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

Matthew 1:3

Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.

Matthew 1:5

Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,

Matthew 1:6

and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,

Matthew 1:2

Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.

Matthew 1:4

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).

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