What does γέννημα (génnēma) mean in the Bible?
γέννημα (génnēma): Offspring or product, often used pejoratively for spiritual descendants of evil or wickedness.
Greek · G1081
γέννημα
Offspring; by analogy, produce (literally or figuratively)
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γέννημα G1081
Pronunciation génnēma
What does γέννημα (génnēma) mean in the Bible?
γέννημα (génnēma): Offspring or product, often used pejoratively for spiritual descendants of evil or wickedness.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1081?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include fruit (3), You brood (3), [You] brood (1), harvest (1).
Where does γέννημα (génnēma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 3:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (4), Luke (2), 2 Corinthians (1), Mark (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 fruit 3× Matthew 26:29, Mark 14:25, Luke 22:18
You brood 3× Matthew 12:34, Matthew 23:33, Luke 3:7
[You] brood 1× Matthew 3:7
harvest 1× 2 Corinthians 9:10
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 3:7 Γεννήματα to [You] brood Noun - Vocative Neuter Plural Matthew 12:34 γεννήματα to You brood Noun - Vocative Neuter Plural Matthew 23:33 γεννήματα to You brood Noun - Vocative Neuter Plural Matthew 26:29 γενήματος to fruit Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Mark 14:25 γενήματος to fruit Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Luke 3:7 Γεννήματα to You brood Noun - Vocative Neuter Plural Luke 22:18 γενήματος to fruit Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 2 Corinthians 9:10 γενήματα to harvest Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 3:7
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 4
Matthew 4 Mark 1 Luke 2 2 Corinthians 1
Source forms
γενήματος 3x genēmatos Matthew 26:29, Mark 14:25, Luke 22:18
γεννήματα 2x gennēmata Matthew 12:34, Matthew 23:33
Γεννήματα 2x Gennēmata Matthew 3:7, Luke 3:7
γενήματα 1x genēmata 2 Corinthians 9:10
Parsing patterns
Noun - Vocative Neuter Plural 4x Matthew 3:7, Matthew 12:34, Matthew 23:33, Luke 3:7
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 3x Matthew 26:29, Mark 14:25, Luke 22:18
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 1x 2 Corinthians 9:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Offspring or product, often used pejoratively for spiritual descendants of evil or wickedness.
Strong's G1081
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 1 form 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 3:7 Source Gloss
offspring; by analogy, produce (literally or figuratively)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Offspring or product, often used pejoratively for spiritual descendants of evil or wickedness.
(γεννάω), [in LXX chiefly for תְּבוּאָה ;] offspring of men or animals: ἐχιδνῶν, Mat.3:7 12:34 23:33, Luk.3:7 (and elsewhere in Rec. for γένημα, which see).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 3:7 Noun Plural Neuter
Γεννήματα gennhmata
offspring, child, fruit
Read verse Matthew 12:34 Noun Plural Neuter
γεννήματα gennhmata
offspring, child, fruit
Read verse Matthew 23:33 Noun Plural Neuter
γεννήματα gennhmata
offspring, child, fruit
Read verse Matthew 26:29 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
γεννήματος gennhmatov
offspring, child, fruit
Read verse Mark 14:25 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
γεννήματος gennhmatov
offspring, child, fruit
Read verse Luke 3:7 Noun Plural Neuter
Γεννήματα gennhmata
offspring, child, fruit
Read verse Luke 12:18 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
γενήματά genhmata
offspring, child, fruit
Read verse Luke 22:18 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
γεννήματος gennhmatov
offspring, child, fruit
Read verse 2 Corinthians 9:10 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
γεννήματα gennhmata
offspring, child, fruit
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 4 Case pattern Vocative (4) Number pattern Plural (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Vocative · Plural · Neuter Matt 3:7 · Matt 12:34 · Matt 23:33 · Luke 3:7 4×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Offspring of vipers, figuratively describing wicked or evil persons
Offspring of vipers, figuratively describing enemies of righteousness and truth
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
γέννημα is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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