Greek Word Study
γένος
génos
G1085
Quick Facts
Strong's Number
G1085
KJV Translations
borncountry(-man)diversitygenerationkind(-red)nationoffspringstock
Derivation / Root
from G1096 (γίνομαι);
Definition of génos
γένος (génos) — "kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective)
Word Origin
This word comes from G1096 (γίνομαι); See the root word: G1096 (γίνομαι).
KJV Translation Variants
The Greek word γένος (génos) is translated into the following English words in the King James Version:
| English Translation | Strong's Ref |
|---|---|
| born | G1085 |
| country(-man) | G1085 |
| diversity | G1085 |
| generation | G1085 |
| kind(-red) | G1085 |
| nation | G1085 |
| offspring | G1085 |
| stock | G1085 |
Translation data from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.
Related Greek Words
Words sharing the same root or derived from γένος.
γίνομαι
gínomai
G1096
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
ἀγενής
agenḗs
G36
properly, without kin, i.e. (of unknown descent, and by implication) ignoble
ἀλλογενής
allogenḗs
G241
foreign, i.e. not a Jew
γενεά
geneá
G1074
a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons)
γεννάω
gennáō
G1080
to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate
συγγενής
syngenḗs
G4773
a relative (by blood); by extension, a fellow countryman
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