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Strong's G1077 · Greek

γενέσια

genesia · ghen-es'-ee-ah

neuter plural of a derivative of 1078; birthday ceremonies


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

γενέσια (G1077)

2 * γενέσια , -ων, τά , neut. pl. of adj. -ιος, -ον , relating to birth ( γένεσις ); in Attic Gk., a commemoration of the dead . In late Gk., a birthday feast (= cl. γενέθλια ; so in π. , v. MM, Exp. , x; cf. also Rutherford, NPhr. , 184): Mt 14:6 , Mk 6:21 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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