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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γενέσιαG1077
Pronunciationgenésia
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 Itbirthday2×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 rowMatthew 14:6
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Mark1
Source forms
γενεσίοις1xgenesioisMark 6:21
Γενεσίοις1xGenesioisMatthew 14:6
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural2xMatthew 14:6, Mark 6:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Birthday feast celebration, distinct from classical Greek meaning of commemorating the dead.
Strong'sG1077
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
birthday ceremonies
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 14:6Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
γενεσίωνgenesiwn
a birthday celebration
Read verseMark 6:21Noun Dative Plural Neuter
γενεσίοιςgenesioiv
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 patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternDative (2)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Plural · NeuterMatt 14:6 · Mark 6:212×
Word Origins
γενέσια is built from this root: