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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

  • Αὕτη ἡ βίβλοσ γενέσεωσ οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆσ, ὅτε ἐγένετο. ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐποίησε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:4)
  • ΑΥΤΗ ἡ βίβλοσ γενέσεωσ ἀνθρώπων. ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὸν Ἀδάμ, κατ̓ εἰκόνα Θεοῦ ἐποίησεν αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 5:1)
  • ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ, ἡμέρα γενέσεωσ ἦν Φαραώ, καὶ ἐποίει πότον πᾶσι τοῖσ παισὶν αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐμνήσθη τῆσ ἀρχῆσ τοῦ οἰνοχόου καὶ τῆσ ἀρχῆσ τοῦ σιτοποιοῦ ἐν μέσῳ τῶν παίδων αὐτοῦ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 40:20)
  • τί δέ ἐστι σοφία καὶ πῶσ ἐγένετο, ἀπαγγελῶ καὶ οὐκ ἀποκρύψω ὑμῖν μυστήρια, ἀλλὰ ἀπ̓ ἀρχῆσ γενέσεωσ ἐξιχνιάσω καὶ θήσω εἰσ τὸ ἐμφανὲσ τὴν γνῶσιν αὐτῆσ καὶ οὐ μὴ παροδεύσω τὴν ἀλήθειαν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 6:22)
  • οὐδεὶσ γὰρ βασιλεὺσ ἑτέραν ἔσχε γενέσεωσ ἀρχήν, (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 7:5)
  • ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ Θεὸσ ὁ ὀφθείσ σοι ἐν τόπῳ Θεοῦ, οὗ ἤλειψάσ μοι ἐκεῖ στήλην καὶ ηὔξω μοι ἐκεῖ εὐχήν. νῦν οὖν ἀνάστηθι καὶ ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ ταύτησ καὶ ἄπελθε εἰσ τὴν γῆν τῆσ γενέσεώσ σου, καὶ ἔσομαι μετὰ σοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:13)
  • εἶπε δὲ Ἰακώβ. ὁ Θεὸσ τοῦ πατρόσ μου Ἁβραὰμ καὶ ὁ Θεὸσ τοῦ πατρόσ μου Ἰσαάκ, Κύριε σὺ ὁ εἰπών μοι, ἀπότρεχε εἰσ τὴν γῆν τῆσ γενέσεώσ σου καὶ εὖ σε ποιήσω, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:9)

Synonyms

  1. origin

  2. manner of birth

  3. creation

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