Ginomai γίνομαι

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Ginomai
γίνομαι
Transliterationginomai
Strong's numberG1096
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto be
Occurrences678 in 636 verses
Most frequent inLuke (132)

Ginomai (Greek γίνομαι, Strong's G1096) is a Greek verb meaning “to be”. It occurs 678 times in 636 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

γίνομαι, Ion. and κοινή for Att. γίγν- (M. Pr., 47; Bl., §6, 8 Mayser, 166 f.),
[in LXX chiefly for היה ;]
1. of persons, things occurrences, to come into being, be born, arise, come on: Jhn.1:15 8:58, 1Co.15:37; a first appearance in public, Mrk.1:4, Jhn.1:6, al.; before ἐκ (of birth), Rom.1:3, Gal.4:4; διά, Jhn.1:3; βροντή, Jhn.12:29; σεισμός, Rev.6:12; γογγυσμός, Act.6:1; χαρά, Act.8:8, many other similar exx.; ἡμέρα, Luk.22:66, al.; ὀψέ, Mrk.11:19; πρωΐα, Mat.27:1; νύξ, Act.27:27.
2. Of events, to come to pass, take place, happen: Mat.5:18, Mrk.5:14, Luk.1:20 2:15, Act.4:21, 2Ti.2:18, al.; μὴ γένοιτο [LXX for חָלִילָה, Jhn.22:29, al.], far be it, God forbid: Rom.3:4 (ICC, in l.), 1Co.6:15 and frequently in Pl.; καὶ ἐγένετο, ἐγένετο δέ ([in LXX for וַיְהִי ;] see Burton, 142 f.; M, Pr., 16f.; Dalman, Words, 32 f.; Robertson, Gr., 1042 f.), with indic, Mat.7:28, Luk.1:8, al.; before καί and indic., Luk.8:1, Act.5:7, al.; with accusative and inf., Mrk.2:23, Luk.3:21, al.; ὡς δὲ ἐγένετο, before τοῦ with inf., Act.10:25; with dative of person(s), to befall one: with inf., Act.20:16; with accusative and inf., Act.22:6; with adv., εὖ, Eph.6:3; τ́ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ (Field, Notes, 115), Act.7:40 (LXX); before εἰς, Act.28:6.
3. to be made, done, performed, observed, enacted, ordained, etc.: Mat.6:10 19:8, Mrk.2:27 11:23, Act.19:26, al.; before διά with genitive, Mrk.6:2, Act.2:43; ὑπό, Luk.13:17; ἐκ, Luk.4:23; ἐν, 1Co.9:15; ἀπογραφή, Luk.2:2; ἀνάκρισις Act.25:26; ἄφεσις, Heb.9:22; ὁ νόμος, Gal.3:17; τὸ πάσχα, Mat.26:2.
4. to become, be made, come to be: with pred., Mat.4:3, Luk.4:3, Jhn.2:9, 1Co.13:11, al.; before ὡς, ὡσεί, Mat.10:25, Mrk.9:26; εἰς (M, Pr., 71f.), Mrk.12:1o, al.; with genitive Rev.11:15; id., of age, Luk.2:42; with dative, γ. ἀνδρί ([LXX for הָיָה לְאִישׁ, Rut.1:12, al. ;] see Field, Notes, 156), Rom.7:3, 4; before ἐν, Act.22:17, Rev.1:10, al.; ἐπάνω, Luk.19:19; μετά, with genitive, Mrk.16:[10], Act.9:19; before εἰς, ἐπί (Field, Notes, 135), κατά (ib., 62), with accusative of place, Act.20:16 21:35 27:7, al.; before ἐκ, Mrk.9:7, Luk.3:22, 2Th.2:7, al. Aoristic pf. γέγονα (M, Pr., 52, 145f.; Field, Notes, 1f.), Mat.25:6, Luk.10:36, al. Aor. ἐγενήθη (for ἐγένετο, M, Pr., 139f.; Mayser, 379), Mat.11:23, al. (Cf. απο-, δια-, επι-, παρα-, συμ-, παρα-, προ-.)
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From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVwas (102), made (60), pass (60), be (56), done (42), come (27), were (27), become (23), came (21), is (17), became (17), forbid (14), and 106 other renderings
BSBcame (34), be (26), became (26), was (23), had happened (16), become (14), certainly not (12), has become (11), happen (10), is (8), it was (7), there was (7), and 211 other renderings

Verses

Ginomai occurs in 636 verses, listed here by reference.

