UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: γίνομαι; fut.; γενήσομαι; γίνομαι; aor.; ἐγενόμην; γίνομαι; opt.3sg.; γένοιτο; γίνομαι; inf.; γενέσθαι; γίνομαι; ptc.; γενόμενος; γίνομαι; pf.; γέγονα; γεγένημαι; γίνομαι; aor.pass.; ἐγενήθην; γίνομαι; impv.3sg.; γενηθήτω; γίνομαι; plpf.3sg.; ἐγεγόνει; γεγόνει

Sense 1: to be formed, to come to exist

Semantic entry: 13.80

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Exist

Definition: to come into existence

MAT 21:19: RV MAT 21:19 · LV MAT 21:19 · Read together MAT 21:19

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19 He saw a single fig tree near the road, but when he got close, it only had leaves on it, so he told it, “You’ll never bear fruit again,” and immediately the fig tree withered up.

OET-LV MAT 21:19

19 And having _seen one fig _tree on the road, he _came to it and found nothing on it, except not/lest only leaves, and he _is _saying to _it:
Fruit may_ no _longer _become from you for the age.
And immediately the fig _tree was _withered.

MRK 2:27: RV MRK 2:27 · LV MRK 2:27 · Read together MRK 2:27

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27 Then he told the Farisaios, “The days of rest were created for people, not people for the rest days.

OET-LV MRK 2:27

27 And he _was _saying to _them:
The day _of _rest became because _of the person, and not the person because _of the day _of _rest.

All 16 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 21:19 · LV MAT 21:19 · Read together MAT 21:19

MRK: RV MRK 2:27 · LV MRK 2:27 · Read together MRK 2:27

JHN: RV JHN 1:3 · RV JHN 1:10 · RV JHN 8:58 · LV JHN 1:3 · LV JHN 1:10 · LV JHN 8:58 · Read together JHN 1:3 · Read together JHN 1:10 · Read together JHN 8:58

ACT: RV ACT 19:26 · RV ACT 20:3 · LV ACT 19:26 · LV ACT 20:3 · Read together ACT 19:26 · Read together ACT 20:3

ROM: RV ROM 1:3 · LV ROM 1:3 · Read together ROM 1:3

CO2: RV CO2 3:7 · RV CO2 8:14 · LV CO2 3:7 · LV CO2 8:14 · Read together CO2 3:7 · Read together CO2 8:14

GAL: RV GAL 2:17 · RV GAL 3:17 · RV GAL 4:4 · LV GAL 2:17 · LV GAL 3:17 · LV GAL 4:4 · Read together GAL 2:17 · Read together GAL 3:17 · Read together GAL 4:4

HEB: RV HEB 4:3 · RV HEB 11:3 · LV HEB 4:3 · LV HEB 11:3 · Read together HEB 4:3 · Read together HEB 11:3

JAM: RV JAM 3:9 · LV JAM 3:9 · Read together JAM 3:9

Sense 2: to be

Semantic entry: 13.3

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: State

Definition: to possess certain characteristics, with the implication of their having been acquired

MAT 10:16: RV MAT 10:16 · LV MAT 10:16 · Read together MAT 10:16

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16 “Look out, because I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves, so you’ll need to be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

OET-LV MAT 10:16

16 Behold, I am _sending_ you _all _out as sheep in the_midst of _wolves, therefore be _becoming shrewd as the serpents and innocent as the doves.

MAT 13:22: RV MAT 13:22 · LV MAT 13:22 · Read together MAT 13:22

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OET-RV MAT 13:22

22 The seed that landed among the thorns is the person who hears the message, but the world’s worries and wealth’s seductiveness choke out the message and it becomes unfruitful.

OET-LV MAT 13:22

22 And the one having _been _sown among the thorns, this is the one hearing the message, and the worry of_ the _age and the seduction of_ the _riches is _choking the message, and it _is _becoming unfruitful.

