γεννάω

gennáō · Greek · Strong's G1080 · 97 occurrences

The KJV renders 43 different Hebrew and Greek words as “make”

What it means

to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate

from a variation of G1085 (γένος);

How the KJV renders it

bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“make”

also renders kataskeuázō (G2680), procheirízomai (G4400), poiéō (G4160), synistáō (G4921), títhēmi (G5087), dídōmi (G1325), speúdō (G4692), synteléō (G4931), diatíthemai (G1303), perisseúō (G4052), kathístēmi (G2525), ktízō (G2936), symbállō (G4820), ʼârak (H748), bûwsh (H954), bᵉnâʼ (H1124), bᵉʻâʼ (H1156), bârâʼ (H1254), gâdal (H1431), hâlal (H1984), hâphak (H2015), hârag (H2026), chûwl (H2342), yâdaʻ (H3045), yâçaph (H3254), nâthan (H5414), ʻăbad (H5648), ʻâmaq (H6009), ʻâtsab (H6087), ʻâsâh (H6213), ʻâshar (H6238), pâlaç (H6424), pâʻal (H6466), pâqad (H6485), pᵉshar (H6590), qûwm (H6966), qâlal (H7043), râbâh (H7235), râphad (H7502), râqach (H7543), sûwm (H7761), shîyth (H7896)

“bear”

also renders poiéō (G4160), aírō (G142), martyréō (G3140), anaphérō (G399), árktos (G715), phérō (G5342), tíktō (G5088), ekphérō (G1627), hypophérō (G5297), bastázō (G941), phoréō (G5409), bâsar (H1319), dôb (H1678), zâraʻ (H2232), chûwl (H2342), yâlad (H3205), mâshal (H4910), çâbal (H5445), ʻâsâh (H6213), pârâh (H6509), tsâmach (H6779)

“bring forth”

also renders paradídōmi (G3860), prophérō (G4393), blastánō (G985), dídōmi (G1325), tíktō (G5088), ekbállō (G1544), ekphérō (G1627), exágō (G1806), proágō (G4254), bâshal (H1310), dâshâʼ (H1876), chûwl (H2342), nûwb (H5107), nâthan (H5414), ʻâsâh (H6213), pâlach (H6398), pârâh (H6509), tsâmach (H6779), shâvâh (H7737)

“spring”

also renders blastánō (G985), phýō (G5453), anatéllō (G393), gal (H1530), gullâh (H1543), dâshâʼ (H1876), mabbûwaʻ (H4002), môwtsâʼ (H4161), mayim (H4325), maʻyân (H4599), mâqôwr (H4726), nêbek (H5033), pârach (H6524), tsemach (H6780)

“conceive”

also renders syllambánō (G4815), títhēmi (G5087), katabolḗ (G2602), hâreh (H2030), châshab (H2803), yâcham (H3179)

“beget”

also renders apokyéō (G616), anagennáō (G313), yâlad (H3205)

“gender”

also renders yâlad (H3205), ʻâbar (H5674)

“be born”

also renders tíktō (G5088)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

97 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Corinthians 4:15 · V-AAI-1S

For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, you don’t have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.

1 John 2:29 · V-RPI-3S

If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

1 John 3:9 · V-RPI-3S

Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.

1 John 4:7 · V-RPI-3S

Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

1 John 5:1 · V-AAP-ASM

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.

1 John 5:4 · V-RPP-NSN

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

1 John 5:18 V-APP-NSM2 Peter 2:12 V-RPP-NPN2 Timothy 2:23 V-PAI-3PActs 2:8 V-API-1PActs 7:8 V-AAI-3SActs 7:20 V-API-3SActs 7:29 V-AAI-3SActs 13:33 V-RAI-1SActs 22:3 V-RPP-NSMActs 22:28 V-RPI-1SGalatians 4:23 V-RPI-3SGalatians 4:24 V-PAP-NSFGalatians 4:29 V-APP-NSMHebrews 1:5 V-RAI-1SHebrews 5:5 V-RAI-1SHebrews 11:12 V-API-3PHebrews 11:23 V-APP-NSMJohn 1:13 V-API-3PJohn 3:3 V-APS-3SJohn 3:4 V-APNJohn 3:5 V-APS-3SJohn 3:6 V-RPP-NSNJohn 3:7 V-APNJohn 3:8 V-RPP-NSMJohn 8:41 V-RPI-1PJohn 9:2 V-APS-3SJohn 9:19 V-API-3SJohn 9:20 V-API-3SJohn 9:32 V-RPP-GSMJohn 9:34 V-API-2SJohn 16:21 V-AAS-3SJohn 18:37 V-RPI-1SLuke 1:13 V-FAI-3SLuke 1:35 V-PPP-NSNLuke 1:57 V-AAI-3SLuke 23:29 V-AAI-3PMatthew 1:2 V-AAI-3SMatthew 1:3 V-AAI-3SMatthew 1:4 V-AAI-3SMatthew 1:5 V-AAI-3SMatthew 1:6 V-AAI-3SMatthew 1:7 V-AAI-3SMatthew 1:8 V-AAI-3SMatthew 1:9 V-AAI-3SMatthew 1:10 V-AAI-3SMatthew 1:11 V-AAI-3SMatthew 1:12 V-AAI-3SMatthew 1:13 V-AAI-3SMatthew 1:14 V-AAI-3SMatthew 1:15 V-AAI-3SMatthew 1:16 V-AAI-3SMatthew 1:20 V-APP-NSNMatthew 2:1 V-APP-GSMMatthew 2:4 V-PPS-3S

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