γεννάω

γεννάω, -ῶ

(γέννα, poët. for γένος), [in LXX chiefly for ילד ;]

1. of the father, to beget: with accusative, Matt 1,1-16, ApG 7,8, 29; before ἐκ, Matt 1,3, 5, 6.

2. Of the mother, to bring forth, bear: Luk 1,13, 57; 23,29, Joh 16,21; εἰς δουλείαν, Gal 4,24, Pass.

(1) to be begotten: Matt 1,20

(2) to be born: Matt 2,1, 4; 19,12; 26,24, Mark 14,21, Luk 1,35, Joh 3,4, ApG 7,20, Rom 9,11, Hebr 11,23; before εἰς, Joh 16,21; 18,37, 2 Pet 2,12; ἐν, ApG 2,8; 22,3, (ἁμαρτίαις), Joh 9,34 ἀπό, Hebr 11,12 (WH, mg., ἐγεν-); ἐκ, Joh 1,13 John 3,6; 8,41; with adj., τυφλὸς γ., Joh 9,2 [Ῥωμαῖος ], ApG 22,28 κατὰ σάρκα: κ. πνεῦμα: Gal 4,29, Metaphorical; μάχας, 2 Tim 2,23 ὑμᾶς ἐγέννησα, 1 Kor 4,15, (ὅν), Phm 10; in quotation, Sl 2,7 (LXX), ApG 13,33, Hebr 1,5; 5,5; of Christians as begotten of God, born again: Joh 1,13; 3,3, 5-8, 1 Joh 2,29; 3,9; 4,7; 5,1, 4, 18 (cf. ἀνα-γεννάω); (Cremer, 146).