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G1079 γενετή (genetḗ)
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γενετή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. birth

Strong's Definition

feminine of a presumed derivative of the base of 1074; birth

KJV Usage: birth

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, f. | -ῆς | γίνομαι

23.46 · Physiological Processes and States · Birth, Procreation

be born, birth coming into existence by birth In some languages ‘from the time he was born’ may be best rendered as ‘from the time he was a small baby.’ One may also render this expression of time as ‘a man who had always been blind’ or ‘a man who had never been able to see.’

JHN 9:1

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

γενετή, -ῆς, ἡ, (TENQ, γίνομαι), (cf. Germ. die Gewordenheit), birth; hence very often ἐκ γενετῆς from birth on (Hom. Il. 24, 535; Aristot. eth. Nic. 6, 13, 1 p. 1144", 6 etc.; Polyb. 3, 20,4; Diod. 5, 32, al.; Sept. Lev. xxv. 47) : Jn. ix. 1.* qevnpa

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

γενετή genetē 1x

birth, Jn. 9:1*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

γενετή, -ῆς, ἡ = γενεή, Ion. for γενεά,

[in LXX: Le 25:47 (עֵקֶר מִשְׁפָּחָו), Es 4:17 * ;]

birth: ἐκ γ., Jo 9:1.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

γενετή (genetē) — birth. γενετ-ή, ἡ, ={γενεά} II.3, ἐκ γενετῆς from the hour of birth, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later ἀπὸ γενετῆς [Refs 4th c.AD+]

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