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Birth

γενετήStrong’s G1079

genetē

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Genetē is the Greek word usually translated “birth”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.”
John 9:1 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “birth”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • birth 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • John 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    γενετή genetē · birth

    γενετή, -ῆς, ἡ = γενεή, Ion. for γενεά, [in LXX: Lev.25:47 (עֵקֶר מִשְׁפָּחָו), Est.4:17 * ;] birth: ἐκ γ., Jhn.9:1.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “birth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    BIRTH, noun

    berth. [Latin partus, the participle of pario, to bear.]

    1. The act of coming into life, or of being born.
    2. Lineage; extraction; descent; as, Grecian birth
    3. The condition in which a person is born.
    4. That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.
    All definitions and other forms of “birth”
    1. The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth
    2. In a theological sense, regeneration is called the new birth
    3. Origin; beginning; as the birth of an empire.

    BIRTH, BERTH, noun

    A station in which a ship rider. [See Berth.]

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.