Definition
I become, am, exist; am born, am created; happen
Vocabulary Form
γίνομαι
Erasmian
Modern
Root
γεν
Frequency
669
GK
1181
Forms
(ἐγινόμην), γενήσομαι, ἐγενόμην, γέγονα, γεγένημαι, ἐγενήθην
Notes
Takes a predicate nominative, like εἰμί. γίνομαι has a wide range of meaning. We have found it helpful to think in two categories, "to be," or "to come into being." Most uses fall into one of these two groups.
The root is clearly visible outside of the present tense stem. ἐγενόμην is an aorist middle deponent.
Biblical Concordance
| Matthew 13:53 | Now when Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there. |
| Matthew 14:6 | But when (genomenois | γενομένοις | aor mid ptcp dat pl neut) Herod’s birthday came (genomenois | γενομένοις | aor mid ptcp dat pl neut), the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod. |
| Matthew 14:15 | When (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem) evening came (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem), the disciples approached him, saying, “This is a deserted place and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” |
| Matthew 14:23 | And after sending the crowds away, he went up on the mountainside by himself to pray; and when (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem) evening came (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem), he was there alone. |
| Matthew 15:28 | Then Jesus answered, saying to her, “O woman, great is your faith! What you desire will be done (genēthētō | γενηθήτω | aor pass imperative 3 sg) for you.” And her daughter was healed at once. |
| Matthew 16:2 | And he answered them, saying, “When (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem) evening comes (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem), you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky is red’; |
| Matthew 17:2 | And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) white as light. |
| Matthew 18:3 | said, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become (genēsthe | γένησθε | aor mid subj 2 pl) like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven! |
| Matthew 18:12 | What do you think? If a man has (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the slopes and go in search of the one that has wandered off? |
| Matthew 18:13 | And if he finds (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. |
| Matthew 18:19 | “Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth are in agreement about anything whatever you may ask, it will be done (genēsetai | γενήσεται | fut mid ind 3 sg) for you by my Father who is in heaven. |
| Matthew 18:31 | So when his fellow servants saw what had happened (genomena | γενόμενα | aor mid ptcp acc pl neut), they became indignant and went and told their master all that had taken place (genomena | γενόμενα | aor mid ptcp acc pl neut). |
| Matthew 19:1 | Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan River. |
| Matthew 19:8 | Jesus replied “Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts; but it (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg) was (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg) not that way from the beginning. |
| Matthew 20:8 | And when (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem) evening came (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem), the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and going back to the first.’ |
| Matthew 20:26 | It will not be so among you. But whoever would be (genesthai | γενέσθαι | aor mid inf ) great among you must be your servant, |
| Matthew 21:4 | This took (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg) place in order that what had been spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, |
| Matthew 21:19 | And seeing a fig tree by the road, he went over to it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And he said to it, “May (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) no fruit ever come (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) from you again!” And at once the fig tree withered away. |
| Matthew 21:21 | And Jesus answered them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen (genēsetai | γενήσεται | fut mid ind 3 sg). |
| Matthew 21:42 | Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘A stone that the builders rejected has become (egenēthē | ἐγενήθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) the cornerstone; this was (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) the Lord’s doing (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg), and it is amazing in our eyes’? |
| Matthew 23:15 | “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel over land and sea to gain a single convert; and when he becomes (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. |
| Matthew 23:26 | You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that its outside may become (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) clean too. |
| Matthew 24:6 | And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take (genesthai | γενέσθαι | aor mid inf ) place but the end is not yet. |
| Matthew 24:20 | And pray that your flight will (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) not be (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) in winter or on a Sabbath. |
| Matthew 24:21 | For then there will be great suffering, such as has (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg) not been (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg) from the beginning of the world until now, and will (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) never be (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) again. |