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GreekG1096Verb

γίνομαι

ginomai

635Occurrences
G1096Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)

a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.of persons, things occurrences, to come into being, be born, arise, come on
2.Of events, to come to pass, take place, happen
3.to be made, done, performed, observed, enacted, ordained, etc.
4.to become, be made, come to be
LXX: chiefly for היה

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

γίνομαι appears 635 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
132
Acts
119
Matthew
70
Mark
51
John
48
1 Corinthians
39
Revelation
31
Romans
31

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:30BSB

It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

Acts 2:6BSB

And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.

James 1:22BSB

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

Luke 22:42BSB

“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”

Matthew 8:24BSB

Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.