Lexical Summary gnēsios: lawfully begotten, genuine Original Word: γνήσιοςTransliteration: gnēsios Phonetic Spelling: (gnay'-see-os) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: lawfully begotten, genuine Meaning: lawfully begotten, genuine Strong's Concordance genuine, true, legitimateFrom the same as genesia; legitimate (of birth), i.e. Genuine -- own, sincerity, true. see GREEK genesia Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1103: γνήσιοςγνήσιος, γνησια, γνήσιον (by syncope for γενησιος from γίνομαι, γένομαι (cf. Curtius, § 128)), legitimately born, not spurious; genuine, true, sincere: Philippians 4:3; 1 Timothy 1:2; Titus 1:4; τό τῆς ἀγάπης γνήσιον equivalent to τήν γνησιοτητα (A. V. (the sincerity), 2 Corinthians 8:8. (From Homer down.) |
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