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génos · Greek · Strong's G1085 · 20 occurrences

The KJV renders 7 different Hebrew and Greek words as “country”

What it means

"kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective)

from G1096 (γίνομαι);

How the KJV renders it

born, country, diversity, generation, kind, nation, offspring, stock

Where that flattens a distinction

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

“country”

also renders agrós (G68), gē (G1093), patrís (G3968), ʼîy (H339), gᵉlîylâh (H1552), chebel (H2256)

“generation”

also renders génesis (G1078), geneá (G1074), génnēma (G1081), dôwr (H1755), dâr (H1859)

“nation”

also renders éthnos (G1484), geneá (G1074), ʼummah (H523), ʼummâh (H524), lᵉʼôm (H3816)

“kind”

also renders chrēstós (G5543), zâkâr (H2145), zan (H2178)

“stock”

also renders bûwl (H944), gezaʻ (H1503), ʻêts (H6086)

“born”

also renders yâlad (H3205), môwledeth (H4138)

“diversity”

also renders diaíresis (G1243)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

20 occurrences in the Greek text.

1 Corinthians 12:10 N-NPN1 Corinthians 12:28 N-APN1 Corinthians 14:10 N-NPN1 Peter 2:9 N-NSN2 Corinthians 11:26 N-GSNActs 4:6 N-GSNActs 4:36 N-DSNActs 7:13 N-NSNActs 7:19 N-ASNActs 13:26 N-GSNActs 17:28 N-NSNActs 17:29 N-NSNActs 18:2 N-DSNActs 18:24 N-DSNGalatians 1:14 N-DSNMatthew 13:47 N-GSNMark 7:26 N-DSNMark 9:29 N-NSNPhilippians 3:5 N-GSNRevelation 22:16 N-NSN

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.