γένεσις

From Proto-Hellenic *génetis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis. Synchronically, a verbal noun from γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to come into being”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).^[1]

γένεσῐς • (génesĭs) f (genitive γενέσεως); third declension

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

• γεννάω (gennáō)
• γέννησις f (génnēsis)

• → 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)

• “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 (2006–2026)
• 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] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis).

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

γένεσις • (génesis) f (plural γενέσεις)

1. Katharevousa form of γένεση (génesi)

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

As in Ancient Greek without the dual number

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