UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: one born, one who has been born, person

Semantic entry: 23.47

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Birth, Procreation

Definition: (derivative of γεννάω [source selector 000001][b] ‘to give birth,’ 23.52: γεννάω / 23.52: τεκνογονέω / 23.52: τεκνογονία / 23.52: τίκτω) pertaining to having been born

Notes: In some languages a literal rendering of γεννητοῖς γυναικῶν ‘born of women’ could be misleading, for it might suggest that there are persons who have not been born of women. It is for that reason that γεννητοῖς γυναικῶν may be rendered in some instances as ‘of all those persons who have ever lived.’ However, this reference to the preeminence of John the Baptist is difficult, and the implications of it go far beyond the matter of translational equivalence.