The meaning of “γένος”
Understanding génos reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
born, country(-man), diversity, generation, kind(-red), nation, offspring, stock. - "kin" (abstract or concrete, literal...
γένος
born, country(-man), diversity, generation, kind(-red), nation, offspring, stock. - "kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 17:21 | “Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.” Word: γένος (génos) | |
| Mark 9:29 | “And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.” Word: γένος (génos) | |
| Acts 13:26 | “Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.” Word: γένος (génos) | |
| 1 Corinthians 12:28 | “And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.” Word: γένος (génos) | |
| 2 Corinthians 11:26 | “In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;” Word: γένος (génos) |