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G1080γεννάωgennaō

to begetPart of speech: Greek Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 45
  2. 1
  3. 4
  4. 18
  5. 7
  6. 1
  7. 1
  8. 2 Corinthians: 0
  9. 3
  10. Ephesians: 0
  11. Philippians: 0
  12. Colossians: 0
  13. 1 Thessalonians: 0
  14. 2 Thessalonians: 0
  15. 1 Timothy: 0
  16. 1
  17. Titus: 0
  18. 1
  19. 4
  20. James: 0
  21. 1 Peter: 0
  22. 1
  23. 10
  24. 2 John: 0
  25. 3 John: 0
  26. Jude: 0
  27. Revelation: 0

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97 occurrences in 65 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. John 1:13

    Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.

    ἐγεννήθησαν. egennēthēsan “were born.”

  2. John 3:3

    Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.

    γεννηθῇ gennēthēa “shall be born”

  3. John 3:4

    Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?

    γεννηθῆναι gennēthēnai “to be born”γεννηθῆναι; gennēthēnai “to be born?”

  4. John 3:5

    Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.

    γεννηθῇ gennēthēa “shall be born”

  5. John 3:6

    That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.

    γεγεννημένον gegennēmenon “born”γεγεννημένον gegennēmenon “born”

  6. John 3:7

    Do not be surprised that I say to you, It is necessary for you to have a second birth.

    γεννηθῆναι gennēthēnai “to be born”

  7. John 3:8

    The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes: so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit.

    γεγεννημένος gegennēmenos “born”

  8. John 8:41

    You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God.

    γεγεννήμεθα· gegennēmetha “have been born;”

  9. John 9:2

    And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?

    γεννηθῇ; gennēthēa “he may be born?”

  10. John 9:19

    And put the question to them, saying, Is this your son, of whom you say that he was blind at birth? how is it then that he is now able to see?

    ἐγεννήθη; egennēthē “he was born?”

  11. John 9:20

    In answer his father and mother said, We are certain that this is our son and that he was blind at birth:

    ἐγεννήθη· egennēthē “he was born;”

  12. John 9:32

    In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open.

    γεγεννημένου. gegennēmenou “born.”

  13. John 9:34

    Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.

    ἐγεννήθης egennēthēs “were born”

  14. John 16:21

    When a woman is about to give birth she has sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has given birth to the child, the pain is put out of her mind by the joy that a man has come into the world.

    γεννήσῃ gennēsē “she may bring forth”ἐγεννήθη egennēthē “has been born”

  15. John 18:37

    Then Pilate said to him, Are you then a king? Jesus made answer, You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I given birth, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might give witness to what is true. Every lover of what is true gives ear to

    γεγέννημαι gegennēmai “have been born”

  16. Acts 2:8

    And how is it that every one of us is hearing their words in the language which was ours from our birth?

    ἐγεννήθημεν, egennēthēmen “we were born?”

  17. Acts 7:8

    And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.

    ἐγέννησεν egennēsen “he begat”

  18. Acts 7:20

    At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:

    ἐγεννήθη egennēthē “was born”

  19. Acts 7:29

    And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons.

    ἐγέννησεν egennēsen “he begat”

  20. Acts 13:33

    Which God has now put into effect for our children, by sending Jesus; as it says in the second Psalm, You are my Son; this day I have given you being.

    γεγέννηκά gegennēka “have begotten”

  21. Acts 22:3

    I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia by birth, but I had my education in this town at the feet of Gamaliel, being trained in the keeping of every detail of the law of our fathers; given up to the cause of God with all my heart, as you are today.

    γεγεννημένος gegennēmenos “born”

  22. Acts 22:28

    And the chief captain said, I got Roman rights for myself at a great price. And Paul said, But I had them by birth.

    γεγέννημαι. gegennēmai “has been born [so].”

  23. Romans 9:11

    Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,

    γεννηθέντων gennēthentōn “having been born”

  24. 1 Corinthians 4:15

    For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.

    ἐγέννησα. egennēsa “begot.”

  25. Galatians 4:23

    Now the son by the servant-woman has his birth after the flesh; but the son by the free woman has his birth through the undertaking of God.

    γεγέννηται, gegennētai “has been born,”