All 76 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 10:16 · RV MAT 13:22 · RV MAT 18:3 · RV MAT 19:8 · RV MAT 24:44 · RV MAT 28:4 · LV MAT 10:16 · LV MAT 13:22 · LV MAT 18:3 · LV MAT 19:8 · LV MAT 24:44 · LV MAT 28:4 · Read together MAT 10:16 · Read together MAT 13:22 · Read together MAT 18:3 · Read together MAT 19:8 · Read together MAT 24:44 · Read together MAT 28:4

JHN: RV JHN 1:15 · RV JHN 1:30 · RV JHN 20:27 · LV JHN 1:15 · LV JHN 1:30 · LV JHN 20:27 · Read together JHN 1:15 · Read together JHN 1:30 · Read together JHN 20:27

ACT: RV ACT 26:4 · RV ACT 26:19 · LV ACT 26:4 · LV ACT 26:19 · Read together ACT 26:4 · Read together ACT 26:19

ROM: RV ROM 3:4 · RV ROM 6:5 · RV ROM 11:6 · RV ROM 15:16 · RV ROM 15:31 · RV ROM 16:2 · RV ROM 16:7 · LV ROM 3:4 · LV ROM 6:5 · LV ROM 11:6 · LV ROM 15:16 · LV ROM 15:31 · LV ROM 16:2 · LV ROM 16:7 · Read together ROM 3:4 · Read together ROM 6:5 · Read together ROM 11:6 · Read together ROM 15:16 · Read together ROM 15:31 · Read together ROM 16:2 · Read together ROM 16:7

CO1: RV CO1 9:15 · RV CO1 10:32 · RV CO1 11:1 · RV CO1 14:20 · RV CO1 15:10 · RV CO1 15:58 · RV CO1 16:10 · LV CO1 9:15 · LV CO1 10:32 · LV CO1 11:1 · LV CO1 14:20 · LV CO1 15:10 · LV CO1 15:58 · LV CO1 16:10 · Read together CO1 9:15 · Read together CO1 10:32 · Read together CO1 11:1 · Read together CO1 14:20 · Read together CO1 15:10 · Read together CO1 15:58 · Read together CO1 16:10

CO2: RV CO2 3:7 · LV CO2 3:7 · Read together CO2 3:7

GAL: RV GAL 3:24 · LV GAL 3:24 · Read together GAL 3:24

EPH: RV EPH 4:32 · RV EPH 5:1 · RV EPH 5:7 · RV EPH 5:17 · RV EPH 6:3 · LV EPH 4:32 · LV EPH 5:1 · LV EPH 5:7 · LV EPH 5:17 · LV EPH 6:3 · Read together EPH 4:32 · Read together EPH 5:1 · Read together EPH 5:7 · Read together EPH 5:17 · Read together EPH 6:3

COL: RV COL 1:18 · RV COL 3:15 · LV COL 1:18 · LV COL 3:15 · Read together COL 1:18 · Read together COL 3:15

TH1: RV TH1 1:5 · RV TH1 2:1 · RV TH1 2:5 · RV TH1 2:8 · RV TH1 2:10 · RV TH1 3:5 · LV TH1 1:5 · LV TH1 2:1 · LV TH1 2:5 · LV TH1 2:8 · LV TH1 2:10 · LV TH1 3:5 · Read together TH1 1:5 · Read together TH1 2:1 · Read together TH1 2:5 · Read together TH1 2:8 · Read together TH1 2:10 · Read together TH1 3:5

TI1: RV TI1 4:12 · RV TI1 5:9 · LV TI1 4:12 · LV TI1 5:9 · Read together TI1 4:12 · Read together TI1 5:9

HEB: RV HEB 5:11 · RV HEB 7:26 · LV HEB 5:11 · LV HEB 7:26 · Read together HEB 5:11 · Read together HEB 7:26

JAM: RV JAM 1:22 · RV JAM 1:25 · RV JAM 3:9–10 · RV JAM 5:2 · LV JAM 1:22 · LV JAM 1:25 · LV JAM 3:9–10 · LV JAM 5:2 · Read together JAM 1:22 · Read together JAM 1:25 · Read together JAM 3:9–10 · Read together JAM 5:2

PE1: RV PE1 1:15 · RV PE1 5:3 · LV PE1 1:15 · LV PE1 5:3 · Read together PE1 1:15 · Read together PE1 5:3

PE2: RV PE2 1:16 · RV PE2 1:20 · LV PE2 1:16 · LV PE2 1:20 · Read together PE2 1:16 · Read together PE2 1:20

