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Koine Greek wordlink #2

SR GNT Mat 1:1 γενέσεως (geneseōs) ‘the scroll of the birth of Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen_one/messiah son’ Strongs=10780 Lemma=genesis
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=feminine number=singular
Year=26 AD

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Other uses (2) of identical word form γενέσεως (N-GFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘γενέσεως’ (N-GFS) has 2 different glosses: ‘of the birth’, ‘of existence’.

Yac (Jam) 1:23 ‘observing his face of existence of him in a mirror’ SR GNT Yac (Jam) 1:23 word 18

OET-LV: 23 Because if anyone a_listener of_the_message is, and not a_doer, this one is _like to _man observing his face of_ the _existence of _him in a_mirror. (JAM_1:23)

OET-RV: 23 Anyone who is just a listener of the message and does nothing with it is like someone who looks at their face in a mirror (JAM 1:23)

Yac (Jam) 3:6 ‘setting_on_fire the course of existence and being set_on_fire by’ SR GNT Yac (Jam) 3:6 word 29

OET-LV: 6 And the tongue is a_fire, the world of_ the _unrighteousness, the tongue is _being _set _down among the members of _us, which staining all the body, and setting _on _fire the course of_ the _existence, and being _set _on _fire by the geenna. (JAM_3:6)

OET-RV: 6 and the tongue is a fire producing a torrent of depravity. It’s a part of our physical body but capable of staining us all over and setting our worlds on fire, because the tongue itself is set on fire from hell. (JAM 3:6)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘genesis’ have 3 different glosses: ‘of the birth’, ‘of existence’, ‘birth’.

Greek words (3) other than γενέσεως (N-GFS) with a gloss related to ‘birth’

YHN 9:1 γενετῆς (genetaʸs) N-GFS Lemma=genetē ‘a man blind from birth’ SR GNT Yhn 9:1 word 7

OET-LV: 9 And passing _by, he _saw a_man blind from birth. (JHN_9:1)

OET-RV: 9 As Yeshua was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth (JHN 9:1)

MAT 1:18 γένεσις (genesis) N-NFS ‘of Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen_one/messiah the birth thus was having_been betrothed’ SR GNT Mat 1:18 word 7

OET-LV: 18 And the birth the of_Yaʸsous chosen _one /messiah was thus: Maria the mother of _him, having _been _betrothed to_ the _Yōsaʸf, before or/than them to _come _together, she _was _found having in womb by the_ holy _spirit. (MAT_1:18)

OET-RV: 18 Now this is how the birth of Yeshua came about: Maria his mother was engaged to Yosef. But before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the work of the holy spirit. (MAT 1:18)

LUKE 1:14 γενέσει (genesei) N-DFS ‘many at the birth of him will_be_being elated’ SR GNT Luke 1:14 word 12

OET-LV: 14 And will _be joy and exultation to _you, and many will _be _being _elated at the birth of _him. (LUK_1:14)

OET-RV: 14 He’ll bring a lot of happiness to you and you’ll be proud of him—in fact many people will be glad. (LUK 1:14)

Key: N=noun DFS=dative,feminine,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular