Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
γένεσις (G1078)
5 γένεσις , -εως, ἡ ( γίγνομαι ), [in LXX chiefly for תֹּולֵדֹת ;] origin, lineage : βίβλος γενέσεως (as in Ge 2:4 a 5:1 ), Mt 1:1 . birth : Mt 1:18 , Lk 1:14 (Rec. γέννησις ); πρόσωπον τῆς γ. , face of his birth ("what God made him to be," Hort., in l.), Ja 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), Ja 3:6 .†
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain