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 7:52 | Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They killed those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have (egenesthe | ἐγένεσθε | aor mid ind 2 pl) now become (egenesthe | ἐγένεσθε | aor mid ind 2 pl) betrayers and murderers! |
| Acts 8:1 | Now Saul was in agreement with his execution. There arose (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. |
| Acts 8:8 | So there was (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) great joy in that city. |
| Acts 8:13 | Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he stayed constantly with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles happening (ginomenas | γινομένας | pres mid ptcp acc pl fem), he was amazed. |
| Acts 9:3 | As he traveled along, approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven shone all around him; |
| Acts 9:19 | and taking food, he was strengthened. And he was (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) with the disciples in Damascus for several days. |
| Acts 9:32 | Now as Peter was traveling through the entire region, he also came down to the saints who were living in Lydda. |
| Acts 9:37 | In those days she became (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) ill and died; and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room. |
| Acts 9:42 | And it (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) became (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) known throughout all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord. |
| Acts 9:43 | And he stayed a number of days in Joppa with a certain Simon, a tanner. |
| Acts 10:4 | Staring at him and becoming (genomenos | γενόμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) afraid, he said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your acts of charity have gone up as a memorial before God. |
| Acts 10:10 | And he became (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) into a trance, |
| Acts 10:13 | Then a voice came (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to him, “Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!” |
| Acts 10:16 | This happened (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) three times, and immediately the object was taken up at once to heaven. |
| Acts 10:25 | When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet and worshiped him. |
| Acts 10:37 | you yourselves know the account that spread (genomenon | γενόμενον | aor mid ptcp acc sg neut) throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed, |
| Acts 10:40 | This man God raised up on the third day and allowed him to (genesthai | γενέσθαι | aor mid inf ) be (genesthai | γενέσθαι | aor mid inf ) seen, |
| Acts 11:10 | This happened (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) three times, and again everything was drawn up into heaven. |
| Acts 11:19 | Now those who were scattered because of the persecution, which came (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem) to pass over Stephen, made their way as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews only. |
| Acts 11:26 | and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a considerable number of people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. |
| Acts 11:28 | And one of them stood up, named Agabus, and indicated by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (which took (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) place in the days of Claudius). |
| Acts 12:5 | So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer was made (ginomenē | γινομένη | pres mid ptcp nom sg fem) earnestly to God for him by the church. |
| Acts 12:9 | And he went out and followed him, and he did not know that what was being done (ginomenon | γινόμενον | pres mid ptcp nom sg neut) by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. |
| Acts 12:11 | When (genomenos | γενόμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) Peter came (genomenos | γενόμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.” |
| Acts 12:18 | Now when day came (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem), there was no little commotion among the soldiers as to what had (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) become (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) of Peter. |