JN3: RV JN3 1:8 · LV JN3 1:8 · Read together JN3 1:8

REV: RV REV 1:10 · RV REV 1:18 · RV REV 2:8 · RV REV 2:10 · RV REV 3:2 · RV REV 4:2 · LV REV 1:10 · LV REV 1:18 · LV REV 2:8 · LV REV 2:10 · LV REV 3:2 · LV REV 4:2 · Read together REV 1:10 · Read together REV 1:18 · Read together REV 2:8 · Read together REV 2:10 · Read together REV 3:2 · Read together REV 4:2

Sense 3: to become

Semantic entry: 13.48

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Change of State

Definition: to come to acquire or experience a state

Notes: In some languages there is no convenient lexical item meaning simply ‘to become,’ but in all instances there are certain paraphrastic expressions which may be employed, for example, ‘to arrive at being’ or ‘to cease being one thing and be another’ or ‘to change to be.’ One must, however, beware in the case of RV JHN 1:14 · LV JHN 1:14 · Read together JHN 1:14 not to employ some expression which would suggest that Christ had lost his divine nature in becoming a person or that he only appeared to be human (docetism).

MAT 4:3: RV MAT 4:3 · LV MAT 4:3 · Read together MAT 4:3

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3 and the tempter approached him and asked, “If you’re God’s son, command some of these stones to turn into buns.”

OET-LV MAT 4:3

3 And the one tempting having _approached, said to _him:
If you _are the_son of_ the _god, speak that the these stones may _become loaves.

MAT 5:45: RV MAT 5:45 · LV MAT 5:45 · Read together MAT 5:45

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45 so that you might become children of your father in the heavens, because he causes his sun to rise on both evil and good people, and sends the rain for both godly and ungodly people.

OET-LV MAT 5:45

45 so _that you _all _may _become sons of _the father of _you _all who in the_heavens, because he _is _rising the sun of _him on evil and good, and is _raining on the_righteous and unrighteous.

All 202 recorded passages for this sense

CO2: RV CO2 1:19 · RV CO2 5:17 · RV CO2 5:21 · RV CO2 6:14 · RV CO2 7:14 · RV CO2 8:14 · RV CO2 12:11 · LV CO2 1:19 · LV CO2 5:17 · LV CO2 5:21 · LV CO2 6:14 · LV CO2 7:14 · LV CO2 8:14 · LV CO2 12:11 · Read together CO2 1:19 · Read together CO2 5:17 · Read together CO2 5:21 · Read together CO2 6:14 · Read together CO2 7:14 · Read together CO2 8:14 · Read together CO2 12:11

GAL: RV GAL 3:13 · RV GAL 4:12 · RV GAL 4:16 · RV GAL 5:26 · LV GAL 3:13 · LV GAL 4:12 · LV GAL 4:16 · LV GAL 5:26 · Read together GAL 3:13 · Read together GAL 4:12 · Read together GAL 4:16 · Read together GAL 5:26

EPH: RV EPH 3:7 · LV EPH 3:7 · Read together EPH 3:7

PHP: RV PHP 1:13 · RV PHP 2:7–8 · RV PHP 3:6 · RV PHP 3:17 · LV PHP 1:13 · LV PHP 2:7–8 · LV PHP 3:6 · LV PHP 3:17 · Read together PHP 1:13 · Read together PHP 2:7–8 · Read together PHP 3:6 · Read together PHP 3:17

COL: RV COL 1:23 · RV COL 1:25 · RV COL 4:11 · LV COL 1:23 · LV COL 1:25 · LV COL 4:11 · Read together COL 1:23 · Read together COL 1:25 · Read together COL 4:11

TH1: RV TH1 1:6–7 · RV TH1 2:7–8 · RV TH1 2:14 · LV TH1 1:6–7 · LV TH1 2:7–8 · LV TH1 2:14 · Read together TH1 1:6–7 · Read together TH1 2:7–8 · Read together TH1 2:14

