ginomai G1096

γίνομαι (ginomai) means “to be” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

γίνομαι Greek · G1096 664 tagged occurrences in 623 verses

Pronunciation guide: ghin'-om-ahee Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1096

γίνομαι · ginomai · to be

γίνομαι, Ion. and κοινή for Att. γίγν- (M. Pr., 47; Bl., §6, 8 Mayser, 166 f.), [in LXX chiefly for היה ;] 1. of persons, things occurrences, to come into being, be born, arise, come on: Jhn.1:15 8:58, 1Co.15:37; a first appearance in public, Mrk.1:4, Jhn.1:6, al.; before ἐκ (of birth), Rom.1:3, Gal.4:4; διά, Jhn.1:3; βροντή, Jhn.12:29; σεισμός, Rev.6:12; γογγυσμός, Act.6:1; χαρά, Act.8:8, many other similar exx.; ἡμέρα, Luk.22:66, al.; ὀψέ, Mrk.11:19; πρωΐα, Mat.27:1; νύξ, Act.27:27. 2. Of events, to come to pass, take place, happen: Mat.5:18, Mrk.5:14, Luk.1:20 2:15, Act.4:21, 2Ti.2:18, al.; μὴ γένοιτο [LXX for חָלִילָה, Jhn.22:29, al.], far be it, God forbid: Rom.3:4 (ICC, in l.), 1Co.6:15 and frequently in Pl.; καὶ ἐγένετο, ἐγένετο δέ ([in LXX for וַיְהִי ;] see Burton, 142 f.; M, Pr., 16f.; Dalman, Words, 32 f.; Robertson, Gr., 1042 f.), with indic, Mat.7:28, Luk.1:8, al.; before καί and indic., Luk.8:1, Act.5:7, al.; with accusative and inf., Mrk.2:23, Luk.3:21, al.; ὡς δὲ ἐγένετο, before τοῦ with inf., Act.10:25; with dative of person(s), to befall one: with inf., Act.20:16; with accusative and inf., Act.22:6; with adv., εὖ, Eph.6:3; τ́ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ (Field, Notes, 115), Act.7:40 (LXX); before εἰς, Act.28:6. 3. to be made, done, performed, observed, enacted, ordained, etc.: Mat.6:10 19:8, Mrk.2:27 11:23, Act.19:26, al.; before διά with genitive, Mrk.6:2, Act.2:43; ὑπό, Luk.13:17; ἐκ, Luk.4:23; ἐν, 1Co.9:15; ἀπογραφή, Luk.2:2; ἀνάκρισις Act.25:26; ἄφεσις, Heb.9:22; ὁ νόμος, Gal.3:17; τὸ πάσχα, Mat.26:2. 4. to become, be made, come to be: with pred., Mat.4:3, Luk.4:3, Jhn.2:9, 1Co.13:11, al.; before ὡς, ὡσεί, Mat.10:25, Mrk.9:26; εἰς (M, Pr., 71f.), Mrk.12:1o, al.; with genitive Rev.11:15; id., of age, Luk.2:42; with dative, γ. ἀνδρί ([LXX for הָיָה לְאִישׁ, Rut.1:12, al. ;] see Field, Notes, 156), Rom.7:3, 4; before ἐν, Act.22:17, Rev.1:10, al.; ἐπάνω, Luk.19:19; μετά, with genitive, Mrk.16:[10], Act.9:19; before εἰς, ἐπί (Field, Notes, 135), κατά (ib., 62), with accusative of place, Act.20:16 21:35 27:7, al.; before ἐκ, Mrk.9:7, Luk.3:22, 2Th.2:7, al. Aoristic pf. γέγονα (M, Pr., 52, 145f.; Field, Notes, 1f.), Mat.25:6, Luk.10:36, al. Aor. ἐγενήθη (for ἐγένετο, M, Pr., 139f.; Mayser, 379), Mat.11:23, al. (Cf. απο-, δια-, επι-, παρα-, συμ-, παρα-, προ-.) (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.

