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 27:7 | We sailed slowly for a number of days and arrived (genomenoi | γενόμενοι | aor mid ptcp nom pl masc) with difficulty off Cnidus, and as the wind did not allow us to go farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone. |
| Acts 27:16 | Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to (genesthai | γενέσθαι | aor mid inf ) get (genesthai | γενέσθαι | aor mid inf ) the dinghy under control. |
| Acts 27:27 | And when it (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) was (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) the fourteenth night, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land. |
| Acts 27:29 | Fearing that we might run aground on the rocky coast, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come (genesthai | γενέσθαι | aor mid inf ). |
| Acts 27:33 | As day was about to dawn (ginesthai | γίνεσθαι | pres mid inf ), Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and been without food, having taken nothing. |
| Acts 27:36 | So everyone was (genomenoi | γενόμενοι | aor mid ptcp nom pl masc) encouraged and they themselves took food. |
| Acts 27:39 | Now when it (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) was (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay that had a beach, on which they planned, if possible, to run the ship ashore. |
| Acts 27:42 | It (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) was (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) the plan of the soldiers to kill the prisoners, so none could escape by swimming away. |
| Acts 27:44 | and the rest, some on planks and others on pieces of the ship. And so it came (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) about that all escaped safely to the land. |
| Acts 28:6 | They were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly fall down dead; but when they waited a long time and saw no misfortune happen (ginomenon | γινόμενον | pres mid ptcp acc sg neut) to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god. |
| Acts 28:8 | It happened (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) that the father of Publius lay sick with bouts of fever and with dysentery. Paul visited him, and when he had prayed, he laid his hands on him and healed him. |
| Acts 28:9 | And when (genomenou | γενομένου | aor mid ptcp gen sg neut) this happened (genomenou | γενομένου | aor mid ptcp gen sg neut), the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured. |
| Acts 28:17 | And it happened (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) that after three days Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. And when they gathered, he said to them: “My brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. |
| Romans 1:3 | the gospel concerning his Son, who was descended (genomenou | γενομένου | aor mid ptcp gen sg masc) from David according to the flesh, |
| Romans 2:25 | to be sure, circumcision is of value if you practice the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg) become (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg) uncircumcision. |
| Romans 3:4 | By no means! Let God be (ginesthō | γινέσθω | pres mid imperative 3 sg) true and every man a liar. As it is written, “so that you may be justified in your words and prevail when you are judged.” |
| Romans 3:6 | By no means! For otherwise how could God judge the world? |
| Romans 3:19 | Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) be (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) held accountable to God. |
| Romans 3:31 | Do we therefore nullify the law through faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law. |
| Romans 4:18 | Hoping against hope, Abraham believed that he would become (genesthai | γενέσθαι | aor mid inf ) the father of many nations according to what had been spoken, “So will your descendants be.” |
| Romans 6:2 | By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? |
| Romans 6:5 | For if we (gegonamen | γεγόναμεν | perf act ind 1 pl) have (gegonamen | γεγόναμεν | perf act ind 1 pl) become (gegonamen | γεγόναμεν | perf act ind 1 pl) united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly be united with him in the likeness of his resurrection. |
| Romans 6:15 | What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! |
| Romans 7:3 | Accordingly, if she (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) is (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) joined (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is not an adulteress if she marries (genomenēn | γενομένην | aor mid ptcp acc sg fem) another man. |
| Romans 7:4 | So then, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ that you might belong (genesthai | γενέσθαι | aor mid inf ) to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, so that we might bear fruit for God. |