γένεσις

γένεσις, -εως, ἡ

(γίγνομαι), [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹלֵדֹת ;]

1. origin, lineage: βίβλος γενέσεως (as in 1 Mos 2,4a 5:1), Matt 1,1.

2. birth: Matt 1,18, Luk 1,14 (Rec. γέννησις); πρόσωπον τῆς γ., face of his birth ("what God made him to be," Hort., in l.), Jak 1,23 ὁ τροχὸς τῆς γ., the wheel (course) of birth or creation ("the wheel of man's nature according to its original Divine purpose," Hort), Jak 3,6,

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