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Lexicon :: Strong's G1085 - genos

Aa
γένος
Transliteration
genos (Key)
Pronunciation
ghen'-os
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:684,117

Strong’s Definitions

γένος génos, ghen'-os; from G1096; "kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective):—born, country(-man), diversity, generation, kind(-red), nation, offspring, stock.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's G1085 in the following manner: kind (5x), kindred (3x), offspring (3x), nation (2x), stock (2x), born (2x), diversity (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's G1085 in the following manner: kind (5x), kindred (3x), offspring (3x), nation (2x), stock (2x), born (2x), diversity (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. kindred

    1. offspring

    2. family

    3. stock, tribe, nation

      1. i.e. nationality or descent from a particular people

    4. the aggregate of many individuals of the same nature, kind, sort

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γένος génos, ghen'-os; from G1096; "kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective):—born, country(-man), diversity, generation, kind(-red), nation, offspring, stock.
STRONGS G1085:
γένος, -ους, τό, (ΓΕΝΩ, γίνομαι), race;
a. offspring: τινός, Acts 17:28f (from the poet Aratus); Revelation 22:16.
b. family: [Acts 4:6, see ἀρχιερεύς, 2 at the end]; Acts 7:13 [others refer this to c.]; Acts 13:26.
c. stock, race: Acts 7:19; 2 Corinthians 11:26; Philippians 3:5; Galatians 1:14; 1 Peter 2:9; (Genesis 11:6; Genesis 17:14, etc. for עַם); nation (i. e. nationality or descent from a particular people): Mark 7:26; Acts 4:36; Acts 18:2, 24.
d. concrete, the aggregate of many individuals of the same nature, kind, sort, species: Matthew 13:47; Matthew 17:21 [T WH omit; Tr brackets the verse]; Mark 9:29; 1 Corinthians 12:10, 28; 1 Corinthians 14:10.
(With the same significations in Greek writings from Homer down.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
11:6; 17:14
Matthew
13:47; 17:21
Mark
7:26; 9:29
Acts
4:6; 4:36; 7:13; 7:19; 13:26; 17:28; 18:2; 18:24
1 Corinthians
12:10; 12:28; 14:10
2 Corinthians
11:26
Galatians
1:14
Philippians
3:5
1 Peter
2:9
Revelation
22:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1085 matches the Greek γένος (genos),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:47 - Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:26 - Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:29 - And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:6 - And Annas, the high priest, was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all the relations of the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:36 - And Joseph, who was given by the Apostles the name of Barnabas (the sense of which is, Son of comfort), a Levite and a man of Cyprus by birth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:13 - And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's family.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:19 - He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:26 - My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:28 - For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29 - If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:2 - And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:24 - Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:10 - And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:28 - And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:10 - There are, it may be, a number of different voices in the world, and no voice is without sense.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:26 - In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:14 - And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:5 - Being given circumcision on the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in relation to the law, a Pharisee:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9 - But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:16 - I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give witness to you of these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star.
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