TI1: RV TI1 2:14 · LV TI1 2:14 · Read together TI1 2:14

TIT: RV TIT 3:7 · LV TIT 3:7 · Read together TIT 3:7

PHM: RV PHM 1:6 · LV PHM 1:6 · Read together PHM 1:6

JAM: RV JAM 1:12 · RV JAM 1:22 · RV JAM 2:4 · RV JAM 2:10–11 · RV JAM 3:1 · RV JAM 5:2 · LV JAM 1:12 · LV JAM 1:22 · LV JAM 2:4 · LV JAM 2:10–11 · LV JAM 3:1 · LV JAM 5:2 · Read together JAM 1:12 · Read together JAM 1:22 · Read together JAM 2:4 · Read together JAM 2:10–11 · Read together JAM 3:1 · Read together JAM 5:2

PE1: RV PE1 2:7 · RV PE1 3:6 · RV PE1 3:13 · LV PE1 2:7 · LV PE1 3:6 · LV PE1 3:13 · Read together PE1 2:7 · Read together PE1 3:6 · Read together PE1 3:13

PE2: RV PE2 1:4 · RV PE2 2:20 · LV PE2 1:4 · LV PE2 2:20 · Read together PE2 1:4 · Read together PE2 2:20

Sense 4: to happen, to occur, to come to be

Semantic entry: 13.107

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Happen

Definition: to happen, with the implication that what happens is different from a previous state{N:001}

MAT 1:22: RV MAT 1:22 · LV MAT 1:22 · Read together MAT 1:22

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22 Now all that happened in fulfilment of what Yahweh had said through the prophet,

OET-LV MAT 1:22

22 And all this has _become, in _order _that the thing having _been _spoken by the_master through the prophet may _be _fulfilled saying,

MAT 5:18: RV MAT 5:18 · LV MAT 5:18 · Read together MAT 5:18

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18 because I can assure you all that until heaven and earth reach their end, not one letter or mark will be taken away from those instructions until everything is fulfilled.

OET-LV MAT 5:18

18 For/Because truly I _am _saying to _you _all, until the heaven and the earth wishfully may _pass _away, one Iota or one serif by _no _means may_ not _pass _away from the law, until wishfully all things may _become.

All 281 recorded passages for this sense

ROM: RV ROM 3:4 · RV ROM 3:6 · RV ROM 3:31 · RV ROM 6:2 · RV ROM 6:15 · RV ROM 7:7 · RV ROM 7:13 · RV ROM 9:14 · RV ROM 11:1 · RV ROM 11:11 · RV ROM 11:25 · LV ROM 3:4 · LV ROM 3:6 · LV ROM 3:31 · LV ROM 6:2 · LV ROM 6:15 · LV ROM 7:7 · LV ROM 7:13 · LV ROM 9:14 · LV ROM 11:1 · LV ROM 11:11 · LV ROM 11:25 · Read together ROM 3:4 · Read together ROM 3:6 · Read together ROM 3:31 · Read together ROM 6:2 · Read together ROM 6:15 · Read together ROM 7:7 · Read together ROM 7:13 · Read together ROM 9:14 · Read together ROM 11:1 · Read together ROM 11:11 · Read together ROM 11:25

CO1: RV CO1 4:5 · RV CO1 6:15 · RV CO1 7:36 · RV CO1 10:6 · RV CO1 14:26 · RV CO1 15:54 · RV CO1 16:2 · RV CO1 16:14 · LV CO1 4:5 · LV CO1 6:15 · LV CO1 7:36 · LV CO1 10:6 · LV CO1 14:26 · LV CO1 15:54 · LV CO1 16:2 · LV CO1 16:14 · Read together CO1 4:5 · Read together CO1 6:15 · Read together CO1 7:36 · Read together CO1 10:6 · Read together CO1 14:26 · Read together CO1 15:54 · Read together CO1 16:2 · Read together CO1 16:14

CO2: RV CO2 1:8 · LV CO2 1:8 · Read together CO2 1:8

GAL: RV GAL 2:17 · RV GAL 3:21 · LV GAL 2:17 · LV GAL 3:21 · Read together GAL 2:17 · Read together GAL 3:21

EPH: RV EPH 5:12 · LV EPH 5:12 · Read together EPH 5:12

TH1: RV TH1 3:4 · LV TH1 3:4 · Read together TH1 3:4

TI1: RV TI1 6:4 · LV TI1 6:4 · Read together TI1 6:4

TI2: RV TI2 2:18 · RV TI2 3:9 · RV TI2 3:11 · LV TI2 2:18 · LV TI2 3:9 · LV TI2 3:11 · Read together TI2 2:18 · Read together TI2 3:9 · Read together TI2 3:11

