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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Greek - English Dictionary

G1080 - Begat

Strong's No.:G1080

Greek:γεννάω

Transliteration:gennaō

Phonetic:ghen-nah'-o

Word Origin:From a variation of G1085

Bible Usage:bear beget be born bring forth conceive be delivered of gender make spring.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

to procreate (properly of the father but by extension of the mother); figuratively to regenerate


Thayers
Definition:

1. of men who fathered children

a. to be born

b. to be begotten

1. of women giving birth to children

2. metaph.

a. to engender, cause to arise, excite

b. in a Jewish sense, of one who brings others over to his way of life, to convert someone

c. of God making Christ his son

d. of God making men his sons through faith in Christ's work


Bible References:
Begat

Translation
Occurrences:
bare ( 1 )
bear ( 1 )
begat ( 42 )
begotten ( 7 )
born ( 39 )
conceived ( 1 )
delivered ( 1 )
forth ( 1 )
gender ( 1 )
gendereth ( 1 )
made ( 1 )
sprang ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.