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γένεσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: γένεσις γενέσεως

Structure: γενεσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: gi/gnomai

Sense

  1. origin, source
  2. manner of birth
  3. creation

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Αὗται δὲ αἱ γενέσεισ Νῶε. Νῶε ἄνθρωποσ δίκαιοσ, τέλειοσ ὢν ἐν τῇ γενεᾷ αὐτοῦ. τῷ Θεῷ εὐηρέστησε Νῶε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:9)
  • ΑΥΤΑΙ δὲ αἱ γενέσεισ τῶν υἱῶν Νῶε, Σήμ, Χάμ, Ἰάφεθ, καὶ ἐγεννήθησαν αὐτοῖσ υἱοὶ μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:1)
  • Αὗται αἱ φυλαὶ υἱῶν Νῶε κατὰ γενέσεισ αὐτῶν, κατὰ ἔθνη αὐτῶν. ἀπὸ τούτων διεσπάρησαν νῆσοι τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:32)
  • Καὶ αὗται αἱ γενέσεισ Σήμ. καί ἦν Σὴμ υἱὸσ ἑκατὸν ἐτῶν, ὅτε ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἀρφαξάδ, δευτέρου ἔτουσ μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:10)
  • Αὗται αἱ γενέσεισ Θάρα. Θάρα ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἅβραμ καὶ τὸν Ναχὼρ καὶ τὸν Ἀρράν, καὶ Ἀρρὰν ἐγέννησε τὸν Λώτ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:27)

Synonyms

  1. origin

  2. manner of birth

  3. creation

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