Vocabulary Form
γίνομαι
Definition

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

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

1 Corinthians 15:37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be (genēsomenon | γενησόμενον | fut mid ptcp acc sg neut), but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.
1 Corinthians 15:45 So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
1 Corinthians 15:54 So when this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled: (genēsetai | γενήσεται | fut mid ind 3 sg) “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
1 Corinthians 15:58 So then, my dear brothers, be (ginesthe | γίνεσθε | pres mid imperative 2 pl) steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of the week, each of you should put something aside as he may prosper and save it, so that when I come, collections will (ginōntai | γίνωνται | pres mid subj 3 pl) not have to be made (ginōntai | γίνωνται | pres mid subj 3 pl).
1 Corinthians 16:10 Now if Timothy comes, see that he (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) has (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the Lord’s work, just as I am.
1 Corinthians 16:14 Everything you do should (ginesthō | γινέσθω | pres mid imperative 3 sg) be (ginesthō | γινέσθω | pres mid imperative 3 sg) done (ginesthō | γινέσθω | pres mid imperative 3 sg) in love.
2 Corinthians 1:8 For we want you to know, brothers, about the affliction we suffered (genomenēs | γενομένης | aor mid ptcp gen sg fem) in Asia, that we were burdened excessively beyond our power to cope, so that we despaired even of living.
2 Corinthians 1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us — by me, Silvanus, and Timothy — was (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg) has (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg) always (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg) been (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg) “Yes.”
2 Corinthians 3:7 Now if the ministry of death, engraved in letters on stones, came (egenēthē | ἐγενήθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) with such glory that the Israelites were unable to gaze steadily into the face of Moses due to the glory of his face, fading as it was,
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation; what is old has passed away; behold, what is new has come! (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg)
2 Corinthians 5:21 He made him who knew no sin to be a sin-offering for us, so that in him we might become (genōmetha | γενώμεθα | aor mid subj 1 pl) the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 6:14 Do (ginesthe | γίνεσθε | pres mid imperative 2 pl) not be (ginesthe | γίνεσθε | pres mid imperative 2 pl) unevenly yoked with unbelievers; for what is there in common between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
2 Corinthians 7:14 For if I have boasted to him about anything regarding you, I have not been embarrassed, but just as everything we said to you was true, so also our boast to Titus about you has (egenēthē | ἐγενήθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) proved (egenēthē | ἐγενήθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) true.
2 Corinthians 8:14 at the present time your abundance should supply what they need, so that then their abundance may (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) supply your need; in this way there will be (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) equality.
2 Corinthians 12:11 I am acting like (gegona | γέγονα | perf act ind 1 sg) a fool, but you drove me to it. I ought to be commended by you, for in no way am I inferior to the “super-apostles” — even though I am nothing.
Galatians 2:17 But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Of course not!
Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming (genomenos | γενόμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) a curse for us — for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree” —
Galatians 3:14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) come (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Galatians 3:17 What I am saying is this: the law, which (gegonōs | γεγονώς | perf act ptcp nom sg masc) came (gegonōs | γεγονώς | perf act ptcp nom sg masc) four hundred and thirty years later, does not annul a covenant previously established by God, so as to make the promise void.
Galatians 3:21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.
Galatians 3:24 Thus the law was (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg) our disciplinarian until the time of Christ, so that we might be declared righteous by faith.
Galatians 4:4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born (genomenon | γενόμενον | aor mid ptcp acc sg masc) of a woman, born (genomenon | γενόμενον | aor mid ptcp acc sg masc) under law,
Galatians 4:12 Become (ginesthe | γίνεσθε | pres mid imperative 2 pl) as I am, because I have become as you are; I plead with you, brothers. You have done me no wrong.
Galatians 4:16 So then, have (gegona | γέγονα | perf act ind 1 sg) I (gegona | γέγονα | perf act ind 1 sg) become (gegona | γέγονα | perf act ind 1 sg) your enemy by telling you the truth?