Greek · G1096 · unreviewed
γίνομαι
To be
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γίνομαι G1096
Pronunciation gínomai
What does γίνομαι (gínomai) mean in the Bible?
γίνομαι (gínomai) is a Greek word meaning "to be". γίνομαι, Ion.
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Meaning
to be
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Denotes coming into being or becoming, not static existence; emphasizes transition and change rather than mere state.
1of persons, things occurrences, to come into being, be born, arise, come on: Jhn.1:15 8:58, 1Co.15:37; a first appearance in public, Mrk.1:4, Jhn.1:6, al.; before ἐκ (of birth), Rom.1:3, Gal.4:4; διά, Jhn.1:3; βροντή, Jhn.12:29; σεισμός, Rev.6:12; γογγυσμός, Act.6:1; χαρά, Act.8:8, many other similar exx.; ἡμέρα, Luk.22:66, al.; ὀψέ, Mrk.11:19; πρωΐα, Mat.27:1; νύξ, Act.27:27.
2Of events, to come to pass, take place, happen: Mat.5:18, Mrk.5:14, Luk.1:20 2:15, Act.4:21, 2Ti.2:18, al.; μὴ γένοιτο [LXX for חָלִילָה, Jhn.22:29, al.], far be it, God forbid: Rom.3:4 (ICC, in l.), 1Co.6:15 and frequently in Pl.; καὶ ἐγένετο, ἐγένετο δέ ([in LXX for וַיְהִי ;] see Burton, 142 f.; M, Pr., 16f.; Dalman, Words, 32 f.; Robertson, Gr., 1042 f.), with indic, Mat.7:28, Luk.1:8, al.; before καί and indic., Luk.8:1, Act.5:7, al.; with accusative and inf., Mrk.2:23, Luk.3:21, al.; ὡς δὲ ἐγένετο, before τοῦ with inf., Act.10:25; with dative of person(s), to befall one: with inf., Act.20:16; with accusative and inf., Act.22:6; with adv., εὖ, Eph.6:3; τ́ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ (Field, Notes, 115), Act.7:40 (LXX); before εἰς, Act.28:6.
3to be made, done, performed, observed, enacted, ordained, etc.: Mat.6:10 19:8, Mrk.2:27 11:23, Act.19:26, al.; before διά with genitive, Mrk.6:2, Act.2:43; ὑπό, Luk.13:17; ἐκ, Luk.4:23; ἐν, 1Co.9:15; ἀπογραφή, Luk.2:2; ἀνάκρισις Act.25:26; ἄφεσις, Heb.9:22; ὁ νόμος, Gal.3:17; τὸ πάσχα, Mat.26:2.
4to become, be made, come to be: with pred., Mat.4:3, Luk.4:3, Jhn.2:9, 1Co.13:11, al.; before ὡς, ὡσεί, Mat.10:25, Mrk.9:26; εἰς (M, Pr., 71f.), Mrk.12:1o, al.; with genitive Rev.11:15; id., of age, Luk.2:42; with dative, γ. ἀνδρί ([LXX for הָיָה לְאִישׁ, Rut.1:12, al. ;] see Field, Notes, 156), Rom.7:3, 4; before ἐν, Act.22:17, Rev.1:10, al.; ἐπάνω, Luk.19:19; μετά, with genitive, Mrk.16:[10], Act.9:19; before εἰς, ἐπί (Field, Notes, 135), κατά (ib., 62), with accusative of place, Act.20:16 21:35 27:7, al.; before ἐκ, Mrk.9:7, Luk.3:22, 2Th.2:7, al. Aoristic pf. γέγονα (M, Pr., 52, 145f.; Field, Notes, 1f.), Mat.25:6, Luk.10:36, al. Aor. ἐγενήθη (for ἐγένετο, M, Pr., 139f.; Mayser, 379), Mat.11:23, al. (Cf. απο-, δια-, επι-, παρα-, συμ-, παρα-, προ-.)
