What does βίβλος · γένεσις mean in the Bible?
βίβλος · γένεσις is a Greek phrase meaning "book of origin, record of genealogy".
Greek · G976, G1078
Βίβλος γενέσεως
:--Book. · nativity; figuratively, nature
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βίβλος G976 :--book.
Pronunciation bíblos
Formal roll or scroll, especially sacred texts, carrying connotation of reverence and authority.
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γένεσις G1078 nativity; figuratively, nature
Pronunciation génesis
Origin or birth; in James, refers to one's essential created nature or divinely-intended character.
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What does Βίβλος γενέσεως (Biblos geneseōs) mean in the Bible?
βίβλος · γένεσις is a Greek phrase meaning "book of origin, record of genealogy".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G976, G1078?
G976, G1078 is connected to 10 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. book of origin, record of genealogy
Source Gloss
book of origin, record of genealogy
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 10 Case pattern Dative (7) Number pattern Singular (9)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 1:1 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Rev 3:5 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Mark 12:26 · Luke 3:4 · Luke 20:42 · Acts 1:20 · Acts 7:42 · Phil 4:3 · Rev 20:15 7×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Acts 19:19 1×
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain