Family
γένοςStrong’s G1085genos
Appears in 21 verses of the New Testament
In short
Genos is the Greek word usually translated “kind”, “offspring” and “race”. It appears in 21 verses of the New Testament.
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:”
Meaning
Usually translated “kind”, “offspring” and “race”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- kind 3
- offspring 3
- race 2
- a native 2
- various kinds 2
- by race 1
- descent 1
- birth 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 9
- 1 Corinthians 3
- Matthew 2
- Mark 2
- 2 Corinthians 1
- Galatians 1
9 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 17:21Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
- Mark 7:26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
- Mark 9:29And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
- Acts 4:6And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
- Acts 4:36And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
- Acts 7:13And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
Greek dictionary
γένος genos · family
γένος, -ους, τό (γίγνομαι), [in LXX for עַם, מִין, זֶרַע, etc. ;] 1. family: Act.4:6 7:13 13:26. 2. offspring: Act.17:28, 29 Rev.22:16. 3. race, nation; Mrk.7:28, Act.4:36 7:19 18:2, 24, 2Co.11:26, Php.3:5, Gal.1:14, 1Pe.2:9. 4. kind, sort, class: Mat.13:47 17:21, Rec., Mrk.9:29, 1Co.12:10, 28 14:10. † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “family” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FAM'ILY, noun
[Latin familia.]
- The collective body of persons who live in one house and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children and servants, and as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.
- Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe or race; kindred; lineage.
- Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors.
- Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock.
All definitions
- A collection or union of nations or states.
- In popular language, an order, class or genus of animals or of other natural productions, having something in common, by which they are distinguished from others; as, quadrupeds constitute a family of animals, and we speak of the family or families of plants.
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.