γένεσις, γενέσεως, ἡ (ΓΑΝΩ (Curtius, § 128)), in Greek writings for the first time in Homer, Iliad 14, 201 (cf. 246); 1. source, origin: βίβλος γενέσεως τίνος a book of one's lineage, i. e. in which his ancestry or his progeny are enumerated (equivalent to ϊΜεμΐγεϊ ρΕτΖψ, Gen_5:1, etc.) (Mat_1:1). 2. used of birth, nativity, in Mat_1:18 and Luk_1:14, for Rec. γέννησις (ἡμέραι τῆς γενέσεως μου equivalent to ἀφ' οὗ ἐγεννήθην, Judith 12:18 cf. 20); πρόσωπον τῆς γενέσεως his native (natural) face, Jas_1:23. 3. of that which follows origin, viz. existence, life: ὁ τροχός τῆς γενέσεως the wheel (cf. English machinery) of life, Jas_3:6 (cf. Grimm on Sap. vii. 5); but others explain it the wheel of human origin which as soon as men are born begins to run, i. e. the course (cf. English round) of life.

γένεσις Genesis 5 x birth, nativity, Mat_1:18 ; Luk_1:14 ; Jas_1:23 ; successive generation, descent, lineage, Mat_1:1 ; meton. life, Mat_1:18 ; Jas_3:6

γένεσις , -εως , ἡ ( < γίγνομαι ), [in LXX chiefly for H8435 ;] 1. origin, lineage: βίβλος γενέσεως (as in Gen_2:4 a Gen_5:1 ), Mat_1:1 . 2. birth: Mat_1:18 , Luk_1:14 ( Rec. γέννησις ); πρόσωπον τῆς γ ., face of his birth ("what God made him to be," Hort ., in l ), Jas_1:23 ; ὁ τροχὸς τῆς γ ., the wheel ( course ) of birth or creation ("the wheel of man's nature according to its original Divine purpose," Hort ), Jas_3:6 .†

γένεσις [page 123] For γ . = birth, nativity, as in Luk_1:14 , ct. Priene 105 .48 ( c. B.C. 9 see s.v. γενέσια ) τὸ ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκείνου γ [ενέ ]σεως ἄρχειν τῷ βίῳ τὸν χρόνον , Kaibel 314 .21 οὐδ᾽ οὕτως μοι γένεσις δεινὴ πλησθεῖσ᾽ ἐκορέσθη the sense appears to be nativity (astrological). Other examples are P Lond 98 recto .60 (a horoscope i/ii A.D.) (= I. p. 130) ο ]ἰκ [οδεσπότης ] τῆς γενέσεως , a common phrase in nativities, and Ostr 1601 (a notice of birth or for a horoscope A.D. 114) γένεσις παιδίου ἀρσενικοῦ ῑζ̄ (ἔτει ) Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου . In the pre-Christian inscriptions of the Ζgean Sea the phrase κατὰ γένεσιν is frequent in contrast to καθ᾽ υἱοθεσίαν : see e.g. Syll 905, and cf. Deissmann BS p. 239. In P. Oxy I. 120 .8 , a philosophic letter of iv/A.D., the word is used in the more general sense of existence, life μετρίων γὰρ καὶ δυστυχῶν γένεσιν αἴχοντες ( l. ἔχ -) οὐδὲ οὕτω αἱαυτοῖς προσαίχομεν ( l. ἑαυτοῖς προσέχομεν ), we fail to realize the inferiority and wretchedness to which we are born (Edd.). Not very different is P Leid W xiv. 15 (ii/iii A.D.) καὶ μην̣εύσθω ( l. -υέσθω ) μοι τὰ τῆς γενέσεώς μου , quae genituram meam spectant (Ed.).

γένεσις [Etym: γίγνομαι] "an origin, source, productive cause", Il. :— "a beginning", in dual, τοῖν γενεσίοιν, Plat. "manner of birth", Hdt. : "race, descent", id=Hdt. ; γένεσιν "by descent", Soph. "production, generation", opp. to φθορά, Plat. , etc. "creation, created things", id=Plat. "a race, kind, family", id=Plat. "a generation, age", id=Plat.

γένεσις, -εως, ἡ (γίγνομαι), [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹלֵדֹת ;] __1. origin, lineage: βίβλος γενέσεως (as in Gen.2:4a 5:1), Mat.1:1. __2. birth: Mat.1:18, Luk.1:14 (Rec. γέννησις); πρόσωπον τῆς γ., face of his birth ("what God made him to be," Hort., in l.), Jas.1:23; ὁ τροχὸς τῆς γ., the wheel (course) of birth or creation ("the wheel of man's nature according to its original Divine purpose," Hort), Jas.3:6. † (AS)