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Birth
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"a birth, begetting, producing" (related to gennao, "to beget"), is used in Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:14 . Some mss. have genesis, "lineage, birth" (from ginomai, "to become").
"a being born, or the hour of birth" (related to genea, "race, generation"), is connected with ginomai, "to become, to be born," and is used in John 9:1 .
Notes (1) For genesis and gennema see FRUIT , GENERATION , NATURE. (2) In Galatians 4:19 , odino, "to have birth pangs," is rendered "travail in birth," AV; RV, "am in travail." See Revelation 12:2 .Copyright Statement
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Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Birth'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/b/birth.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Birth'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/b/birth.html. 1940.
