conceived
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
- γεννηθέντοςgennethentosverb · aorist passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having been born
And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.
- γεννᾶταιgennataiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is born
For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”
- ἐγεννήθησανegennethesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were born
The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
- ἐγεννήθηegennetheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was born
Mark
one use
The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
- ἐγεννήθηegennetheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was born
Luke
four uses
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
- γεννήσειgenneseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will bear
The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
- γεννώμενονgennomenonverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: being born
When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: she bore
Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’
- ἐγέννησανegennesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: did bear
John
eighteen uses
children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
- ἐγεννήθησανegennethesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were born
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
- γεννηθῇgennetheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall be born
“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
- γεννηθῆναιgennethenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be born
- γεννηθῆναι;¶gennethenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be born
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
- γεννηθῇgennetheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall be born
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
- γεγεννημένονgegennemenonverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: born
- γεγεννημένονgegennemenonverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: born
Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
- γεννηθῆναιgennethenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be born
The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
- γεγεννημένοςgegennemenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: born
You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
- γεγεννήμεθαgegennemethaverb · perfect passive, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: have been born
and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
- γεννηθῇ;¶gennetheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may be born
and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”
- ἐγεννήθηegennetheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was born
His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind.
- ἐγεννήθηegennetheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was born
Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.
- γεγεννημένουgegennemenouverb · perfect passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: born
They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.
- ἐγεννήθηςegennethesverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: were born
A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
- γεννήσῃgenneseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: she may bring forth
- ἐγεννήθηegennetheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been born
“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”
- γεγέννημαιgegennemaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: have been born
Acts
seven uses
How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?
- ἐγεννήθημενegennethemenverb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we were born
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he begat
At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house.
- ἐγεννήθηegennetheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was born
At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
- ἐγέννησενegennesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he begat
He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’
- γεγέννηκάgegennekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: have begotten
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.
- γεγεννημένοςgegennemenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: born
“I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
- γεγέννημαιgegennemaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: has been born
Romans
one use
Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
- γεννηθέντωνgennethentonverb · aorist passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: having been born
1 Corinthians
one use
Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
- ἐγέννησα.¶egennesaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: begot
Galatians
three uses
His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
- γεγέννηταιgegennetaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been born
These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
- γεννῶσαgennosaverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: begetting
At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
- γεννηθεὶςgennetheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having been born
2 Timothy
one use
But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling.
- γεννῶσινgennosinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they breed
Philemon
one use
I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.
- ἐγέννησαegennesaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have begotten
Hebrews
four uses
For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?
- γεγέννηκάgegennekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: have begotten
So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.”
- γεγέννηκάgegennekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: have begotten
And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
- ἐγεννήθησανegennethesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were born
By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.
- γεννηθεὶςgennetheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having been born
2 Peter
one use
These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
- γεγεννημέναgegennemenaverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: they were born
1 John
ten uses
If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
- γεγέννηταιgegennetaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been begotten
Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
- γεγεννημένοςgegennemenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: born
- γεγέννηταιgegennetaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he has been born
Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
- γεγέννηταιgegennetaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been born
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.
- γεγέννηταιgegennetaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been born
- γεννήσανταgennesantaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having begotten
- γεγεννημένονgegennemenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: begotten
because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
- γεγεννημένονgegennemenonverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: born
We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
- γεγεννημένοςgegennemenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: born
- γεννηθεὶςgennetheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having been begotten
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
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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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
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.