Born
γεννητόςStrong’s G1084gennētos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Gennētos is the Greek word usually translated “born”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.”
Meaning
Usually translated “born”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- born 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
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Greek dictionary
γεννητός gennētos · born
γεννητός, -ή -όν (γεννάω), [in LXX: Job.11:2, 12 14:1 15:14 25:4 (ילד)* ;] begotten, born: pl., γ. γυναικῶν (cf. יְלוּד אִשָּׁה, Job.14:1), periphrasis for mankind, Mat.11:11, Luk.7:28 (Cremer, 147). (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “born” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BORN, participle passive
of bear. baurn. Brought forth, as an animal. A very useful distinction is observed by good authors, who, in the sense of produced or brought forth, write this word born; but in the sense of carried, write it borne. This difference of orthography renders obvious the difference of pronunciation.
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.