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
| Acts 2:2 | And suddenly from heaven there came (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) a sound like a violent blast of wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. |
| Acts 2:6 | But when this sound was heard (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem) the crowd gathered, and they were perplexed, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. |
| Acts 2:43 | Fear came (egineto | ἐγίνετο | imperf mid ind 3 sg) upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were (egineto | ἐγίνετο | imperf mid ind 3 sg) being (egineto | ἐγίνετο | imperf mid ind 3 sg) done (egineto | ἐγίνετο | imperf mid ind 3 sg) through the apostles. |
| Acts 4:4 | And many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came (egenēthē | ἐγενήθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) to about five thousand. |
| Acts 4:5 | On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem, |
| Acts 4:11 | This is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become (genomenos | γενόμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) the chief cornerstone. |
| Acts 4:16 | saying, “What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has been done (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg) through them is evident to all who live in Jerusalem, and we are unable to deny it. |
| Acts 4:21 | And when they had threatened them further, they let them go, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, since they all were praising God for what had happened (gegonoti | γεγονότι | perf act ptcp dat sg neut). |
| Acts 4:22 | For the man was over forty years old on whom this sign of healing had been performed (gegonei | γεγόνει | pluperf act ind 3 sg). |
| Acts 4:28 | to do whatever your hand and your plan had predetermined to be (genesthai | γενέσθαι | aor mid inf ). |
| Acts 4:30 | while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are done (ginesthai | γίνεσθαι | pres pass inf ) through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” |
| Acts 5:5 | When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. Great fear gripped (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) all who heard about it. |
| Acts 5:7 | After (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) an interval of about three hours his wife came in, unaware of what had happened (gegonos | γεγονός | perf act ptcp acc sg neut). |
| Acts 5:11 | Great fear gripped (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) the entire church, and all who heard about these things. |
| Acts 5:12 | By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were being done (egineto | ἐγίνετο | imperf mid ind 3 sg) among the people. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. |
| Acts 5:24 | On hearing these words, both the captain of the temple and the chief priests were perplexed about them, wondering what this could be (genoito | γένοιτο | aor mid opt 3 sg). |
| Acts 5:36 | For before these days there rose up Theudas, saying that he himself was someone, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was killed, and all, as many as followed him, were dispersed, and the movement came (egenonto | ἐγένοντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) to nothing. |
| Acts 6:1 | Now in these days when the number of the disciples was increasing, there was (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) a complaint by the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food. |
| Acts 7:13 | On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and the lineage of Joseph became (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) clear to Pharaoh. |
| Acts 7:29 | At this remark, Moses fled and became (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) an exile in the land of Midian, where he had two sons. |
| Acts 7:31 | When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight; and as he came closer to look at it, there came (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) the voice of the Lord: |
| Acts 7:32 | ‘I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.’ And Moses began (genomenos | γενόμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) to tremble and did not dare to look. |
| Acts 7:38 | He is the one who was (genomenos | γενόμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, and he received living oracles to give to us. |
| Acts 7:39 | To him our fathers were not willing to (genesthai | γενέσθαι | aor mid inf ) be (genesthai | γενέσθαι | aor mid inf ) obedient, but thrust him aside, and turned in their hearts to Egypt, |
| Acts 7:40 | saying to Aaron, ‘Make for us gods who will go before us, for this Moses who brought us from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to him.’ |