γένεσις

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G1078

Transliteration: génesis

Pronunciation: ghen'-es-is

Definition: generation

- Original: γένεσις

- Transliteration: Genesis

- Phonetic: ghen'-es-is

- Definition:

1. source, origin

a. a book of one's lineage, i.e. in which his ancestry or progeny are enumerated

2. used of birth, nativity

3. of that which follows origin, viz. existence, life

a. the wheel of life (Jas 3:6)

- Origin: from the same as G1074" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1074

- TDNT entry: 12:22,1

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From the same as G1074" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1074; nativity; figuratively nature: - generation nature (-ral).