Strong's Number G1078

γένεσις

genesis · ghen'-es-is

Transliteration:

genesis{ghen'-es-is}

Word Origin:

from the same as 1074

TDNT:

1:682,117

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

nativity; figuratively, nature

Usage in the KJV:

generation 1, natural 1, nature 1

Total: 3
Occurs 5 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

source, origin
1. a book of one's lineage, i.e. in which his ancestry or progeny are enumerated
used of birth, nativity
of that which follows origin, viz. existence, life
1. the wheel of life (Jas 3:6), other explain it, the wheel of human origin which as soon as men are born begins to run, i.e. its course of life