Strong's Number 1080

Transliteration:
gennao {ghen-nah'-o}
Word Origin:
from a variation of 1085
TDNT:
1:665,114
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage in the KJV:
begat 49, be born 39, bear 2, gender 2, bring forth 1, be delivered 1, misc 3

Total: 97
Definition:
  1. of men who fathered children
    1. to be born
    2. to be begotten
      1. of women giving birth to children
  2. metaph.
    1. to engender, cause to arise, excite
    2. in a Jewish sense, of one who brings others over to his way of life, to convert someone
    3. of God making Christ his son
    4. of God making men his sons through faith in Christ's work