γεννάω gennaō

Greek word for “to beget” · Strong’s G1080 · used 97 times in 65 verses

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Meaning

γεννάω, -ῶ; (γέννα, poët.

How it is translated

Glosses given for gennaō in context, with how often each is used:

• begat 41
• born 21
• has been born 5
• having been born 4
• have begotten 4
• born? 3
• shall be born 2
• have been born 2
• having been conceived 1
• will bear 1
• being born 1
• bore 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 1 (16), John 3 (6), John 9 (5), Luke 1 (3), Acts 7 (3), Galatians 4 (3), 1 John 5 (3), Matthew 2 (2), Acts 22 (2), Hebrews 11 (2)

Forms

• ἐγέννησεν 42
• ἐγεννήθη 7
• γεγέννηται 5
• γεγεννημένον 4
• γεγεννημένος 4
• ἐγεννήθησαν 3
• γεννηθῇ 3
• γεννηθῆναι 3
• γεγέννηκά 3
• γεννηθεὶς 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with gennaō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• υἱός uhios “son” 12
• ἀποκρίνω apokrinō “to answer” 7
• Ἰακώβ Iakōb “Jacob” 4
• σήμερον sēmeron “today” 4
• τυφλός tuphlos “blind” 4
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 6
• δύναμαι dunamai “be able” 5
• οὕτως ohutō, ohutōs “thus(-ly)” 5
• κοιλία koilia “belly/womb/stomach” 3
• βασιλεύς basileus “king” 4
• οἶδα oida “to know” 5
• σάρξ sarx “flesh” 4

Key verses

The verses using gennaō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 1:20 — But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee…
• Matthew 26:24 — The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
• Luke 1:13 — But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
• Luke 1:35 — And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy…
• John 3:3 — Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
• John 3:5 — Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
• John 9:34 — They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
• John 18:37 — Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the…
• Acts 22:3 — I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect…
• 1 John 2:29 — If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
• 1 John 5:1 — Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
• 1 John 5:18 — We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.