noun · feminine
genetas
Greekγενετή (genetē)
Strong’sG1079
birth
stem genet-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
γενετή, -ῆς, ἡ = γενεή, Ion. for γενεά,
[in LXX: Le 25:47 (עֵקֶר מִשְׁפָּחָו), Es 4:17 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1079 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidghen-et-ay
birth
Fromfeminine of a presumed derivative of the base of G1074;
King Jamesbirth.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | genetas | genetais |
| object accusative | genetan | genetain |
| direct address vocative | genetar | genetair |
| of, belonging to genitive | genetau1×γενετῆς | genetaiu |
| to, for dative | geneta | genetai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
geneta is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
genetau“birth”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
John 9:1“birth”Kai paragarōtos horata anthrōpon tuflon ek genetau.Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,