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Strong's #1083 - γέννησις
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- begat, engendering
- nativity, birth
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γένν-ησις,
Dor. γένν-ᾱσις, εως, ἡ,
1. engendering, producing, E. IA 1065 (lyr., codd.); γ. καὶ τόκος Pl. Smp. 206e; birth, IG 22.1368.130, v.l. in.Luke 1:14.
2. production, ἀγαθῶν Arist. Pol. 1332a18 (pl.).
γέννησις, γεννησεως, ἡ (γεννάω), a begetting, engendering (often so in Plato); nativity, birth: Rec. in Matthew 1:18 and Luke 1:14; see γένεσις, 2.
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γέννησις , -εως , ή
(< γεννάω ),
[in LXX: 1 Chronicles 4:8 (H4940), Ecclesiastes 7:2 (H3205 ni.; γένεσις , Aא ), Wisdom of Solomon 3:13 א 1 (γένεσις , ABא 2), Sirach 22:3 *;]
1. a begetting.
2. birth: Matthew 1:18, Luke 1:14, Rec.†
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γέννησις (in Matthew 1:16 LW, Luke 1:14 one or two good MSS, incl. 33) may be quoted from P Leid Wxxiii. 2 (ii/iii A.D.), where a magic book περιέχει γέννησιν πνεύματος , πυρὸς καὶ σκότος (sc. -ους ), and Syll 737.130 (ii/A.D.) σπονδὴν ἀξίαν τῆς τάξεως , γάμων , γεννήσεως , Χοῶν , ἐφηβείας κτλ . : Dittenberger observes that boys were brought to the Χόες festival before their coming of age, so that the order of these last three items is one of time.
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