Lexical Summary genetē: birth Original Word: γενετήTransliteration: genetē Phonetic Spelling: (ghen-et-ay) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: birth Meaning: birth Strong's Concordance birth. Feminine of a presumed derivative of the base of genea; birth -- birth. see GREEK genea Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1079: γενετήγενετή, γενετῆς, ἡ (ΓΑΝΩ, γίνομαι) (cf. German dieGewordenheit), birth; hence, very often ἐκ γενετῆς from birth on (Homer, Iliad 24, 535; Aristotle, eth. Nic. 6, 13, 1, p. 1144b, 6 etc.; Polybius 3, 20, 4; Diodorus 5, 32, others; the Sept. Leviticus 25:47): John 9:1. |