γεννάω
gen-nä'-ō
verb
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From a variation of γένος (G1085)
from a variation of G1085; to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate:—bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring.
Outline
- of men who fathered children
- to be born
- to be begotten
- of women giving birth to children
- metaph.
- to engender, cause to arise, excite
- in a Jewish sense, of one who brings others over to his way of life, to convert someone
- of God making Christ his son
- of God making men his sons through faith in Christ's work