Monogenēs μονογενής

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Monogenēs
μονογενής
Transliterationmonogenēs
Strong's numberG3439
LanguageGreek
Part of speechadjective
Glossunique
Occurrences9 in 9 verses
Most frequent inJohn (4)

Monogenēs (Greek μονογενής, Strong's G3439) is a Greek adjective meaning “unique”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

μονογενής, -ές
(μόνος, γένος), [in LXX: Jdg.11:34, Psa.22:20 25:16 35:17 (יָחִיד), Tob.3:15 6:10, 14 8:17, Wis.7:22, Bar.4:16 * ;]
only, only begotten (DCG, ii, 281), of sons and daughters : Luk.7:12 8:42 9:38, Heb.11:17; of Christ, Jhn.3:16, 18, 1Jn.4:9; μ. παρὰ πατρός, Jhn.1:14; μ. θεός, Jhn.1:18.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVbegotten (4), only (2), only begotten (2), child (1)
BSBone and only (4), only (2), one and only son (2), only child (1)

Verses

Every verse with Monogenēs, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

John

Hebrews

1 John

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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