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 353×
Aorist Middle Matt 7:28 · Matt 8:24 · Matt 8:26 · Matt 9:10 · Matt 11:1 · Matt 11:26 · Matt 13:53 · Matt 17:2 · Matt 19:1 · Matt 21:42 · Matt 26:1 · Matt 27:45 · Matt 28:2 · Mark 1:4 · Mark 1:9 · Mark 1:11 233×
Perfect Active Matt 1:22 · Matt 19:8 · Matt 21:4 · Matt 24:21 · Matt 25:6 · Matt 26:56 · Mark 5:33 · Mark 9:21 · Mark 13:19 · Mark 14:4 · Luke 14:22 · John 1:3 · John 1:15 · John 1:30 · John 12:30 · John 14:22 47×
Aorist Passive Matt 21:42 · Mark 12:10 · Luke 18:23 · Luke 20:17 · Acts 4:4 · Rom 16:2 · 1 Cor 1:30 · 1 Cor 15:10 · 2 Cor 3:7 · 2 Cor 7:14 · 1 Thess 1:5 · 1 Pet 2:7 · Rom 9:29 · 1 Cor 4:9 · 1 Cor 4:13 · 1 Thess 2:5 31×
Present Middle Matt 9:16 · Matt 12:45 · Matt 13:22 · Matt 13:32 · Matt 26:2 · Matt 27:24 · Mark 2:15 · Mark 2:21 · Mark 4:11 · Mark 4:19 · Mark 4:32 · Mark 4:37 · Mark 11:23 · Luke 11:26 · Luke 12:54 · Luke 12:55 26×
Future Middle Matt 18:19 · Matt 21:21 · Luke 8:17 · John 4:14 · John 15:7 · John 16:20 · 1 Cor 3:13 · 1 Cor 4:5 · 1 Cor 15:54 · John 8:33 · John 10:16 11×
Imperfect Middle Acts 2:43 · Acts 5:12 3×
Pluperfect Active John 6:17 · Acts 4:22 2×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 65×
Aorist Middle Matt 5:18 · Matt 10:25 · Matt 18:12 · Matt 18:13 · Matt 21:19 · Matt 23:15 · Matt 23:26 · Matt 24:20 · Matt 24:21 · Matt 24:32 · Matt 24:34 · Matt 26:5 · Mark 9:50 · Mark 13:18 · Mark 13:19 · Mark 13:28 61×
Present Middle Gal 5:26 · 3 John 1:8 · 1 Cor 16:2 3×
Aorist Passive Titus 3:7 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 53×
Aorist Middle Matt 20:26 · Matt 24:6 · Matt 26:54 · Mark 1:17 · Mark 10:43 · Mark 13:7 · Luke 3:22 · Luke 9:36 · Luke 21:9 · Luke 23:24 · John 1:12 · John 3:9 · John 5:6 · John 8:58 · John 9:27 · John 13:19 36×
Present Middle Luke 21:7 · Luke 21:28 · Luke 21:36 · Acts 4:30 · Acts 14:3 · Acts 26:22 · Acts 27:33 · 1 Cor 7:36 · 1 Cor 10:20 · Jas 3:10 · Rev 1:19 11×
Perfect Active Luke 10:36 · John 12:29 · 2 Tim 2:18 · Heb 11:3 4×
Perfect Passive Rom 15:8 1×
Aorist Passive Heb 5:5 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 134×
Aorist Middle Matt 8:16 · Matt 13:21 · Matt 14:15 · Matt 14:23 · Matt 16:2 · Matt 20:8 · Matt 26:20 · Matt 27:1 · Matt 27:57 · Mark 1:32 · Mark 4:17 · Mark 4:35 · Mark 6:21 · Mark 6:35 · Mark 6:47 · Mark 14:17 96×
Present Middle Mark 13:29 · Luke 9:7 · Luke 21:31 · Eph 5:12 · Luke 23:8 · Acts 28:6 · Acts 19:26 · 1 Pet 5:3 · Mark 6:2 · Luke 13:17 · John 6:19 · John 13:2 · Acts 8:13 · Acts 12:5 · Acts 12:9 · Acts 23:10 18×
Perfect Active Luke 2:15 · Luke 8:34 · Luke 8:35 · Luke 8:56 · Luke 24:12 · Acts 5:7 · Acts 13:12 · Heb 7:20 · Heb 7:23 · Mark 5:14 · Acts 4:21 · Gal 3:17 · 1 Tim 5:9 · Jas 3:9 14×
Aorist Passive Heb 10:33 · 2 Pet 1:16 · Heb 4:3 · Heb 6:4 4×
Perfect Passive John 2:9 1×
Future Middle 1 Cor 15:37 1×
Imperative command or strong request 45×
Present Middle Matt 6:16 · Matt 10:16 · Matt 24:44 · Luke 6:36 · Luke 12:40 · Rom 12:16 · 1 Cor 4:16 · 1 Cor 7:23 · 1 Cor 10:7 · 1 Cor 10:32 · 1 Cor 11:1 · 1 Cor 14:20 · 1 Cor 15:58 · 2 Cor 6:14 · Gal 4:12 · Eph 4:32 36×
Aorist Passive Matt 6:10 · Matt 8:13 · Matt 9:29 · Matt 15:28 · Matt 26:42 · Acts 1:20 · Rom 11:9 · 1 Pet 1:15 8×
Aorist Middle 1 Cor 3:18 1×
Optative wish or remote possibility 17×
Aorist Middle Luke 1:38 · Luke 20:16 · Acts 5:24 · Rom 3:4 · Rom 3:6 · Rom 3:31 · Rom 6:2 · Rom 6:15 · Rom 7:7 · Rom 7:13 · Rom 9:14 · Rom 11:1 · Rom 11:11 · 1 Cor 6:15 · Gal 2:17 · Gal 3:21 17×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 389 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 296 present 45 perfect 37 future 6 imperfect 3 pluperfect 2
Voice
middle 336 active 39 passive 14
Mood
indicative 222 participle 88 infinitive 29 subjunctive 25 optative 16 imperative 9
NT Occurrences
