Génesis — G1078

Definition

feminine noun

nativity; figuratively, nature

1. source, origin
2. used of birth, nativity, in
3. of that which follows origin, viz. existence, life

Usually translated as

generation, nature, natural

Origin

from the same as G1074

• geneá (G1074)

Occurrences

Génesis occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), James (2)

• Matthew 1:1 — The book of the generation (γενέσεως) of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
• James 1:23 — For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural (γενέσεως) face in a glass:
• James 3:6 — And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature (γενέσεως); and it is set on fire of hell.