ΜΟΝΟΓΕΝΟΥΣ, μονογενους
MONOGENOUS, monogenous
Sounds Like: moh-noh-geh-NOOS
Translations: (of) only begotten, (of) unique, (of) one and only
From the root: ΜΟΝΟΓΕΝΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'only begotten' or 'unique'. It is often used to describe a child who is the only one of their kind, particularly in a spiritual sense to refer to Jesus Christ as the 'only begotten Son' of God. It emphasizes uniqueness and singular origin rather than merely being the firstborn. It is a compound word formed from 'μόνος' (monos, 'only') and 'γένος' (genos, 'race, kind, offspring').
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3439 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 20:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΟΝΟΓΕΝΗΣ.
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.
- ΜΟΝΟΓΕΝΕΙΣ — only, only begotten, unique, one of a kind
- ΜΟΝΟΓΕΝΕΣ — only begotten, unique, one of a kind, only
- ΜΟΝΟΓΕΝΗ — only begotten, unique, one and only
- ΜΟΝΟΓΕΝΗΝ — only, only begotten, unique
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