What does γενεαλογία (genealogía) mean in the Bible?
γενεαλογία (genealogía): Genealogies as potentially fruitless theological disputes rather than edifying spiritual instruction in pastoral context
Greek · G1076
γενεαλογία
Genealogy
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γενεαλογία G1076
Pronunciation genealogía
What does γενεαλογία (genealogía) mean in the Bible?
γενεαλογία (genealogía): Genealogies as potentially fruitless theological disputes rather than edifying spiritual instruction in pastoral context
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1076?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include genealogies (2).
Where does γενεαλογία (genealogía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Timothy 1:4. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (1), Titus (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It genealogies 2× 1 Timothy 1:4, Titus 3:9
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Timothy 1:4
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
1 Timothy 1 Titus 1
Source forms
γενεαλογίαις 1x genealogiais 1 Timothy 1:4
γενεαλογίας 1x genealogias Titus 3:9
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Titus 3:9
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 1x 1 Timothy 1:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Genealogies as potentially fruitless theological disputes rather than edifying spiritual instruction in pastoral context
Strong's G1076
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
genealogy
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Genealogies as potentially fruitless theological disputes rather than edifying spiritual instruction in pastoral context
1the making of a pedigree.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Timothy 1:4 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
γενεαλογίαις genealogiaiv
genealogy
Read verse Titus 3:9 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
γενεαλογίας genealogiav
genealogy
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Plural · Feminine 1 Tim 1:4 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Titus 3:9 1×
Word Origins
γενεαλογία is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain