Strong's Greek · G1080
G1080 gennáō
γεννάω
ghen-nah'-o
to beget
Looking for Hebrew H1080 bᵉlâʼ? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G1080. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
gennáō appears 97 times in Scripture, including Matthew 1:2 and Matthew 1:3. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate
In the King James Version
bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring
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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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
