γίνομαι | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

γίνομαι

Definition

I become, am, exist; am born, am created; happen

Erasmian

Modern

Root

γεν

Frequency

669

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

Romans 7:7	What then shall we say? Is the law sin? By no means! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law; that is, I would not have known what it means to covet had not the law said, “You shall not covet.”
Romans 7:13	Did (egeneto \| ἐγένετο \| aor mid ind 3 sg) that which is good, then, become (egeneto \| ἐγένετο \| aor mid ind 3 sg) death to me? By no means! But sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin, produced death in me through that which is good so that sin, through the commandment, might be (genētai \| γένηται \| aor mid subj 3 sg) sinful beyond measure
Romans 9:14	What then shall we say? Is there not injustice on God’s part? By no means!
Romans 9:29	And as Isaiah predicted, “If the Lord of hosts had not left to us descendants, we (egenēthēmen \| ἐγενήθημεν \| aor pass ind 1 pl) would have (egenēthēmen \| ἐγενήθημεν \| aor pass ind 1 pl) become (egenēthēmen \| ἐγενήθημεν \| aor pass ind 1 pl) like Sodom, and would have resembled Gomorrah.”
Romans 10:20	Then Isaiah very boldly says, “I was found by those who were not looking for me; I (egenomēn \| ἐγενόμην \| aor mid ind 1 sg) became (egenomēn \| ἐγενόμην \| aor mid ind 1 sg) well known to those who were not asking for me.”
Romans 11:1	So I ask, has God repudiated his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
Romans 11:5	So too at the present time there (gegonen \| γέγονεν \| perf act ind 3 sg) is (gegonen \| γέγονεν \| perf act ind 3 sg) a remnant, chosen by grace.
Romans 11:6	And if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace would (ginetai \| γίνεται \| pres mid ind 3 sg) no longer be (ginetai \| γίνεται \| pres mid ind 3 sg) grace.
Romans 11:9	And David says, “May their table become (genēthētō \| γενηθήτω \| aor pass imperative 3 sg) a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them.
Romans 11:11	So I ask, did they stumble so as to fall? By no means! But because of their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles so as to make Israel jealous.
Romans 11:17	But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now (egenou \| ἐγένου \| aor mid ind 2 sg) share in the nourishing root of the olive tree,
Romans 11:25	I do not want you to be uninformed, my brothers, of this mystery — so that you may not be wise in your own conceits — that a partial hardening has (gegonen \| γέγονεν \| perf act ind 3 sg) happened (gegonen \| γέγονεν \| perf act ind 3 sg) to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
Romans 11:34	For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has (egeneto \| ἐγένετο \| aor mid ind 3 sg) been (egeneto \| ἐγένετο \| aor mid ind 3 sg) his counselor?
Romans 12:16	Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do (ginesthe \| γίνεσθε \| pres mid imperative 2 pl) not be (ginesthe \| γίνεσθε \| pres mid imperative 2 pl) wise in your own estimation.
Romans 15:8	For I tell you that Christ has (gegenēsthai \| γεγενῆσθαι \| perf pass inf ) become (gegenēsthai \| γεγενῆσθαι \| perf pass inf ) a servant of the circumcised on behalf of the truth of God, in order to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
Romans 15:16	to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving the gospel of God as a priest, so that my offering of the Gentiles may become (genētai \| γένηται \| aor mid subj 3 sg) acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:31	that I may be delivered from those in Judea who refuse to believe, and that my service to Jerusalem may (genētai \| γένηται \| aor mid subj 3 sg) prove (genētai \| γένηται \| aor mid subj 3 sg) truly acceptable to the saints,
Romans 16:2	so that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and give her any help she may need from you; for she has (egenēthē \| ἐγενήθη \| aor pass ind 3 sg) been (egenēthē \| ἐγενήθη \| aor pass ind 3 sg) of great assistance to many, including myself.
Romans 16:7	Greet Andronicus and Junia, my compatriots and my fellow prisoners; they were well known to the apostles, and were (gegonan \| γέγοναν \| perf act ind 3 pl) in Christ before me.
1 Corinthians 1:30	But you are of him in Christ Jesus, who became (egenēthē \| ἐγενήθη \| aor pass ind 3 sg) for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
1 Corinthians 2:3	So I came (egenomēn \| ἐγενόμην \| aor mid ind 1 sg) to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.
1 Corinthians 3:13	the work of each person will (genēsetai \| γενήσεται \| fut mid ind 3 sg) become (genēsetai \| γενήσεται \| fut mid ind 3 sg) evident, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what sort of work each has done.
1 Corinthians 3:18	Let no one deceive himself. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let (genesthō \| γενέσθω \| aor mid imperative 3 sg) him (genesthō \| γενέσθω \| aor mid imperative 3 sg) become (genesthō \| γενέσθω \| aor mid imperative 3 sg) foolish so that he may become (genētai \| γένηται \| aor mid subj 3 sg) wise.
1 Corinthians 4:5	So then, stop passing judgment on anything before the time, before the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will disclose the motives of the heart. At that time praise will come (genēsetai \| γενήσεται \| fut mid ind 3 sg) to each from God.
1 Corinthians 4:9	For it seems to me that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men sentenced to death, because we (egenēthēmen \| ἐγενήθημεν \| aor pass ind 1 pl) have (egenēthēmen \| ἐγενήθημεν \| aor pass ind 1 pl) become (egenēthēmen \| ἐγενήθημεν \| aor pass ind 1 pl) a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.