Strong's Greek · G1080
γεννάω
gennáō
bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring
Definition
to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate
Derivation
from a variation of G1085 (γένος);
Appears 97 times in Scripture
“Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.”
“Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,”
“and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,”
“Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.”
“Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).