γένεσις

See also: Γένεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *génetis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis. Synchronically a verbal noun from γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡé.ne.sis/ → /ˈʝe.ne.sis/ → /ˈʝe.ne.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡé.ne.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ne.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ne.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ne.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ne.sis/

Noun

γένεσις • (génesis) f (genitive γενέσεως); third declension

1. origin, source
2. manner of birth
3. creation

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ γένεσῐς; τῆς γενέσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γένεσῐς hē génesis	τὼ γενέσει tṑ genései	αἱ γενέσεις hai genéseis
Genitive	τῆς γενέσεως tês genéseōs	τοῖν γενεσέοιν toîn geneséoin	τῶν γενέσεων tôn genéseōn
Dative	τῇ γενέσει têi genései	τοῖν γενεσέοιν toîn geneséoin	ταῖς γενέσεσῐ / γενέσεσῐν taîs genésesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν γένεσῐν tḕn génesin	τὼ γενέσει tṑ genései	τᾱ̀ς γενέσεις tā̀s genéseis
Vocative	γένεσῐ génesi	γενέσει genései	γενέσεις genéseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• γεννάω (gennáō)
• γέννησις f (génnēsis)

Descendants

• → Latin: genesis
  • → Catalan: gènesi (learned)
  • → Dutch: genese (learned)
    • → Indonesian: genesa
  • → English: genesis (learned)
  • → French: genèse (semi-learned)
  • → Italian: genesi (learned)
  • → Spanish: génesis (learned)
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: genesis, genese (learned)
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: genesis, genese (learned)
  • → Polish: geneza (learned)
  • → Turkish: genez (learned)
• Greek: γένεση (génesi)

Further reading

• “γένεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γένεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “γένεσις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γένεσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• γένεσις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• γένεσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1078 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • birth idem, page 79.
  • creation idem, page 183.
  • generation idem, page 356.
  • growth idem, page 376.
  • nature idem, page 552.
  • origin idem, page 579.
  • procreation idem, page 644.
  • production idem, page 645.
  • propagation idem, page 653.
  • raising idem, page 670.
• “γένεσις”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011

Greek

Etymology

Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ne.sis/
• Hyphenation: γέ‧νε‧σις

Noun

γένεσις • (génesis) f (plural γενέσεις)

1. Katharevousa form of γένεση (génesi)

Usage notes

• as proper noun Γένεσις (Génesis, “Genesis”) (book of the Bible)

Declension

As in Ancient Greek without the dual number

Related terms

• εν τη γενέσει (en ti genései) & in polytonic: ἐν τῇ γενέσει