UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

γεννάω

MainId: 001092000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: γ

StrongCodes: G1080

Notes: {'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'It is possible that τεκνογονέω and τεκνογονία differ somewhat in connotation from τίκτω[a] and γεννάω[b] in being stylistically more formal, but there seems to be no significant denotative distinction in meaning.'}

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 001092001000000
PartsOfSpeech: verb
RelatedLemmas: [{'Word': 'ἀναγεννάω', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'ἀρτιγέννητος', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'γέννημα', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'γέννησις', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'γεννητός', 'Meanings': []}]
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 001092001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 23.58
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Physiological Processes and States
  LEXSubDomains: Birth, Procreation
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-05-13 21:47:23
    DefinitionShort: the male role in causing the conception and birth of a child
    Glosses: ['to be the father of', 'to procreate', 'to beget']
  LEXReferences: MAT 1:2, MAT 1:2, MAT 1:2, MAT 1:3, MAT 1:3, MAT 1:3, MAT 1:4, MAT 1:4, MAT 1:4, MAT 1:5, MAT 1:5, MAT 1:5, MAT 1:6, MAT 1:6, MAT 1:7, MAT 1:7, MAT 1:7, MAT 1:8, MAT 1:8, MAT 1:8, MAT 1:9, MAT 1:9, MAT 1:9, MAT 1:10, MAT 1:10, MAT 1:10, MAT 1:11, MAT 1:12, MAT 1:12, MAT 1:13, MAT 1:13, MAT 1:13, MAT 1:14, MAT 1:14, MAT 1:14, MAT 1:15, MAT 1:15, MAT 1:15, MAT 1:16, MAT 1:20, ACTs 7:8, ACTs 7:29, ACTs 13:33, 1COR 4:15, PHM 1:10, HEB 1:5, HEB 5:5, HEB 11:12, 1YHN 2:29, 1YHN 3:9, 1YHN 3:9, 1YHN 4:7, 1YHN 5:1, 1YHN 5:1, 1YHN 5:1, 1YHN 5:4, 1YHN 5:18
2. LEXID: 001092001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 23.52
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Physiological Processes and States
  LEXSubDomains: Birth, Procreation
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-05-13 21:47:23
    DefinitionShort: to give birth to a child{N:001}
    Glosses: ['to bear', 'to give birth']
    Comments: All languages have expressions for human birth, though these are frequently in idiomatic forms, for example, ‘to drop a child’ or ‘to cause a baby to pass between the legs.’ A number of languages have a variety of terms referring to giving birth, and some of these may involve unfortunate connotations. One must therefore be careful about the selection of appropriate expressions.|γεννάω also occurs together with ἐξ αἱμάτων ({S:04300101300032}) and ἐκ τῆς σαρκός ({S:04300300600004}) in reference to physical birth. In {S:04300300500020}, γεννηθῇ ἐξ ὕδατος has likewise been interpreted by some scholars as referring to physical birth (compare {S:04300300600004}), but others understand this as referring to baptism. Certainly the occurrence of γεννηθῇ with πνεύματος in {S:04300300500020} is a reference to religious rebirth, in which case γεννάω would involve a radical change of state (see {D:13.56}). The use of the same word with two different meanings or referents is typical of the style of the Gospel of John.
  LEXReferences: MAT 1:16, MAT 2:1, MAT 2:4, MAT 19:12, MAT 26:24, MARK 14:21, LUKE 1:13, LUKE 1:35, LUKE 1:57, LUKE 23:29, YHN 1:13, YHN 3:4, YHN 3:4, YHN 3:5, YHN 3:6, YHN 8:41, YHN 9:2, YHN 9:19, YHN 9:20, YHN 9:32, YHN 9:34, YHN 16:21, YHN 16:21, YHN 18:37, ACTs 2:8, ACTs 7:20, ACTs 22:3, ACTs 22:28, ROM 9:11, GAL 4:23, GAL 4:29, HEB 11:23, 2PET 2:12
3. LEXID: 001092001003000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 13.56
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen
  LEXSubDomains: Change of State
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-05-13 21:47:23
    DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:γεννάω}[b] ‘to give birth,’ {D:23.52}) to cause to experience a radical change, with the implication of involvement of the total personality
    Glosses: ['to cause to be born', 'to be born of']
    Comments: The phrase γεννηθῇ ἐξ ὕδατος has been interpreted by some as a literal reference to physical birth (see {D:23.52}). Others, however, interpret this phrase as referring to baptism by water. In a parallel fashion, the expression γεννηθῇ ἐξ … πνεύματος would refer to baptism by the Spirit or rebirth made possible by the Spirit.
  LEXReferences: YHN 3:5, YHN 3:6, YHN 3:8, 1YHN 2:29, 1YHN 3:9, 1YHN 4:7, 1YHN 5:1, 1YHN 5:1, 1YHN 5:1, 1YHN 5:4, 1YHN 5:18, 1YHN 5:18
4. LEXID: 001092001004000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 13.129
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen
  LEXSubDomains: Happen
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-05-13 21:47:23
    DefinitionShort: to cause to happen, with the implication of the result of existing circumstances
    Glosses: ['to cause', 'to produce', 'to give rise to']
  LEXReferences: GAL 4:24, 2TIM 2:23
5. LEXID: 001092001005000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 41.53
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Behavior and Related States
  LEXSubDomains: Change Behavior
  LEXCollocations: γεννάω ἄνωθεν
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-05-13 21:47:23
    DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: to be born again) to experience a complete change in one’s way of life to what it should be, with the implication of return to a former state or relation
    Glosses: ['to be born again', 'to experience new birth', 'rebirth']
    Comments: It is also possible to understand {L:ἄνωθεν} in {S:04300300300026} as meaning ‘from above’ or ‘from God’ (see {D:84.13}), a literary parallel to the phrase ἐκ θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν in {S:04300101300032}. In {S:04300300300026}, however, Nicodemus understood {L:ἄνωθεν} as meaning ‘again’ (see {D:67.55}) and γεννάω as ‘physical birth’ (see {D:23.52}).
  LEXReferences: YHN 3:3, YHN 3:7