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γίνομαι

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
γίνομαι
Greek transliteration: 
ginomai
Simplified transliteration: 
ginomai
Principal Parts: 
(ἐγινόμην), γενήσομαι, ἐγενόμην, γέγονα, γεγένημαι, ἐγενήθην
Numbers
Strong's number: 
1096
GK Number: 
1181
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
669
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1c(2)
Gloss: 
to be, become, happen; to come into existence, be born. It is used in certain contexts to introduce a new section or paragraph in a narrative in Hebrew narrative style: and then, and it came to pass
Definition: 
pluperfect, ἐγενόει (3rd sg), to come into existence; to be created, exist by creation, Jn. 1:3, 10; Heb. 11:3; Jas. 3:9; to be born, produced, grow, Mt. 21:19; Jn. 8:58, et al.; to arise, come on, occur, as the phenomena of nature, etc.; Mt. 8:24, 26; 9:16, et al.; to come, approach, as morning or evening, Mt. 8:16; 14:15, 23; to be appointed, constituted, established, Mk. 2:27; Gal. 3:17, et al.; to take place, come to pass, happen, occur, Mt. 1:22; 24:6, 20, 21, 34, et al. freq.; to be done, performed, effected, Mt. 21:42, et al.; to be fulfilled, satisfied, Mt. 6:10; 26:42, et al.; to come into a particular state or condition; to become, assume the character and appearance of anything, Mt. 5:45, et al.; to become or be made anything, be changed or converted, Mt. 4:3; 21:42; Mk. 1:17, et al.; to be, Mt. 11:26; 19:8; γινεσθαι ὑπό τινα, to be subject to, Gal. 4:4; γινεσθαι ἐν ἑαυτῶ, to come to one's self, to recover from a trance or surprise, Acts 12:11; μὴ γένοιτο, let it not be, far be it from, God forbid, Lk. 20:16; Rom. 3:4, 31, et al.; to be kept, celebrated, solemnized, as festivals, Mt. 26:2, et al.; to be finished, completed, Heb. 4:3

Greek-English Concordance for γίνομαι

Mark 9:7 Then a cloud appeared (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg), overshadowing them, and a voice came (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) out of the cloud, “This is my Son, the beloved, in whom I am well pleased; listen to him!”
Mark 9:21 And Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg) to him?” And he said, “Since childhood;
Mark 9:26 After crying out and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out; and the boy was (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) like a corpse, so that many were saying, “He is dead.”
Mark 9:33 And they came to Capernaum; and when (genomenos | γενόμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) he (genomenos | γενόμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) was (genomenos | γενόμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) in the house, he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”
Mark 9:50 Salt is good, but if the salt has (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) become (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) unsalty, with what will you make it savory? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
Mark 10:43 But it is not to be so among you. But whoever would be (genesthai | γενέσθαι | aor mid inf ) great among you must be your servant,
Mark 11:19 And when evening came (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg), they went out of the city.
Mark 11:23 I tell you the truth, that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not waver in his heart but believes that what he says will happen (ginetai | γίνεται | pres mid ind 3 sg), it will be done for him.
Mark 12:10 Have you not even read this scripture: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become (egenēthē | ἐγενήθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) the capstone;
Mark 12:11 this came (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) about (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
Mark 13:7 And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; those things must happen (genesthai | γενέσθαι | aor mid inf ), but the end is not yet.
Mark 13:18 And pray that it (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) may (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) not happen (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) during winter,
Mark 13:19 because those will be days of such tribulation as has (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg) never happened (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg) from the beginning of creation, which God created, until now, nor ever will be (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg).
Mark 13:28 “Now from the fig tree learn its parable: As soon as its bough becomes (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.
Mark 13:29 So also, when you see these things taking (ginomena | γινόμενα | pres mid ptcp acc pl neut) place, you know that he is near, at the gates.
Mark 13:30 I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things begin to take place (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg).
Mark 14:4 But some were indignant, and began saying to themselves, “For what purpose was (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg) this waste of ointment?
Mark 14:17 And when (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem) it (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem) was (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem) evening, he came with the twelve.
Mark 15:33 And when the sixth hour had come (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem), darkness fell (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Mark 15:42 And when (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem) evening had (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem) already come (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem), since it was the day of Preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
Mark 16:10 She went out and reported to those who (genomenois | γενομένοις | aor mid ptcp dat pl masc) had (genomenois | γενομένοις | aor mid ptcp dat pl masc) been (genomenois | γενομένοις | aor mid ptcp dat pl masc) with him, as they were mourning and weeping.
Luke 1:2 just as those who were, from the beginning, eyewitnesses and became (genomenoi | γενόμενοι | aor mid ptcp nom pl masc) ministers of the word, have delivered it to us,
Luke 1:5 There was (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) in the days of Herod, king of Judah, a certain priest by the name of Zechariah, of the priestly division of Abijah; and his wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Luke 1:8 Now it happened (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg), while he was serving as priest when his priestly division was on duty,
Luke 1:20 And now you will be reduced to silence and not be able to speak until the day in which these things happen (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg), because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.”
Luke 1:23 When the days of his priestly service were over, he went to his home.
Luke 1:38 So Mary said, “Behold, the maidservant of the Lord! Let (genoito | γένοιτο | aor mid opt 3 sg) it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.
Luke 1:41 and when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,
Luke 1:44 For behold, as the sound of your greeting came (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) into my ear, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
Luke 1:59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to call him by the name of his father, Zechariah.
Luke 1:65 Fear came upon all who lived around them, and all these things were being talked about throughout the whole hill country of Judea.
Luke 2:1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus for all the world to be registered.
Luke 2:2 This registration first took (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) place while Quirinius was governing Syria.
Luke 2:6 And while they were there, the days were completed for her to give birth,
Luke 2:13 And suddenly there was (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg), with the angel, a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,
Luke 2:15 When the angels departed from them into heaven, the shepherds began to speak to one another, “Let us go across to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken (gegonos | γεγονός | perf act ptcp acc sg neut) place, which the Lord has made known to us.”
Luke 2:42 And when he was (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) twelve years old, when they went up according to the custom of the feast
Luke 2:46 Then after three days they found him in the temple, seated in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
Luke 3:2 when Annas was high priest, and Caiaphas, the word of God came (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) upon John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
Luke 3:21 Now when all the people had been baptized, and when Jesus was baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened,
Luke 3:22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came (genesthai | γενέσθαι | aor mid inf ) from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”
Luke 4:3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) bread.”
Luke 4:23 And he said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself.’ What we have heard happened (genomena | γενόμενα | aor mid ptcp acc pl neut) in Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.”
Luke 4:25 But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, as a great famine spread (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) throughout the whole land;
Luke 4:36 Astonishment came (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) over them all, and they said to one another, “What is this teaching? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits and they come out!”
Luke 4:42 When daylight came (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem) he left and went to a deserted place. And the crowds were looking for him. They came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them,
Luke 5:1 It happened (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) that, when the crowd was pressing around him and listening to the word of God, that he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret
Luke 5:12 It happened (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) that, when he was in one of the cities, there was a man full of leprosy. And seeing Jesus, he fell on his face and implored him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
Luke 5:17 It happened (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) on one of those days when he was teaching, and sitting there were Pharisees and teachers of the law who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem, and power from the Lord was there for him to heal,
Luke 6:1 One Sabbath, as Jesus was going through grainfields, his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them.

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