What does γενέσια (genésia) mean in the Bible?
γενέσια (genésia): Birthday feast celebration, distinct from classical Greek meaning of commemorating the dead.
Greek · G1077
γενέσια
Birthday ceremonies
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γενέσια G1077
Pronunciation genésia
What does γενέσια (genésia) mean in the Bible?
γενέσια (genésia): Birthday feast celebration, distinct from classical Greek meaning of commemorating the dead.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1077?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include birthday (2).
Where does γενέσια (genésia) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 14:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (1), Matthew (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 birthday 2× Matthew 14:6, Mark 6:21
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 14:6
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Mark 1
Source forms
γενεσίοις 1x genesiois Mark 6:21
Γενεσίοις 1x Genesiois Matthew 14:6
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural 2x Matthew 14:6, Mark 6:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Birthday feast celebration, distinct from classical Greek meaning of commemorating the dead.
Strong's G1077
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
birthday ceremonies
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Birthday feast celebration, distinct from classical Greek meaning of commemorating the dead.
1in Attic Gk., a commemoration of the dead.
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.
Matthew 14:6 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
γενεσίων genesiwn
a birthday celebration
Read verse Mark 6:21 Noun Dative Plural Neuter
γενεσίοις genesioiv
a birthday celebration
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Plural · Neuter Matt 14:6 · Mark 6:21 2×
Word Origins
γενέσια 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