UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: descendant, offspring

Semantic entry: 10.32

Semantic domains: Kinship Terms

Subdomains: Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations

Definition: a non-immediate descendant (possibly involving a gap of several generations), either male or female

Notes: In RV REV 22:16 · LV REV 22:16 · Read together REV 22:16 ῥίζα [source selector 000001][b] (10.33: ῥίζα) 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.’

Sense 2: race, ethnic group, nation

Semantic entry: 10.1

Semantic domains: Kinship Terms

Subdomains: Groups and Members of Groups of Persons Regarded as Related by Blood but without Special Reference to Successive Generations

Definition: a relatively large group of persons regarded as being biologically related{N:001}

Notes: It may be difficult in some languages to clearly distinguish between culture and race as in RV MRK 7:26 · LV MRK 7:26 · Read together 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 RV ROM 11:14 · LV ROM 11:14 · Read together 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.

Sense 3: kind, type

Semantic entry: 58.23

Semantic domains: Nature, Class, Example

Subdomains: Class, Kind

Definition: a category or class based upon an implied derivation and/or lineage