Matthew 1:22 γέγονεν perfect active indicative resultant Matthew 5:18 γένηται aorist middle subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 6:10 γενηθήτω aorist passive imperative imperative Matthew 7:28 ἐγένετο aorist middle indicative completed Matthew 8:13 γενηθήτω aorist passive imperative imperative Matthew 8:16 γενομένης aorist middle participle participle Matthew 8:24 ἐγένετο aorist middle indicative completed Matthew 8:26 ἐγένετο aorist middle indicative completed Matthew 9:10 ἐγένετο aorist middle indicative completed Matthew 9:16 γίνεται present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 9:29 γενηθήτω aorist passive imperative imperative Matthew 11:1 ἐγένετο aorist middle indicative completed Matthew 11:20 ἐγένοντο aorist middle indicative completed Matthew 11:21 ἐγένοντο aorist middle indicative completed Matthew 11:21 γενόμεναι aorist middle participle participle Matthew 11:23 ἐγενήθησαν aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 11:23 γενόμεναι aorist middle participle participle Matthew 13:21 γενομένης aorist middle participle participle Matthew 13:53 ἐγένετο aorist middle indicative completed Matthew 14:15 γενομένης aorist middle participle participle Matthew 14:23 γενομένης aorist middle participle participle Matthew 14:6 γενομένοις aorist middle participle participle Matthew 15:28 γενηθήτω aorist passive imperative imperative Matthew 16:2 γενομένης aorist middle participle participle Matthew 18:13 γένηται aorist middle subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 18:19 γενήσεται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 18:31 γενόμενα aorist middle participle participle Matthew 18:31 γενόμενα aorist middle participle participle Matthew 19:1 ἐγένετο aorist middle indicative completed Matthew 19:8 γέγονεν perfect active indicative resultant Matthew 20:8 γενομένης aorist middle participle participle Matthew 21:19 γένηται aorist middle subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 21:21 γενήσεται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 21:4 γέγονεν perfect active indicative resultant Matthew 21:42 ἐγενήθη aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 21:42 ἐγένετο aorist middle indicative completed Matthew 23:15 γένηται aorist middle subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 24:20 γένηται aorist middle subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 24:21 γέγονεν perfect active indicative resultant Matthew 24:21 γένηται aorist middle subjunctive subjunctive
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Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Biblical Occurrences
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Biblical Witnesses
Luke 10:25-37 became gínomai Infinitive · Perfect Active
to become or come to be in a transformed state or condition
Romans 6:15-23 become gínomai Optative · Aorist Middle
to be made or transformed into a different moral or spiritual state
Romans 11:11-24 became gínomai Optative · Aorist Middle
to come to pass or happen as an event in salvation history
Ephesians 5:1-2 became gínomai
to come into being or arise as a result of divine action or instruction
2 John 1:12-13 come gínomai
to come to pass or occur as an expected future event
Appears In
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Word Pictures (Robertson)
A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.
Acts 19 — The Word of the Lord Grows Mightily in Ephesus Ephesians 2 — Made Alive by Grace and Made One in Christ John 16 — The Spirit’s Convicting Witness, the Disciples’ Sorrow Turned to Joy, and Christ’s Victory over the World John 20 — The Risen Lord: Empty Tomb, Eyewitness Faith, Peace, Mission, Spirit, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel Mark 13 — Watch and Endure: Temple Judgment, Gospel Witness, Tribulation, the Son of Man, and Readiness Matthew 11 — The Messiah Question, the Rejected Generation, and Rest for the Weary Matthew 18 — Kingdom Humility, Care for the Little Ones, Discipline, and Forgiveness in Christ’s Community Romans 7 — Released from the Law, Exposed by the Law, and Crying Out for Deliverance
A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain