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γίνομαι

gínomai · Greek · Strong's G1096 · 667 occurrences

What it means

to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)

a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb;

How the KJV renders it

arise, be assembled, become, fall, have self, be brought, come, continue, be divided, draw, be ended, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, x soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought

Where that flattens a distinction

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

Questions this word decides

• Was Jesus crucified on Wednesday or Friday?
• Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
• Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?
• Are any foods forbidden to Christians today?
• Is the Trinity explicitly taught in the Bible?
• Is purgatory taught in scripture?

Where it appears

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

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.