Strong's Greek · G1096

G1096 gínomai

γίνομαι

ghin'-om-ahee

to be

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gínomai appears 669 times in Scripture, including Matthew 1:22 and Revelation 22:6. 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 cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)

In the King James Version

arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought

Derivation

a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb;

Appears 669 times in Scripture

Matthew 19:8

“Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning.”

Matthew 7:28

“When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,”

Matthew 5:18

“For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.”

Matthew 5:45

“that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.”

Matthew 6:16

“When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.”

Revelation 22:6

“Then the angel said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His angel to show His servants what must soon take place.””

Matthew 1:22

“All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:”

Matthew 6:10

“Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”

Matthew 8:13

“Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.”

Matthew 4:3

“The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.””

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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).

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