γεννάω
gennaō
“to beget”
Definition
to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate
from a variation of G1085 (γένος);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Greek Verb
Occurrences
γεννάω appears 65 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
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.
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
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.
After the exile to Babylon:Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
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