Word Summary
genetē: birth
Original Word: γενετήTransliteration: genetē
Phonetic Spelling: (ghen-et-ay)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: birth
Meaning: birth
Strong's Concordance
birth.
Feminine of a presumed derivative of the base of genea; birth -- birth.
see GREEK genea
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1079: γενετήγενετή,
γενετῆς,
ἡ (
ΓΑΝΩ,
γίνομαι) (cf. German
dieGewordenheit),
birth; hence, very often
ἐκ γενετῆς from birth on (
Homer, Iliad 24, 535;
Aristotle, eth. Nic. 6, 13, 1, p. 1144b, 6 etc.;
Polybius 3, 20, 4;
Diodorus 5, 32, others; the
Sept. Leviticus 25:47):
John 9:1.