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Strong's G1080 · Greek

γεννάω

gennao · ghen-nah'-o

from a variation of 1085; to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

γεννάω (G1080)

97 γεννάω , -ῶ ( γέννα , poët. for γένος ), [in LXX chiefly for ילד ;] of the father, to beget : c. acc., Mt 1:1-16 , Ac 7:8 , 29 ; seq. ἐκ , Mt 1:3 , 5 , 6 . Of the mother, to bring forth, bear : Lk 1:13 , 57 23:29 , Jo 16:21 ; εἰς δουλείαν , Ga 4:24 . Pass. to be begotten : Mt 1:20 ; to be born : Mt 2:1 , 4 19:12 26:24 , Mk 14:21 , Lk 1:35 , Jo 3:4 , Ac 7:20 , Ro 9:11 , He 11:23 ; seq. εἰς , Jo 16:21 18:37 , II Pe 2:12 ; ἐν , Ac 2:8 22:3 , ( ἁμαρτίαις ), Jo 9:34 ; ἀπό , He 11:12 (WH, mg., ἐγεν- ); ἐκ , Jo 1:13 3:6 8:41 ; c. adj., τυφλὸς γ. , Jo 9:2 ; [ Ῥωμαῖος ], Ac 22:28 ; κατὰ σάρκα: κ. πνεῦμα : Ga 4:29 . Metaph.; μάχας , II Ti 2:23 ; ὑμᾶς ἐγέννησα , I Co 4:15 , ( ὅν ), Phm 10; in quotation, Ps 2:7 (LXX), Ac 13:33 , He 1:5 5:5 ; of Christians as begotten of God, born again: Jo 1:13 3:3 , 5-8 , I Jo 2:29 3:9 4:7 5:1 , 4 , 18 (cf. ἀνα-γεννάω ); (Cremer, 146).

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

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