HEB: RV HEB 7:12 · RV HEB 7:18 · RV HEB 9:15 · RV HEB 9:22 · LV HEB 7:12 · LV HEB 7:18 · LV HEB 9:15 · LV HEB 9:22 · Read together HEB 7:12 · Read together HEB 7:18 · Read together HEB 9:15 · Read together HEB 9:22

JAM: RV JAM 3:10 · LV JAM 3:10 · Read together JAM 3:10

PE1: RV PE1 4:12 · LV PE1 4:12 · Read together PE1 4:12

Sense 5: to move, to come, to go

Semantic entry: 15.1

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Move, Come/Go

Definition: to make a change of location in space (a highly generic meaning)

Notes: Though the meaning of γίνομαι is often given as ‘to become,’ it is clear that in contexts such as RV ACT 25:15 · LV ACT 25:15 · Read together ACT 25:15 and RV ACT 27:7 · LV ACT 27:7 · Read together ACT 27:7 it would be impossible to render γίνομαι by traditional expressions such as ‘to become.’ In these contexts movement is clearly indicated, and therefore one must frequently employ an expression such as ‘to come to,’ ‘to arrive at,’ or even ‘to travel to.’

LUK 1:44: RV LUK 1:44 · LV LUK 1:44 · Read together LUK 1:44

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OET-RV LUK 1:44

44 You see, as soon as I heard your greeting, the baby in my womb kicked with excitement,

OET-LV LUK 1:44

44 For/Because see, as the voice of _the greeting of _you became into the ears of _me, the baby in the womb of _me kicked in.
exultation.

LUK 3:22: RV LUK 3:22 · LV LUK 3:22 · Read together LUK 3:22

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OET-RV LUK 3:22

22 and the holy spirit came down onto him in the bodily form of a dove, and a voice came from the sky, “You are my son that I love and take pleasure in.”

OET-LV LUK 3:22

22 and the the holy spirit to _come _down in_a_bodily appearance, as a_dove on him, and a_voice to _become out _of heaven:
You are the the beloved son of _me, in you I _took _pleasure.

All 18 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 1:44 · RV LUK 3:22 · RV LUK 9:35–36 · RV LUK 10:32 · LV LUK 1:44 · LV LUK 3:22 · LV LUK 9:35–36 · LV LUK 10:32 · Read together LUK 1:44 · Read together LUK 3:22 · Read together LUK 9:35–36 · Read together LUK 10:32

JHN: RV JHN 6:19 · RV JHN 6:21 · RV JHN 6:25 · RV JHN 10:35 · LV JHN 6:19 · LV JHN 6:21 · LV JHN 6:25 · LV JHN 10:35 · Read together JHN 6:19 · Read together JHN 6:21 · Read together JHN 6:25 · Read together JHN 10:35

ACT: RV ACT 1:18 · RV ACT 13:32 · RV ACT 20:16 · RV ACT 21:17 · RV ACT 25:15 · RV ACT 27:7 · LV ACT 1:18 · LV ACT 13:32 · LV ACT 20:16 · LV ACT 21:17 · LV ACT 25:15 · LV ACT 27:7 · Read together ACT 1:18 · Read together ACT 13:32 · Read together ACT 20:16 · Read together ACT 21:17 · Read together ACT 25:15 · Read together ACT 27:7

GAL: RV GAL 3:14 · LV GAL 3:14 · Read together GAL 3:14

TH1: RV TH1 1:5 · LV TH1 1:5 · Read together TH1 1:5

TH2: RV TH2 2:7 · LV TH2 2:7 · Read together TH2 2:7

Sense 6: to belong to, to have

Semantic entry: 57.2

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Have, Possess, Property, Owner

Definition: to belong to someone{N:002}

MAT 18:12: RV MAT 18:12 · LV MAT 18:12 · Read together MAT 18:12

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OET-RV MAT 18:12

12 “What do you think about this? A man had a hundred sheep, and one of them strayed away. Won’t he leave the ninety-nine there in the hills and go and look for the sheep that was missing?

