The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

γένος

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	γένος
Citation form	γένος, ους, τό
Part of speech	noun
Gloss	offspring, family, race, kind
Strong’s	G1085
Transliteration	génos
Definition	"kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective)
KJV glosses	:--born, country(-man), diversity, generation, kind(-red), nation, offspring, stock.
Derivation	from
SBLGNT occurrences	20

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek form	Grammar and occurrences
γένει	noun, dative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----DSN-) — Mark 7:26 noun, dative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----DSN-) — Acts 18:2 noun, dative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----DSN-) — Acts 18:24 noun, dative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----DSN-) — Acts 4:36 noun, dative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----DSN-) — Galatians 1:14
γένη	noun, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-) — 1 Corinthians 12:28 noun, nominative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----NPN-) — 1 Corinthians 12:10 noun, nominative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----NPN-) — 1 Corinthians 14:10
γένος	noun, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Acts 7:19 noun, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Mark 9:29 noun, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Acts 17:28 noun, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Acts 17:29 noun, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Acts 7:13 noun, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — 1 Peter 2:9 noun, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Revelation 22:16
γένους	noun, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----GSN-) — Matthew 13:47 noun, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----GSN-) — Acts 13:26 noun, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----GSN-) — Acts 4:6 noun, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----GSN-) — 2 Corinthians 11:26 noun, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----GSN-) — Philippians 3:5

Morphology

noun; MorphGNT ----APN-
noun; MorphGNT ----ASN-
noun; MorphGNT ----DSN-
noun; MorphGNT ----GSN-
noun; MorphGNT ----NPN-
noun; MorphGNT ----NSN-

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: γενος.