γεννάω gennaō · G1080

to beget

γεννάω, -ῶ ; (γέννα, poët. for γένος), [in LXX chiefly for ילד ; ] ; 1. of the father, to beget: with accusative, Mat.1:1-16, Act.7:8, 29; before ἐκ, Mat.1:3, 5, 6. ; 2. Of the mother, to bring forth, bear: Luk.1:13, 57 23:29, Jhn.16:21; εἰς δουλείαν, Gal.4:24. Pass. ; (1) to be begotten: Mat.1:20; (2) to be born: Mat.2:1, 4 19:12 26:24, Mrk.14:21, Luk.1:35, Jhn.3:4, Act.7:20, Rom.9:11, Heb.11:23; before εἰς, Jhn.16:21 18:37, 2Pe.2:12; ἐν, Act.2:8 22:3, (ἁμαρτίαις), Jhn.9:34; ἀπό, Heb.11:12 (WH, mg., ἐγεν-); ἐκ, Jhn.1:13 3:6 8:41; with adj., τυφλὸς γ., Jhn.9:2; [Ῥωμαῖος ], Act.22:28; κατὰ σάρκα: κ. πνεῦμα: Gal.4:29. Metaphorical; μάχας, 2Ti.2:23; ὑμᾶς ἐγέννησα, 1Co.4:15, (ὅν), Phm 10; in …

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Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

γενν-άω, ; future middle γεννήσομαι in passive sense, [] (but -ηθήσομαι[]: (γέννα):—causal of γίγνομαι (compare γείνομαι), mostly of the father, beget, ὁ γεννήσας πατήρ []; οἱ γεννήσαντές σε your parents, []; ὅθεν γεγενναμένοι sprung, []; of the mother, bring forth, bear, []:—middle, produce from oneself, create, []; 2 produce, grow, get, κἂν σῶμα γεννήσῃ μέγα []; 3 metaphorically, engender, produce, λήθη τῶν ἰδίων κακῶν θρασύτητα γεννᾷ []; γεννῶσι τὸν οὐρανὸν [οἱ φιλόσοφοι] call it into …

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Source: TBESG G1080; TFLSJ G1080

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