Matthew (70): 1:22, 4:3, 5:18, 5:45, 6:10, 6:16, 7:28, 8:13, 8:16, 8:24, 8:26, 9:10, 9:16, 9:29, 10:16, 10:25, 11:1, 11:20, 11:21, 11:23, 11:26, 12:45, 13:21, 13:22, 13:32, 13:53, 14:6, 14:15, 14:23, 15:28, 16:2, 17:2, 18:3, 18:12, 18:13, 18:19, 18:31, 19:1, 19:8, 20:8, 20:26, 21:4, 21:19, 21:21, 21:42, 23:15, 23:26, 24:6, 24:20, 24:21, 24:32, 24:34, 24:44, 25:6, 26:1, 26:2, 26:5, 26:6, 26:20, 26:42, 26:54, 26:56, 27:1, 27:24, 27:45, 27:54, 27:57, 28:2, 28:4, 28:11

Mark (51): 1:4, 1:9, 1:11, 1:17, 1:32, 2:15, 2:21, 2:23, 2:27, 4:4, 4:10, 4:11, 4:17, 4:19, 4:22, 4:32, 4:35, 4:37, 4:39, 5:14, 5:16, 5:33, 6:2, 6:14, 6:21, 6:26, 6:35, 6:47, 9:3, 9:6, 9:7, 9:21, 9:26, 9:33, 9:50, 10:43, 11:19, 11:23, 12:10, 12:11, 13:7, 13:18, 13:19, 13:28, 13:29, 13:30, 14:4, 14:17, 15:33, 15:42, 16:10

Luke (132): 1:2, 1:5, 1:8, 1:20, 1:23, 1:38, 1:41, 1:44, 1:59, 1:65, 2:1, 2:2, 2:6, 2:13, 2:15, 2:42, 2:46, 3:2, 3:21, 3:22, 4:3, 4:23, 4:25, 4:36, 4:42, 5:1, 5:12, 5:17, 6:1, 6:6, 6:12, 6:13, 6:16, 6:36, 6:48, 6:49, 7:11, 8:1, 8:17, 8:22, 8:24, 8:34, 8:35, 8:40, 8:56, 9:7, 9:18, 9:28, 9:29, 9:33, 9:34, 9:35, 9:36, 9:37, 9:51, 9:57, 10:13, 10:21, 10:32, 10:36, 10:38, 11:1, 11:2, 11:14, 11:26, 11:27, 11:30, 12:40, 12:54, 12:55, 13:2, 13:4, 13:17, 13:19, 14:1, 14:12, 14:22, 15:10, 15:14, 16:11, 16:12, 16:22, 17:11, 17:14, 17:26, 17:28, 18:23, 18:24, 18:35, 19:9, 19:15, 19:17, 19:19, 19:29, 20:1, 20:14, 20:16, 20:17, 20:33, 21:7, 21:9, 21:28, 21:31, 21:32, 21:36, 22:14, 22:24, 22:26, 22:40, 22:42, 22:44, 22:66, 23:8, 23:12, 23:19, 23:24, 23:31, 23:44, 23:47, 23:48, 24:4, 24:5, 24:12, 24:15, 24:18, 24:19, 24:21, 24:22, 24:30, 24:31, 24:37, 24:51

John (48): 1:3, 1:6, 1:10, 1:12, 1:14, 1:15, 1:17, 1:27, 1:28, 1:30, 2:1, 2:9, 3:9, 3:25, 4:14, 5:4, 5:6, 5:9, 5:14, 6:16, 6:17, 6:19, 6:21, 6:25, 7:43, 8:33, 8:58, 9:22, 9:27, 9:39, 10:16, 10:19, 10:22, 10:35, 12:29, 12:30, 12:36, 12:42, 13:2, 13:19, 14:22, 14:29, 15:7, 15:8, 16:20, 19:36, 20:27, 21:4

