What does γεννητός (gennētós) mean in the Bible?
γεννητός (gennētós): Denotes what is born or begotten; emphasizes human weakness and mortality when contrasted with the divine.
Greek · G1084
γεννητός
Born
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γεννητόςG1084
Pronunciationgennētós
What does γεννητός (gennētós) mean in the Bible?
γεννητός (gennētós): Denotes what is born or begotten; emphasizes human weakness and mortality when contrasted with the divine.
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How does the BSB render G1084?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [those] born (2).
Where does γεννητός (gennētós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 11:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders It[those] born2×Matthew 11:11, Luke 7:28
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First aligned rowMatthew 11:11
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Luke1
Source forms
γεννητοῖς2xgennētoisMatthew 11:11, Luke 7:28
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural2xMatthew 11:11, Luke 7:28
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Denotes what is born or begotten; emphasizes human weakness and mortality when contrasted with the divine.
Strong'sG1084
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
born
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Denotes what is born or begotten; emphasizes human weakness and mortality when contrasted with the divine.
(γεννάω), [in LXX: Job.11:2, 12 14:1 15:14 25:4 (ילד)* ;] begotten, born: pl., γ. γυναικῶν (cf. יְלוּד אִשָּׁה, Job.14:1), periphrasis for mankind, Mat.11:11, Luk.7:28 (Cremer, 147).
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 11:11Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
γεννητοῖςgennhtoiv
begotten, born
Read verseLuke 7:28Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
γεννητοῖςgennhtoiv
begotten, born
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)
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Dative · Plural · MasculineMatt 11:11 · Luke 7:282×
Word Origins
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