γένεσις

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origin

γένεσις , -εως, ἡ (γίγνομαι), [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹלֵדֹת ;] __1. origin, lineage : βίβλος γενέσεως (as in Gen.2:4 a 5:1), Mat.1:1 . __2. birth : Mat.1:18 , Luk.1:14 (Rec. γέννησις); πρόσωπον τῆς γ., face of his birth ("what God made him to be," Hort., in l.), Jas.1:23; ὁ τροχὸς τῆς γ., the wheel (course) of birth or creation ("the wheel of man's nature according to its original Divine purpose," Hort), Jas.3:6. † (AS)