G1078 – genesis – γένεσις – generation, nature(-ral)
- Strong’s ID:
- G1078
- Greek Word:
- γένεσις
- Transliteration:
- genesis
- Pronunciation:
- ghen’-es-is
- Part of Speech:
- noun feminine
- Usage Count:
- 3
- Search:
- Find “genesis” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from the same as G1074; nativity; figuratively, nature:—generation, nature(-ral).
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) source, origin
1a) 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
3a) the wheel of life (Jas 3:6), other explain it, the wheel of human origin which as soon as men are born begins to run, i.e. its course of life
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.