γένος, γένους, τό (ΓΑΝΩ, γίνομαι), race; a. offspring: τίνος, Act_17:28 f (from the poet Aratus); Rev_22:16. b. family: Acts (Act_4:6, see ἀρχιερεύς, 2 at the end); (others refer this to c.); . c. stock, race: Act_7:19; 2Co_11:26; Php_3:5; Gal_1:14; 1Pe_2:9; (Gen_11:6; Gen_17:14, etc. for ςΗν); nation (i. e. nationality or descent from a particular people): Mar_7:26; Act_4:36; Act_18:2; Act_18:24. d. concrete, the aggregate of many individuals of the same nature, kind, sort, species: Mat_13:7; Mat_17:21 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the verse); Mar_9:29; 1Co_12:10; 1Co_12:28; 1Co_14:10. (With the same significations in Greek writings from Homer down.) STRONGS NT 1085a: ΓερασηνόςΓερασηνός, Γερασηνου, ὁ, Gerasene, i. e. belonging to the city Gerasa (τά Γέρασα, Josephus, b. j. 3, 3, 3): Mat_8:28 (Lachmann); Mar_5:1 (L T WH Tr text); Luk_8:26; Luk_8:37 (L Tr WH) according to very many manuscripts seen by Origen. But since Gerasa was a city situated in the southern part of Peraea (Josephus, the passage cited, cf. 4, 9, 1), or in Arabia (Origen, Works, iv. 140, De la Rue edition), that cannot be referred to here; see Γαδαρηνός, and the next word.

γένος genos 20x offspring, progeny, Act_17:28-29 ; family, kindred, lineage, Act_7:13 , et al.; race, nation, people, Mar_7:26 ; Act_4:36 , et al.; kind, sort, species, Mat_13:47 , et al. family; kind; offspring; people.

γένος , -ους , τό ( < γίγνομαι ), [in LXX for H5971 , H4327 , H2233 , etc.;] 1. family: Act_4:6 ; Act_7:13 ; Act_13:26 . 2. offspring: Act_17:28-29 , Rev_22:16 . 3. race, nation: Mar_7:26 , Act_4:36 ; Act_7:19 ; Act_18:2 ; Act_18:24 , 2Co_11:26 , Php_3:5 , Gal_1:14 , 1Pe_2:9 4. kind, sort, class: Mat_13:47 ; Mat_17:21 , Rec. , Mar_9:29 , 1Co_12:10 ; 1Co_12:28 ; 1Co_14:10 .†

γένος [page 124] γένος is common in the papyri with reference to a species or class of things. Thus P Fay 21 .10 (A.D. 134) εἴτ᾽ ἐν γένεσιν εἴτ᾽ ἐν ἀργυρίῳ , whether in kind or in money, with reference to payments, ib. 90 .11 (A.D. 234) χ [ρῆ ]σιν ἐγ γένι λαχανοσπέρμου ἀρτάβας τρ [ῖ ]ς , a loan in kind of three artabas of vegetable seed, P Oxy VIII. 1134 .13 (A.D. 421) περὶ ἄλλου τινὸς εἴδους ἢ γένους , of any other sort or kind. In P Grenf II. 44 .11 (A.D. 101) the word occurs in connexion with the transport of goods, and in P Oxy IV. 727 .20 (A.D. 154) an agent is authorized γένη διαπωλήσοντα ἃ ἐὰν δέον ᾖ τῇ αὐτοῦ πίστει , to sell off produce as may be needful on his own authority : cf. ib. I. 54 .16 (A.D. 201) εἰς τειμὴν γενῶν , for the price of materials for the repair of public buildings, and ib. 101 .16 (A. D. 142) where γένεσι = crops. Similarly P Amh II. 91 .15 (A.D. 159) οἷς ἐὰν αἱρῶμαι γένεσι πλὴν κνήκου , with any crops I choose except cnecus (Edd.). In P Oxy IX. 1202 .20 (A.D. 217) κατ᾽ ἀκολουθείαν τῶν ἐτῶν καὶ τοῦ γένους , the word is used = parentage : cf. BGU I. 140 .26 (B.C. 119) τοῖς πρὸς [γ ]ένους συνγενέσι , to the legitimate parents. With γένος = offspring, as in Act_17:28 , cf. IG XIV. 641 (Thurii) καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼν ὑμῶν γένος ὄλβιον εὔχομαι εἶμεν . . . Ὄλβιε καὶ μακαριστέ , θεὸς δ᾽εσῃ ἀντὶ βροτοῖο , and 638 γῆς παῖς εἰμὶ καὶ οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος , αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ γένος οὐράνιον (both cited by Norden Agnostos Theos , p. 194). Act_4:6 has a close parallel in P Tebt II. 291 .36 (A.D. 162) ἀ ]π̣εδ̣[ι ]ξας σεαυτὸν γένους [ὄ ]ντα ἱερατικοῦ . In OGIS 470 .5 (time of Augustus) a certain Theophron describes himself as priest διὰ γένου τῆς Ἀναΐτιδος Ἀρτέμιδος , hereditary priest. In ib. 513 .10 (iii/A.D.) γένους τῶν Ἐπι (λ )αϊδῶν , and 635 .4 (Palmyra, A.D. 178 9) οἱ ἐγ γένους Ζαβδιβωλείων , it answers to gens , a tribe or clan. For the common τῷ γένει in descriptions, cf. Syll 852 .2 (ii/B.C.) σῶμα ἀνδρεῖον ὧι ὄνομα Κύπριος τὸ γένος Κύπριον . In Vettius Valens, p. 86 .26 , εἰς γένος εἰσελθών is used of a manumitted slave : cf. p. 106 .11.

γένος [Etym: γίγνομαι] "race, stock, family", Hom. , etc.; absol. in acc., ἐξ Ἰθάκης γένος εἰμί from Ithaca I am "by race", Od. ; in attic with the Art., ποδαπὸς τὸ γένος εἶ Ar. ; so in dat., γένει πολίτης Dem. ; οἱ ἐν γένει ῀ συγγενεῖς, Soph. ; opp. to οἱ ἔξω γένους, id=Soph. ; γένους εἶναί τινος to be of his "race", id=Soph. "offspring", even "a single descendant, a child", Lat. genus, σὸν γένος Il. ; θεῖον γένος, id=Il. ; so in Trag. collectively, "offspring, posterity", Thuc. , Dem. "a race", in regard to number, γ. ἀνδρῶν mankind, Il. ; ἡμιόνων, βοῶν γ. Hom. , etc.:— "a clan or house", Lat. gens, Hdt. ; at Athens as a subdivision of the φρατρία, Plat. : — "a tribe", as a subdivision of ἔθνος, Hdt. :— "a caste", id=Hdt. , Plat. : of animals, "a breed", Hdt. "a race" in regard to time, "an age, generation", Od. ; γ. χρύσειον, Hes. :—hence "age, time of life", γένει ὕστερος Il. "sex", Plat. : "gender", in grammar, Arist. "a class, sort, kind", Xen. in Logic, "genus", opp. to εἶδος (species), Plat.

γένος, -ους, τό (γίγνομαι), [in LXX for עַם, מִין, זֶרַע, etc. ;] __1. family: Act.4:6 7:13 13:26. __2. offspring: Act.17:28, 29 Rev.22:16. __3. race, nation; Mrk.7:28, Act.4:36 7:19 18:2, 24, 2Co.11:26, Php.3:5, Gal.1:14, 1Pe.2:9. __4. kind, sort, class: Mat.13:47 17:21, Rec., Mrk.9:29, 1Co.12:10, 28 14:10. † (AS)