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gennaō G1080

γεννάω (gennaō) means “to beget” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

γεννάω Greek · G1080 97 tagged occurrences in 65 verses

Pronunciation guide: ghen-nah'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1080

γεννάω · gennaō · 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 quotation, Psa.2:7 (LXX), Act.13:33, Heb.1:5 5:5; of Christians as begotten of God, born again: Jhn.1:13 3:3, 5-8, 1Jn.2:29 3:9 4:7 5:1, 4, 18 (cf. ἀνα-γεννάω); (Cremer, 146). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I beget (of the male), (of the female) I bring forth, give birth to.

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How translators render G1080

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
the father of 28
born 11
was the father of 11
was born 6
has been born 4
have become your father 3
were born 3
be born 2
had not been born 2
he is born 2
he was born 2
to be born 2
abraham became the father of 1
after his birth 1
and bears children 1
and had 1
are not illegitimate children 1
became your father 1
bore 1
came descendants 1
conceived 1
father 1
father i became 1
he has been born 1
i was born 1
it breeds 1
native 1
of a man born 1
she brings forth 1
she gave birth to 1
was born a citizen 1
was to be born 1
will bear 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
begat 40
born 6
is born 6
be born 5
was born 5
begotten 3
have 3
been born 2
had 2
he was born 2
was 2
bare 1
be 1
being 1
have begotten 1
he begat 1
he is born 1
he that is begotten 1
i have begotten 1
is conceived 1
of one that was born 1
one that is born 1
shall bear 1
she brought forth 1
she is delivered 1
should be born 1
sprang there 1
that 1
that begat 1
that is begotten 1
that which is born 1
they do gender 1
wast 1
we were born 1
were 1
were born 1
when he was born 1
which gendereth 1
which shall be born 1

Verses containing G1080

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  1. Matthew 1:2 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.

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  2. Matthew 1:3 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.

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  3. Matthew 1:4 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.

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  4. Matthew 1:5 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,

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  5. Matthew 1:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,

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  6. Matthew 1:7 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.

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  7. Matthew 1:8 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.

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  8. Matthew 1:9 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.

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  9. Matthew 1:10 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,

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  10. Matthew 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.

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  11. Matthew 1:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

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  12. Matthew 1:13 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor.

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  13. Matthew 1:14 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud.

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  14. Matthew 1:15 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,

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  15. Matthew 1:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

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  16. Matthew 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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  17. Matthew 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

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  18. Matthew 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

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  19. Matthew 19:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”

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  20. Matthew 26:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

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  21. Mark 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

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  22. Luke 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.

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  23. Luke 1:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.

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  24. Luke 1:57 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.

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  25. Luke 23:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’

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  26. John 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

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  27. John 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

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  28. John 3:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”

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  29. John 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

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  30. John 3:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

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  31. John 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

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  32. John 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

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  33. John 8:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”

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  34. John 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

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  35. John 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”

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  36. John 9:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind.

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  37. John 9:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.

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  38. John 9:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.

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  39. John 16:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

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  40. John 18:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”

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  41. Acts 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?

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  42. Acts 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

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  43. Acts 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house.

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  44. Acts 7:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.

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  45. Acts 13:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’

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  46. Acts 22:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.

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  47. Acts 22:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.

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  48. Romans 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,

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  49. 1 Corinthians 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

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  50. Galatians 4:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.

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