OET-LV MAT 18:12

12 What is _it _supposing to _you _all?
If it _may _become to_a_certain man a_hundred sheep, and one of them may _be _strayed, not, having _left the ninety nine on the mountains and having _been _gone, is _seeking the sheep being _strayed?

Sense 7: to conduct oneself, to behave, conduct

Semantic entry: 41.1

Semantic domains: Behavior and Related States

Subdomains: Behavior, Conduct

Definition: to exist and to conduct oneself, with the particular manner specified by the context{N:003}

MAT 6:16: RV MAT 6:16 · LV MAT 6:16 · Read together MAT 6:16

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OET-RV MAT 6:16

16 “Whenever you people are abstaining from food, don’t look miserable like the hypocrites, because they intentionally try to look awful so that everyone will notice that they’re fasting. I can assure you that they’ve already received their reward in full.

OET-LV MAT 6:16

16 And whenever you _all _may _be _fasting, be_ not _becoming downcast like the hypocrites, because/for they _are _disfiguring the appearances of _them, so _that they _may _be _seen by _the people fasting.
Truly, I _am _saying to _you _all, they _are _receiving _fully the reward of _them.

MAT 10:25: RV MAT 10:25 · LV MAT 10:25 · Read together MAT 10:25

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OET-RV MAT 10:25

25 The apprentice is happy to eventually become like their teacher, and the slave to become like their master. If they accuse the home owner of being a devil, then they’ll do that even more to other members of his household.

OET-LV MAT 10:25

25 it _is Sufficient for _the apprentice/follower that he _may _become as the teacher of _him, and the slave as the master of _him.
If they _called the home _owner Beʼelzeboul, to _how _much more the household of _him?

All 8 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 6:16 · RV MAT 10:25 · LV MAT 6:16 · LV MAT 10:25 · Read together MAT 6:16 · Read together MAT 10:25

CO1: RV CO1 9:20 · RV CO1 14:40 · LV CO1 9:20 · LV CO1 14:40 · Read together CO1 9:20 · Read together CO1 14:40

GAL: RV GAL 6:14 · LV GAL 6:14 · Read together GAL 6:14

PHP: RV PHP 2:15 · LV PHP 2:15 · Read together PHP 2:15

TH1: RV TH1 2:5 · RV TH1 2:10 · LV TH1 2:5 · LV TH1 2:10 · Read together TH1 2:5 · Read together TH1 2:10

Sense 8: to be (in a place)

Semantic entry: 85.6

Semantic domains: Existence in Space

Subdomains: Be in a Place

Definition: to be in a place, with the possible implication of having come to be in such a place

MAT 26:6: RV MAT 26:6 · LV MAT 26:6 · Read together MAT 26:6

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OET-RV MAT 26:6

6 Meanwhile Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) arrived in Beyt-Ania (Bethany) at the house of Shim’on (Simon) who had previously had leprosy.

OET-LV MAT 26:6

6 And the of_Yaʸsous having _become in Baʸthania in house of _Simōn the leprous,

MRK 4:10: RV MRK 4:10 · LV MRK 4:10 · Read together MRK 4:10

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OET-RV MRK 4:10

10 Later when the crowd had left, the twelve apprentices asked him about the parables

OET-LV MRK 4:10

10 And when he _became down/against/according _to alone, they with the twelve about him were _asking him the parables.

All 17 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 26:6 · LV MAT 26:6 · Read together MAT 26:6

MRK: RV MRK 4:10 · RV MRK 9:33 · RV MRK 16:10 · LV MRK 4:10 · LV MRK 9:33 · LV MRK 16:10 · Read together MRK 4:10 · Read together MRK 9:33 · Read together MRK 16:10

LUK: RV LUK 22:40 · RV LUK 24:22 · LV LUK 22:40 · LV LUK 24:22 · Read together LUK 22:40 · Read together LUK 24:22

ACT: RV ACT 7:38 · RV ACT 8:8 · RV ACT 9:19 · RV ACT 13:5 · RV ACT 19:21 · RV ACT 20:18 · RV ACT 21:35 · LV ACT 7:38 · LV ACT 8:8 · LV ACT 9:19 · LV ACT 13:5 · LV ACT 19:21 · LV ACT 20:18 · LV ACT 21:35 · Read together ACT 7:38 · Read together ACT 8:8 · Read together ACT 9:19 · Read together ACT 13:5 · Read together ACT 19:21 · Read together ACT 20:18 · Read together ACT 21:35

