G1085: γένος (génos)

Quick Definition

γένος, ους, τό n.n. offspring, family, race, kind

Strong's Definition

from 1096; "kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective)

KJV Usage: born, country(-man), diversity, generation, kind(-red), nation, offspring, stock

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

γένος (G1085)

noun, n. | -ους | γίνομαι

10.32 · Kinship Terms · Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations

descendant, offspring a non-immediate descendant (possibly involving a gap of several generations), either male or female In REV 22:16 ῥίζα[b] (10.33) and γένος[a] are very similar in meaning, and it is often best to coalesce the two terms into a single expression, for example, ‘I am a descendant of David’ or ‘I belong to the lineage of David.’

ACT 4:6 · ACT 17:28 · ACT 17:29 · REV 22:16

10.1 · Kinship Terms · Groups and Members of Groups of Persons Regarded as Related by Blood but without Special Reference to Successive Generations

race, ethnic group, nation a relatively large group of persons regarded as being biologically related It may be difficult in some languages to clearly distinguish between culture and race as in MRK 7:26. Sometimes this difference can be indicated by saying ‘the woman lived like a Greek, but she was a Syrophoenician’ or ‘... her parents were from Syrophoenicia.’ In translating ‘people of my own race’ in ROM 11:14, it may be necessary to say ‘all my fellow Jews’ or ‘all those people of whom I am a part’ or ‘those people who are my roots’ or ‘... my trunk,’ based on the analogy of a tree trunk and branches.

MRK 7:26 · ACT 4:36 · ACT 7:13 · ACT 7:19 · ACT 13:26 · ACT 18:2 · ACT 18:24 · 2CO 11:26 · GAL 1:14 · PHP 3:5 · 1PE 2:9

58.23 · Nature, Class, Example · Class, Kind

kind, type a category or class based upon an implied derivation and/or lineage

MAT 13:47 · MRK 9:29 · ACT 4:6 · 1CO 12:10 · 1CO 12:28 · 1CO 14:10

¹ πατριά[a] and φυλή[b] nation, people (11.56) focus attention upon a particular people as a socially functioning unit, while the feature of biological descent is largely secondary. But in the case of γένος[b] and σάρξ[e], the feature of biological descent is focal, while group functioning is largely secondary.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

γένος, -ous, τό, (TENQ, γίνομαι), race; a. offspring : τινός, Acts xvii. 28 sq. (fr. the poet Aratus) ; Rev. xxii. 16. Ὁ. family: Acts [iv. 6, see ἀρχιερεύς, 2 fin.]; vii. 13 [8]. refer this to 6.7; xiii. 26. ο. stock, race: Acts vii. 19; 2 Co. xi. 26; Phil. iii. 5; Gal. i. 14; 1 Pet. ii. 9; (Gen. xi. 6; xvii. 14, ete. for DJ); nation (i. 6. nationality or descent from a particular people): Mk. vii. 26; Acts iv. 36; xvili. 2, 24. ἃ. coner. the aggregate of many wndt τέκνον θεοῦ γίνεσθαι, i. 12. viduals of the same nature, kind, sort, species: Mt. xiii. 47 ; xvii. 21 [T WH om. Tr br. the vs.]; Mk. ix. 29; 1 Co. xii. 10, 28; xiv. 10. (With the same significations in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

γένος genos 20x

offspring, progeny, Acts 17:28, 29; family, kindred, lineage, Acts 7:13, et al.; race, nation, people, Mk. 7:26; Acts 4:36, et al.; kind, sort, species, Mt. 13:47, et al.

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

γένος, -ους, τό

(< γίγνομαι), [in LXX for עַם, מִין, זֶרַע, etc.;]

family: Ac 4:6 7:13 13:26.

offspring: Ac 17:28, 29, Re 22:16.

race, nation; Mk 7:28, Ac 4:36 7:19 18:2, 24, II Co 11:26, Phl 3:5, Ga 1:14, I Pe 2:9.

kind, sort, class: Mt 13:47 17:21, Rec., Mk 9:29, I Co 12:10, 28 14:10.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

