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Name of God’s Son

ΓΟΝΑΙ, γοναι

GONAI, gonai

Sounds Like: go-NAI

Translations: birth, a birth, offspring, a generation, descendants, a family

From the root: ΓΟΝΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: ΓΟΝΑΙ is an inflected form of the noun ΓΟΝΗ, which refers to the act of giving birth, the offspring produced, or a lineage/generation. It can be used to speak about the process of procreation or the resulting progeny.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Vocative, Feminine; or Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1081 (Lookup on BibleHub)

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Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΟΝΗ.

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.

  • ΓΟΝΗ — offspring, a generation, descendants, children, birth, a birth
  • ΓΟΝΗΝ — birth, a birth, offspring, an offspring, generation, a generation, seed, a seed

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