A-1 | Verb | Strong's Number: g1080 | Greek: gennao |
Beget, Bear (Of Begetting), Born:
"to beget," in the Passive Voice, "to be born," is chiefly used of men "begetting" children, Mat 1:2-16; more rarely of women "begetting" children, Luk 1:13, 57, "brought forth" (for "delivered," in this ver., see No. 4); Luk 23:29; Jhn 16:21, "is delivered of," and of the child, "is born" (for "is in travail" see No. 4). In Gal 4:24, it is used allegorically, to contrast Jews under bondage to the Law, and spiritual Israel, AV, "gendereth," RV, "bearing children," to contrast the natural birth of Ishmael and the supernatural birth of Isaac. In Mat 1:20 it is used of conception, "that which is conceived in her." It is used of the act of God in the Birth of Christ, Act 13:33; Hbr 1:5; 5:5, quoted from Psa 2:7, none of which indicate that Christ became the Son of God at His Birth.
It is used metaphorically
(a) in the writings of the Apostle John, of the gracious act of God in conferring upon those who believe the nature and disposition of "children," imparting to them spiritual life, Jhn 3:3, 5, 7; 1Jo 2:29; 3:9; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18;
(b) of one who by means of preaching the Gospel becomes the human instrument in the impartation of spiritual life, 1Cr 4:15; Phm 1:10;
(c) in 2Pe 2:12, with reference to the evil men whom the Apostle is describing, the RV rightly has "born mere animals" (AV, "natural brute beasts");
(d) in the sense of gendering strife, 2Ti 2:23.
See A, No. 3, BRING, CONCEIVE, DELIVER, GENDER, SPRING.
A-2 | Verb | Strong's Number: g313 | Greek: anagennao |
Beget, Bear (Of Begetting), Born:
ana, "again, or from above," with No. 1, is found in 1Pe 1:3, 23.
Note: In Jhn 3:3, 5, 7, the adverb anothen, "anew, or from above," accompanies the simple verb gennao.
See ABOVE.
A-3 | Verb | Strong's Number: g616 | Greek: apokueo |
Beget, Bear (Of Begetting), Born:
"to give birth to, to bring forth" (from kueo, "to be pregnant"), is used metaphorically of spiritual birth by means of the Word of God, Jam 1:18, and of death as the offspring of sin (Jam 1:15; so in the best texts).
See BRING, A, No. 30.
A-4 | Verb | Strong's Number: g5088 | Greek: tikto |
Beget, Bear (Of Begetting), Born:
"to bring forth," Luk 1:57; Jhn 16:21; Hbr 11:11; Rev 12:2,4, or, "to be born," said of the Child, Mat 2:2; Luk 2:11, is used metaphorically in Jam 1:15, of lust as bringing forth sin. See apokueo, above, used in the same verse.
See BRING, DELIVER, TRAVAIL (be in).
B-1 | Noun | Strong's Number: g1085 | Greek: genos |
Beget, Bear (Of Begetting), Born:
"a generation, kind, stock," is used in the dative case, with the article, to signify "by race," in Act 18:2, 24 RV, for the AV, "born."
See COUNTRYMEN, DIVERSITY, GENERATION, KIND, KINDRED, NATION, OFFSPRING, STOCK.
B-2 | Noun | Strong's Number: g1626 | Greek: ektroma |
Beget, Bear (Of Begetting), Born:
denotes "an abortion, an untimely birth;" from ektitrosko, "to miscarry." In 1Cr 15:8 the Apostle likens himself to "one born out of due time;" i.e., in point of time, inferior to the rest of the Apostles, as an immature birth comes short of a mature one.
C-1 | Adjective | Strong's Number: g1084 | Greek: gennetos |
Beget, Bear (Of Begetting), Born:
"born" (related to gennao, verb No. 1), is used in Mat 11:11; Luk 7:28 in the phrase "born of women," a periphrasis for "men," and suggestive of frailty.
C-2 | Adjective | Strong's Number: g738 | Greek: artigennetos |
Beget, Bear (Of Begetting), Born:
"newborn" (arti, "newly, recently," and No. 1), is used in 1Pe 2:2.
Notes:
(1) For prototokos see FIRSTBORN.
(2) For monogenes, see ONLY BEGOTTEN.
The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy of Scripture. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry.
Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding.
Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
©2018 Blue Letter Bible
Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs.
Loading...
Interlinear |
Bibles |
Cross-Refs |
Commentaries |
Dictionaries |
Miscellaneous |
Email / username or password was incorrect!
Check your email for password retrieval
Complete the form below to register [?]
Error: That Email is already registered
Error: Please provide a valid Email
Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters
Error: Passwords do not match
Error: Please provide a valid first name
Error: That username is already taken
Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores
Passwords should have at least 6 characters.
Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores.
Thank you for registering. A verification email has been sent to the address you provided.
Error: That Email / Username is not registered