G1078: γένεσις
génesis · “origin”
Definition
nativity; figuratively, nature
KJV translates it as: generation, nature(-ral)
Word origin: from the same as G1074 (γενεά);
Extended definition
(γίγνομαι), [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹלֵדֹת ;]
1. origin, lineage: βίβλος γενέσεως (as in Gen.2:4a 5:1), Mat.1:1.
2. birth: Mat.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 γ., the wheel (course) of birth or creation ("the wheel of man's nature according to its original Divine purpose," Hort), Jas.3:6.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G1078 is translated
- of the genealogy ×1
- origin ×1
- birth ×1
- natural ×1
- of nature ×1
Bible verses with G1078 (génesis)
Génesis appears in 5 verses.
- Matthew 1:1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
- Matthew 1:18
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
- Luke 1:14
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
- James 1:23
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
- James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.