CO1: RV CO1 2:3 · LV CO1 2:3 · Read together CO1 2:3

TI2: RV TI2 1:17 · LV TI2 1:17 · Read together TI2 1:17

REV: RV REV 1:9 · RV REV 16:18 · LV REV 1:9 · LV REV 16:18 · Read together REV 1:9 · Read together REV 16:18

Sense 9: to come to be, to appear, to be in a place

Semantic entry: 85.7

Semantic domains: Existence in Space

Subdomains: Be in a Place

Definition: to come to be in a place

MRK 1:4: RV MRK 1:4 · LV MRK 1:4 · Read together MRK 1:4

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OET-RV MRK 1:4

4 Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes) turned up in the wilderness announcing that people should get immersed in water in order to show that their sins have been forgiven,

OET-LV MRK 1:4

4 Yōannaʸs became the one immersing in the wilderness, and proclaiming an_immersion of _repentance for forgiveness of _sins.

MRK 9:7: RV MRK 9:7 · LV MRK 9:7 · Read together MRK 9:7

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OET-RV MRK 9:7

7 Then a cloud shadowed them from the sun, and a voice came out of the cloud saying, “This is my dear son. Listen to him.”

OET-LV MRK 9:7

7 And a_cloud became overshadowing on _them, and a_voice became out _of the cloud:
This is the the beloved son of _me, be _hearing from _him.

All 11 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: RV MRK 1:4 · RV MRK 9:7 · LV MRK 1:4 · LV MRK 9:7 · Read together MRK 1:4 · Read together MRK 9:7

LUK: RV LUK 2:13 · LV LUK 2:13 · Read together LUK 2:13

ACT: RV ACT 7:31 · LV ACT 7:31 · Read together ACT 7:31

EPH: RV EPH 2:13 · LV EPH 2:13 · Read together EPH 2:13

HEB: RV HEB 7:16 · LV HEB 7:16 · Read together HEB 7:16

PE2: RV PE2 2:1 · LV PE2 2:1 · Read together PE2 2:1

JN1: RV JN1 2:18 · LV JN1 2:18 · Read together JN1 2:18

JN2: RV JN2 1:12 · LV JN2 1:12 · Read together JN2 1:12

REV: RV REV 12:10 · RV REV 16:2 · LV REV 12:10 · LV REV 16:2 · Read together REV 12:10 · Read together REV 16:2

Sense 10: there was, and it happened that

Semantic entry: 91.5

Semantic domains: Discourse Markers

Subdomains: Markers of Transition

Definition: a marker of new information, either concerning participants in an episode or concerning the episode itself (occurring normally in the formulas ἐγένετο δέ or καὶ ἐγένετο{N:004}

Notes: Often left untranslated.

MRK 1:9: RV MRK 1:9 · LV MRK 1:9 · Read together MRK 1:9

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Then one day Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) came from Nazaret (Nazareth) in the Galil region, and he got immersed in the Yarden (Jordan) river by Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes).

OET-LV MRK 1:9

9 And it _became in those the days, Yaʸsous came from Nazaret of_ the _Galilaia/(Gālīl), and he _was _immersed in the Yordanaʸs by Yōannaʸs.

MRK 2:23: RV MRK 2:23 · LV MRK 2:23 · Read together MRK 2:23

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23 Then it so happened that Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) and his followers passed through some fields of grain on some days of rest. As they went through, they plucked off some heads of grain,

OET-LV MRK 2:23

23 And it _became him on the days _of _rest to _be _passing _through through the grainfields, and the apprentices/followers of _him began to _be _making way, plucking the heads _of _grain.

