G1096 – ginomai – γίνομαι – to come into being, become, make; fig., to happen, be born
- Strong’s ID:
- G1096
- Greek Word:
- γίνομαι
- Transliteration:
- ginomai
- Pronunciation:
- ghin’-om-ahee
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Etymology:
- a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
- Usage Count:
- 676
- Search:
- Find “ginomai” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) to come into being, become
2) to make
3) figuratively: to happen
4) figuratively: to be born
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be (“gen”-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):—arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, × soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
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) to become, i.e. to come into existence, begin to be, receive being
2) to become, i.e. to come to pass, happen
2a) of events
3) to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage
3a) of men appearing in public
4) to be made, finished
4a) of miracles, to be performed, wrought
5) to become, be made
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.