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How translators render G1096

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
vvv	40
came	32
became	22
be	21
was	18
had happened	16
certainly not	12
has become	10
become	9
happen	8
is	8
it was	8
there was	8
as	7
happened	6
took place	6
be done	5
to become	5
were	5
will be	5
arose	4
broke out	4
comes	4
had been performed	4
i became	4
i was	4
may become	4
there were	4
was made	4
appeared	3
has	3
has come	3
have been	3
have happened	3
he became	3
might become	3
there is	3
they were	3
to be	3
were performed	3
when	3
being	2
born	2
came up	2
fell	2
happening	2
has been	2
has happened	2
have become	2
he was	2
i have become	2
it becomes	2
it happens	2
it is done	2
it will be done	2
may	2
must be	2
must be done	2
perform	2
performed	2
rang out	2
reached	2
swept	2
there will be	2
this became	2
to be seen again	2
to happen	2
turned	2
was happening	2
we have become	2
we were	2
will happen	2
will not be	2
will result	2
you are	2
you have become	2
you have been	2
you have not been	2
you may be	2
you may become	2
after	1
all was	1
and after	1
and became	1
and fell	1
and you are	1
approaching	1
are	1
arrived	1
avoid	1
be met	1
becomes	1
been	1
began	1
being made	1
by becoming	1
came over	1
came over the crowd	1
came to him	1
came upon	1
come	1
come to pass	1
comes to pass	1
continued	1
did you get	1
died	1
do	1
do not be	1
do not become a stumbling block	1
does not become	1
encountered	1
exalted	1
formed	1
gain	1
grew	1
grew to	1
had become	1
had become of	1
had come	1
had not occurred	1
had spoken	1
happens	1
has already occurred	1
has become a priest	1
has been done	1
has been made	1
has brought	1
has occurred	1
has proved to be	1
have appeared	1
have been brought	1
have been finished	1
have been made	1
have come	1
have i now become	1
he	1
he becomes one	1
he came	1
he fell	1
he has	1
he has become	1
he is taken	1
he lived as	1
he may become	1
he might become	1
he perform	1
he should become	1
he spent	1
he was doing	1
i am	1
i lived	1
i may share	1
if she is	1
if she marries	1
is accomplished	1
is expressed	1
it all came	1
it comes to pass	1
it does happen	1
it had	1
it has always been	1
it has become	1
it has come to pass	1
it is	1
it may go	1
it turned to	1
it will happen	1
jesus was	1
let it be done	1
let us not become	1
loses	1
made	1
man-made gods	1
may be	1
may happen	1
may it happen	1
may such a thing never happen	1
may you never bear	1
might belong	1
might have been	1
must become	1
never	1
of becoming	1
of this	1
one day	1
our conduct was	1
paul reached	1
proving yourselves to be	1
said	1
set	1
shall have authority	1
she has become	1
she is joined	1
should be	1
should become	1
so he became	1
so will it be done	1
soon afterward	1
take place	1
that began	1
that came	1
that had been turned into	1
that has come	1
that have come	1
that have happened	1
the boy became	1
the disobedient do	1
there appeared	1
there arose	1
there came	1
there may be	1
they arrived	1
they turned to	1
they were all	1
they would be	1
this will not occur	1
to	1
to come	1
to get	1
to perform	1
to reach	1
to secure	1
to take place	1
to take place while	1
turned to	1
was a descendant	1
was about	1
was born	1
was breaking out	1
was doing	1
was not	1
was not made	1
was split	1
was underway	1
we arrived	1
we have been	1
we have come	1
we lived	1
we may be	1
we never used	1
we will be set	1
we would become	1
we would have become	1
were filled with	1
were made	1
were overcome	1
when daylight came	1
when he arrived	1
when he has	1
when he was	1
while	1
while jesus was	1
who had been	1
who have shared	1
will	1
will be needed	1
will become	1
will come to pass	1
will it be done	1
will not occur	1
will receive	1
will she be	1
will turn	1
would be	1
would come	1
would happen	1
you are to	1
you did	1
you were	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
it came to pass	56
was	52
be	28
there was	24
made	17
was come	16
came	15
were	15
god forbid	14
be ye	13
it was	13
is	11
be done	10
was made	10
became	9
it came to pass that	9
was done	9
there arose	8
be made	7
were done	7
come	6
come to pass	6
he was	6
is made	6
let	6
when	6
become	5
is become	5
may be	5
there came	5
there were	5
what was done	5
are	4
are become	4
being	4
shall be	4
are done	3
are made	3
be fulfilled	3
be it	3
done	3
had	3
had been done	3
have been	3
i was	3
is preferred	3
it is done	3
it shall be done	3
that was done	3
there is	3
to be	3
we are made	3
were made	3
when he was	3
when it was	3
ye may be	3
am made	2
ariseth	2
be thou	2
becometh	2
been	2
being made	2
did	2
hath been	2
have	2
he became	2
he is	2
he may be	2
i became	2
i was made	2
it is come to pass	2
it seemed	2
may become	2
might become	2
shall	2
that	2
they were	2
to be done	2
to become	2
waxed	2
we were	2
were come	2
which was done	2
ye	2
ye are	2
ye be	2
ye have	2
affrighted	1
am i	1
and answered	1
and became	1
and durst	1
and was made	1
are come to pass	1
are there	1
are wrought	1
arose	1
as	1
as soon as it was	1
as though	1
awaking out	1
be it done	1
became i	1
being assembled	1
being ended	1
brought	1
by means	1
came upon	1
camest thou	1
cometh	1
coming on	1
continued	1
doing	1
drawing	1
falling	1
for	1
give	1
grow	1
had been	1
hath been done	1
have lost his saltness	1
having been	1
he be	1
he be taken	1
he becometh	1
he cometh	1
he is made	1
he might be	1
he purposed	1
he should be put	1
he that was	1
i am become	1
i am made	1
i have been	1
i might be	1
is come	1
is found	1
is happened	1
is it	1
is past	1
is she	1
it be made	1
it became	1
it becometh	1
it come	1
it come to pass	1
it cometh to pass	1
it is	1
it may be	1
it should be	1
it thundered	1
laid wait	1
let him	1
let him be	1
let him become	1
let us	1
made when	1
many	1
may be done	1
may be made	1
might	1
might be	1
might be made	1
might come	1
must	1
not	1
of	1
openly	1
require	1
shall be brought to pass	1
shall be done	1
shall be made	1
shall be performed	1
shall be turned	1
shall come to pass	1
shall ye be	1
she be married	1
should be	1
should be married	1
should have	1
so be that	1
so it was	1
sounded	1
that arose	1
that it should be	1
that was made	1
there be	1
there fell	1
there followed	1
there is made	1
there may be	1
there shall be	1
they became	1
they should be	1
thou art become	1
thou art made	1
thou hast been	1
though she be married	1
to be made	1
to come	1
to him that was possessed with the devil	1
to pass	1
used we	1
vanished out	1
was any thing kept	1
was come to pass	1
was divided	1
was shewed	1
was there	1
we behaved ourselves	1
we have been	1
we might be	1
we should be made	1
wept sore	1
were finished	1
when he is	1
when he was come	1
when it is	1
when there arose	1
when there had been	1
when there was made	1
when they were	1
which came	1
which have been done	1
which is come to pass	1
which was	1
which was made	1
which was published	1
which were	1
which were done	1
whilst ye became	1
with	1
with them partakest	1
would	1
would grow	1
ye might be	1
ye were	1

