Strong's Greek · G1085

γένος

génos

born, country(-man), diversity, generation, kind(-red), nation, offspring, stock

Definition

"kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective)

Derivation

from G1096 (γίνομαι);

Appears 20 times in Scripture

Matthew 13:47

Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.

Mark 7:26

Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

Acts 18:24

Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.

Acts 17:29

Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.

Acts 17:28

‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

Acts 7:13

On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.

Acts 7:19

He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

Acts 4:6

along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.

2 Corinthians 11:26

In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,

Mark 9:29

Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”

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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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