ΓΕΝΕΤΗΣ, γενετης
GENETĒS, genetēs
Sounds Like: ge-NEH-tace
Translations: parent, a parent, father, a father, ancestor, an ancestor
From the root: ΓΕΝΕΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a parent or an ancestor, particularly a father. It is used to denote the one who begets or gives birth. It can be used in a general sense for any progenitor.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1080 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 6:157
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- John — 9:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΕΝΕΤΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΓΕΝΙΣΤΩΝ — of fathers, of progenitors, of parents, of ancestors
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