Verses containing G1096

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Luke 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
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Luke 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:
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Luke 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
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Luke 6:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
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Luke 6:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
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Luke 6:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”
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Luke 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples went with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.
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Luke 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Soon afterward, Jesus traveled from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,
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Luke 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.
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Luke 8:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One day Jesus said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side of the lake.” So He got into a boat with them and set out.
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Luke 8:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm.
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Luke 8:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside.
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Luke 8:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man whom the demons had left, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
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Luke 8:56 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Her parents were astounded, but Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.
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Luke 9:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,
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Luke 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One day as Jesus was praying in private and the disciples were with Him, He questioned them: “Who do the crowds say I am?”
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Luke 9:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
About eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.
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Luke 9:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.
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Luke 9:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As Moses and Elijah were leaving, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what he was saying.)
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Luke 9:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While Peter was speaking, a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.
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Luke 9:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, whom I have chosen. Listen to Him!”
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Luke 9:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After the voice had spoken, only Jesus was present with them. The disciples kept this to themselves, and in those days they did not tell anyone what they had seen.
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Luke 9:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The next day, when they came down from the mountain, Jesus was met by a large crowd.
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Luke 9:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.
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Luke 10:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
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Luke 10:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
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Luke 10:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
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Luke 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
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Luke 11:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,
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Luke 11:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
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Luke 11:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”
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Luke 11:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.
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Luke 12:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”
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Luke 12:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.
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Luke 12:55 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.
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Luke 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this way?
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Luke 13:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?
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Luke 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.
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Luke 13:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”
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Luke 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.
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Luke 14:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.
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Luke 14:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’
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Luke 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
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Luke 15:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.
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Luke 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
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Luke 16:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?
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Luke 16:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
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Luke 17:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee.
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Luke 17:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed.
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Luke 17:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
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