Greek semantic word

γεννάω

Transliteration: gennao

5 lexical sense(s); 97 exact STEP occurrence token(s).

Lexical senses and semantic domains

Sense 1: to be the father of, to procreate, to beget

the male role in causing the conception and birth of a child

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001092-01
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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57 (57 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 2: to bear, to give birth

to give birth to a child[source note 1]

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001092-02
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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CC-BY-SA-4.0
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33 (33 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 3: to cause to be born, to be born of

(a figurative extension of meaning of γεννάω[b] ‘to give birth,’ semantic domain 23.52) to cause to experience a radical change, with the implication of involvement of the total personality

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001092-03
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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CC-BY-SA-4.0
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12 (12 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 4: to cause, to produce, to give rise to

to cause to happen, with the implication of the result of existing circumstances

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001092-04
Source
ubs_greek_dictionary
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CC-BY-SA-4.0
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2 (2 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 5: to be born again, to experience new birth, rebirth

(an idiom, literally: to be born again) to experience a complete change in one’s way of life to what it should be, with the implication of return to a former state or relation

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001092-05
Source
ubs_greek_dictionary
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CC-BY-SA-4.0
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2 (2 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Advanced record identity
Lemma ID
SDBC-GRK-LEMMA-001092
Page model version
1.0
Direction
ltr
Domain policy
Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union
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