STRONGS G1078:
γένεσις,
-εως,
ἡ, (
ΓΕΝΩ [Curtius, § 128]), in Greek writings for the first time in Homer, Iliad 14, 201 [cf. 246];
1. source, origin:
βίβλος γενέσεώς τινος a book of one's lineage,
i. e. in which his ancestry or his progeny are enumerated (equivalent to
תּוֹלְדוֹת סֵפֶר,
Genesis 5:1, etc.) [
Matthew 1:1].
2. used of
birth, nativity, in
Matthew 1:18 and
Luke 1:14, for
Rec. γέννησις (
ἡμέραι τῆς γενέσεώς μου equivalent to
ἀφ’ οὗ ἐγεννήθην, Judith 12:18 cf. 20);
πρόσωπον τῆς γενέσεως his
native (natural) face,
James 1:23.
3. of that which follows origin, viz.
existence, life:
ὁ τροχὸς τῆς γενέσεως the wheel [cf. English "
machinery"] of life,
James 3:6 (cf. Grimm on Sap. vii. 5); but others explain it
the wheel of human origin which as soon as men are born begins to run,
i. e. the course [cf. English "
round"] of life.
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