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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1079 - γενετή

Transliteration

genetḗ

Phonetics

ghen-et-ay'

Root Word (Etymology)

from a presumed derivative of the base of (G1074)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

birth, from birth

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 6133 ‑ עֵקֶר (ay'‑ker);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (1)

John 1

HCS (0)

HCS (1)

John 1

BSB (1)

John 1

ESV (1)

John 1

WEB (1)

John 1

KJV (1)

birth 1

HCS (0)

HCS (1)

birth 1

BSB (1)

birth 1

ESV (1)

birth 1

WEB (1)

birth 1

RAH

N-GSF 2

ANT

N-GSF 1

BEZ

N-GSF 1

BGB

N-GFS 1

BMT

N-GSF 1

BYZ

N-GSF 1

ELZ

N-GSF 1

NA26

N-GSF 1

SBL

N-GSF 1

SCV

N-GSF 1

STV

N-GSF 1

TIS

N-GSF 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

γενετ-ή, ἡ,

= cross γενεά 11.3, ἐκ γενετῆς from the hour of birth, Il. 24.535, Od. 18.6; εὐθὺς ἐκ γ. Arist. EN 1144b6; opp. δι' ἔθος, ib. 1154a33; later ἀπὸ γενετῆς Iamb. VP 30.171.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

γενετή, γενετῆς, ἡ (ΓΑΝΩ, γίνομαι) (cf. German die Gewordenheit), birth; hence, very often ἐκ γενετῆς from birth on (Homer, Iliad 24, 535; Aristotle, eth. Nic. 6, 13, 1, p. 1144b, 6 etc.; Polybius 3, 20, 4; Diodorus 5, 32, others; the Sept. Leviticus 25:47): John 9:1.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

γενετή , ῆς , ἡ

= γενεή , Ion. for γενεά ,

[in LXX: Leviticus 25:47 (H6133 H4940), Ezra 4:17*;]

birth: ἐκ γ ., John 9:1.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For ἐκ γενετῆς in John 9:1, see the numerous examples, with special references to blindness, in Wetstein ad l., and add Philostratus Epist. 51 μακαρίων τῶν ἐκ γενετῆς τυ ̣φλῶν ́ (cited by Bauer HZNT ad l.). Vettius Valens, p. 292.26 ἐπὶ τῶν ἐκ γενετῆς διαστολῶν .

List of Word Forms

γενετης γενετής γενετῆς genetes genetês genetēs genetē̂s