All 26 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: RV MRK 1:9 · RV MRK 2:23 · LV MRK 1:9 · LV MRK 2:23 · Read together MRK 1:9 · Read together MRK 2:23

LUK: RV LUK 1:5 · RV LUK 3:21 · RV LUK 6:1 · RV LUK 6:6 · RV LUK 9:37 · LV LUK 1:5 · LV LUK 3:21 · LV LUK 6:1 · LV LUK 6:6 · LV LUK 9:37 · Read together LUK 1:5 · Read together LUK 3:21 · Read together LUK 6:1 · Read together LUK 6:6 · Read together LUK 9:37

JHN: RV JHN 1:6 · RV JHN 2:1 · RV JHN 3:25 · RV JHN 10:19 · LV JHN 1:6 · LV JHN 2:1 · LV JHN 3:25 · LV JHN 10:19 · Read together JHN 1:6 · Read together JHN 2:1 · Read together JHN 3:25 · Read together JHN 10:19

ACT: RV ACT 5:7 · RV ACT 8:1 · RV ACT 14:5 · RV ACT 19:23 · RV ACT 20:37 · RV ACT 21:30 · RV ACT 27:42 · RV ACT 28:17 · LV ACT 5:7 · LV ACT 8:1 · LV ACT 14:5 · LV ACT 19:23 · LV ACT 20:37 · LV ACT 21:30 · LV ACT 27:42 · LV ACT 28:17 · Read together ACT 5:7 · Read together ACT 8:1 · Read together ACT 14:5 · Read together ACT 19:23 · Read together ACT 20:37 · Read together ACT 21:30 · Read together ACT 27:42 · Read together ACT 28:17

ROM: RV ROM 11:5 · LV ROM 11:5 · Read together ROM 11:5

REV: RV REV 8:1 · RV REV 8:5 · RV REV 8:7 · RV REV 11:15 · RV REV 11:19 · RV REV 16:18 · LV REV 8:1 · LV REV 8:5 · LV REV 8:7 · LV REV 11:15 · LV REV 11:19 · LV REV 16:18 · Read together REV 8:1 · Read together REV 8:5 · Read together REV 8:7 · Read together REV 11:15 · Read together REV 11:19 · Read together REV 16:18

Sense 11: to marry

Semantic entry: 34.69

Semantic domains: Association

Subdomains: Marriage, Divorce

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to become to a man) to become married to a man

Collocations: γίνομαι ἀνδρί

ROM 7:3: RV ROM 7:3 · LV ROM 7:3 · Read together ROM 7:3

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3 So while her husband was still living, he’d call her an adulteress if she slept with another man, but after her husband is deceased, she’s free from the law and doesn’t become an adulteress if she marries another man.

OET-LV ROM 7:3

3 Therefore consequently living the husband, an_adulteress he _will _be _calling her, if she _may _become joined to _man another, but if may _die _off the husband, free she _is from the law, which not to _be she an_adulteress having _become to _man another.

ROM 7:4: RV ROM 7:4 · LV ROM 7:4 · Read together ROM 7:4

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4 So, my brothers and sisters, you, too, were made dead to the law through the body of the messiah so that you could join to another—to the one who came back to life from the dead—so that we can bear fruit for God.

OET-LV ROM 7:4

4 So _that, brothers of _me, also you _all were _put _to _death to _the law by the body of _the chosen _one /messiah, in _order that to _become you _all to _another, to _the one from the_dead having _been _raised, in _order _that we _may _bear _fruit to_ the _god.

Sense 12: to decide, to make up one’s mind

Semantic entry: 30.77

Semantic domains: Think

Subdomains: To Decide, To Conclude

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to become of a mind) to make up one’s mind, with emphasis upon the process of coming to such a decision{N:005}

Collocations: γίνομαι γνώμης

ACT 20:3: RV ACT 20:3 · LV ACT 20:3 · Read together ACT 20:3

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3 He’d been there about three months when he heard about a plot by some Yehudim (Jews) to waylay him as he boarded a ship to return to Aram (Syria), so instead he decided to return through Makedonia

OET-LV ACT 20:3

3 And having _worked three months, a_plot by the Youdaiōns having _become to _him, going to _be _being _launched into the Suria/(ʼArām), he _became of_an_opinion which to _be _returning through Makedonia.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

γίνομαι

Form 1

Sense 1: to be formed, to come to exist

Sense 2: to be

Sense 3: to become

Sense 4: to happen, to occur, to come to be

Sense 5: to move, to come, to go

Sense 6: to belong to, to have

Sense 7: to conduct oneself, to behave, conduct

Sense 8: to be (in a place)

Sense 9: to come to be, to appear, to be in a place

Sense 10: there was, and it happened that

Sense 11: to marry

Sense 12: to decide, to make up one’s mind