γένοςgénos

Meanings

Same root

• γίνομαιgínomai · G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
• ἀγενήςagenḗs · G36properly, without kin, i.e. (of unknown descent, and by implication) ignoble
• γενεάgeneá · G1074a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons)
• ἀλλογενήςallogenḗs · G241foreign, i.e. not a Jew
• γεννάωgennáō · G1080to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate
• συγγενήςsyngenḗs · G4773a relative (by blood); by extension, a fellow countryman

Where it appears

Appears 20 times in the Bible.

• Matthew 13:47 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a fishing net that was thrown into the water and caught fish of every kind.
• Mark 7:26 and she begged him to cast out the demon from her daughter. Since she was a Gentile, born in Syrian Phoenicia,
• Mark 9:29 Jesus replied, “This kind can be cast out only by prayer.”
• Acts 4:6 Annas the high priest was there, along with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and other relatives of the high priest.
• Acts 4:36 For instance, there was Joseph, the one the apostles nicknamed Barnabas (which means “Son of Encouragement”). He was from the tribe of Levi and came from the island of Cyprus.
• Acts 7:13 The second time they went, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and they were introduced to Pharaoh.