Acts (119): 1:16, 1:18, 1:19, 1:20, 1:22, 2:2, 2:6, 2:43, 4:4, 4:5, 4:11, 4:16, 4:21, 4:22, 4:28, 4:30, 5:5, 5:7, 5:11, 5:12, 5:24, 5:36, 6:1, 7:13, 7:29, 7:31, 7:32, 7:38, 7:39, 7:40, 7:52, 8:1, 8:8, 8:13, 9:3, 9:19, 9:32, 9:37, 9:42, 9:43, 10:4, 10:10, 10:13, 10:16, 10:25, 10:37, 10:40, 11:10, 11:19, 11:26, 11:28, 12:5, 12:9, 12:11, 12:18, 12:23, 13:5, 13:12, 13:32, 14:1, 14:3, 14:5, 15:2, 15:7, 15:25, 15:39, 16:16, 16:26, 16:27, 16:29, 16:35, 19:1, 19:10, 19:17, 19:21, 19:23, 19:26, 19:28, 19:34, 20:3, 20:16, 20:18, 20:37, 21:1, 21:5, 21:14, 21:17, 21:30, 21:35, 21:40, 22:6, 22:9, 22:17, 23:7, 23:9, 23:10, 23:12, 24:2, 24:25, 25:15, 25:26, 26:4, 26:6, 26:19, 26:22, 26:29, 27:7, 27:16, 27:27, 27:29, 27:33, 27:36, 27:39, 27:42, 27:44, 28:6, 28:8, 28:9, 28:17

Romans (31): 1:3, 2:25, 3:4, 3:6, 3:19, 3:31, 4:18, 6:2, 6:5, 6:15, 7:3, 7:4, 7:7, 7:13, 9:14, 9:29, 10:20, 11:1, 11:5, 11:6, 11:9, 11:11, 11:17, 11:25, 11:34, 12:16, 15:8, 15:16, 15:31, 16:2, 16:7

1 Corinthians (39): 1:30, 2:3, 3:13, 3:18, 4:5, 4:9, 4:13, 4:16, 6:15, 7:21, 7:23, 7:36, 8:9, 9:15, 9:20, 9:22, 9:23, 9:27, 10:6, 10:7, 10:20, 10:32, 11:1, 11:19, 13:1, 13:11, 14:20, 14:25, 14:26, 14:40, 15:10, 15:20, 15:37, 15:45, 15:54, 15:58, 16:2, 16:10, 16:14

2 Corinthians (9): 1:8, 1:19, 3:7, 5:17, 5:21, 6:14, 7:14, 8:14, 12:11

Galatians (11): 2:17, 3:13, 3:14, 3:17, 3:21, 3:24, 4:4, 4:12, 4:16, 5:26, 6:14

Ephesians (8): 2:13, 3:7, 4:32, 5:1, 5:7, 5:12, 5:17, 6:3

Philippians (7): 1:13, 2:7, 2:8, 2:15, 3:6, 3:17, 3:21

Colossians (5): 1:18, 1:23, 1:25, 3:15, 4:11

1 Thessalonians (11): 1:5, 1:6, 1:7, 2:1, 2:5, 2:7, 2:8, 2:10, 2:14, 3:4, 3:5

2 Thessalonians (1): 2:7

1 Timothy (4): 2:14, 4:12, 5:9, 6:4

2 Timothy (4): 1:17, 2:18, 3:9, 3:11

Titus (1): 3:7

Philemon (1): 1:6

Hebrews (29): 1:4, 2:2, 2:17, 3:14, 4:3, 5:5, 5:9, 5:11, 5:12, 6:4, 6:12, 6:20, 7:12, 7:16, 7:18, 7:20, 7:22, 7:23, 7:26, 9:11, 9:15, 9:22, 10:33, 11:3, 11:6, 11:7, 11:24, 11:34, 12:8

James (10): 1:12, 1:22, 1:25, 2:4, 2:10, 2:11, 3:1, 3:9, 3:10, 5:2

1 Peter (6): 1:15, 2:7, 3:6, 3:13, 4:12, 5:3

2 Peter (5): 1:4, 1:16, 1:20, 2:1, 2:20

1 John (1): 2:18

2 John (1): 1:12

3 John (1): 1:8

Revelation (31): 1:1, 1:9, 1:10, 1:18, 1:19, 2:8, 2:10, 3:2, 4:1, 4:2, 6:12, 8:1, 8:5, 8:7, 8:8, 8:11, 11:13, 11:15, 11:19, 12:7, 12:10, 16:2, 16:3, 16:4, 16:10, 16:17, 16:18, 16:19, 18:2, 21:6, 22:6

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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