γένος is common in the papyri with reference to a species or class of things. Thus P Fay 217° (a.p. 134) εἴτ᾽ ἐν γένεσιν εἴτ᾽ ἐν ἀργυρίῳ, ‘whether in kind or in money,” with reference to payments, 26. 90% (A.D. 234) χίρῆ]σιν ey γένι λαχανοσπέρμου ἀρτάβας tp[i|s, ‘a loan in kind of three artabas’ of vegetable seed,” P Oxy VIII. 1134} (A.b. 421) περὶ ἄλλον τινὸς εἴδους i] γένους, ‘of any other sort or kind.” In P Grenf IT. 441} (Δ... 101) the word occurs in connexion with the transport of ‘‘ goods,” and in P Oxy IV. 727*9 (A.b. 154) an agent is authorized γένη διαπωλήσοντα ἃ ἐὰν δέον ἡ τῇ αὐτοῦ πίστει, **10 sell off produce as may be needful on his own authority”: cf. 2. I. 5415 (A.p. 201) cis τειμὴν γενῶν, ‘for the price of materials” for the repair of, public buildings, and 76. τοι δ (A.p. 142) where γένεσι = **crops.”,; Similarly P Amb 11. 917° (A.b. 159) οἷς ἐὼν

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

γένος (genos) — family: descendant. γένος, εος or ους, τό, race, stock, kin, ἀμφοτέροισιν ὁμὸν γ. ἠδ᾽ ἴα πάτρη [Refs 8th c.BC+] from Ithaca I am by race,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect frequently with the Article, ποδαπὸς τὸ γένος εἶ ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]: so in dative, γένει πολῖται [Refs 4th c.BC+]; γένει υἱός, opposed to an adopted son, [Refs]; οἱ ἐν γένει, ={συγγενεῖς}, [Refs 5th c.BC+] to be of his race, ἄναγνος καὶ γένους τοῦ Λαΐου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐγγυτέρω, ἐγγύτατα γένους, nearer, next of kin, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. direct descent, opposed to collateral relationship, γένος γάρ, ἀλλ᾽ οὐχὶ συγγένεια [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ κατὰ γένος βασιλεῖαι hereditary monarchies, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. offspring, even of a single descendant, σὸν γ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Διὸς γ., of Bacchus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. collectively, offspring, posterity, ἐκεῖνοι καὶ τὸ γ. τὸ ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνων [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. generally, race, of beings, θεῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡμιόνων, βοῶν γ., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵππειον γ., i.e. mules, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. b clan, house, family, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἀπὸ γένους men of noble family, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; = Latin gens, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

III. c tribe, as a subdivision of ἔθνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. d caste, [Refs]

III. e of animals, breed, [Refs]

III.2. age, generation, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γ. χρύσεον, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence, age, time of life, γένει ὕστερος [Refs 8th c.BC+]

IV. sex, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; gender, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

V. class, sort, kind, τὰ γ. τῶν κυνῶν ἐστι δισσά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ τῶν γεωργῶν [γ.] [Refs 4th c.BC+]

V.2. in Logic, opposed to εἶδος (species), [Refs 5th c.BC+]

V.3. in the animal kingdom, τὰ μέγιστα γ., = the modern [Refs], such as birds, fishes, [Refs]; so in the vegetable kingdom, γένη τὰ μέγιστα, ={σιτώδη, χεδροπά} and ἀνώνυμα, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

V.3. b genus, τὸ τῶν καρκίνων γ., τὸ τῶν περιστερῶν γ., etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]

V.3. c γένος τι a species of plant, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so later, γένη, = crops, ἄλλοις γένεσι τοῖς πρὸς πυρὸν διοικουμένοις [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οἷς ἐὰν αἱρῶμαι γένεσι πλὴν κνήκου [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; produce, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; materials, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἐν γένεσιν in kind, opposed to ἐν ἀργυρίῳ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

V.4. τὰ γ. the elements, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit jánas, genitive jánasas; Latin genus, -eris, see at {γίγνομαι}.)

γένος (genos) — family: kind. γένος, εος or ους, τό, race, stock, kin, ἀμφοτέροισιν ὁμὸν γ. ἠδ᾽ ἴα πάτρη [Refs 8th c.BC+] from Ithaca I am by race,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect frequently with the Article, ποδαπὸς τὸ γένος εἶ ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]: so in dative, γένει πολῖται [Refs 4th c.BC+]; γένει υἱός, opposed to an adopted son, [Refs]; οἱ ἐν γένει, ={συγγενεῖς}, [Refs 5th c.BC+] to be of his race, ἄναγνος καὶ γένους τοῦ Λαΐου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐγγυτέρω, ἐγγύτατα γένους, nearer, next of kin, [Refs 4th c.BC+]