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
| Luke 10:13 | Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works that were (genomenai | γενόμεναι | aor mid ptcp nom pl fem) done (genomenai | γενόμεναι | aor mid ptcp nom pl fem) in you had (egenēthēsan | ἐγενήθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) been (egenēthēsan | ἐγενήθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) done (egenēthēsan | ἐγενήθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) in Tyre and Sidon, long ago they would have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. |
| Luke 10:21 | At this time Jesus was filled with joy by the Holy Spirit, and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) well-pleasing in your sight. |
| Luke 10:32 | So too a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. |
| Luke 10:36 | Which of these three, do you think, became (gegonenai | γεγονέναι | perf act inf ) a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” |
| Luke 11:1 | Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” |
| Luke 11:14 | One day Jesus was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon came out, the speechless man spoke and the people were amazed. |
| Luke 11:26 | Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, — seven of them! — and after going in they settle down to live there. So the last state of that person has become (ginetai | γίνεται | pres mid ind 3 sg) worse than the first.” |
| Luke 11:27 | While he was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you, and the breasts that nursed you!” |
| Luke 11:30 | For as Jonah became (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation. |
| Luke 12:40 | So you too must be (ginesthe | γίνεσθε | pres mid imperative 2 pl) ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect him.” |
| Luke 12:54 | He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, rainstorm is coming,’ and so it happens (ginetai | γίνεται | pres mid ind 3 sg). |
| Luke 12:55 | And when there is a south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be hot weather,’ and it happens (ginetai | γίνεται | pres mid ind 3 sg). |
| Luke 13:2 | In response he said to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were (egenonto | ἐγένοντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things? |
| Luke 13:4 | Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them — do you think that they were (egenonto | ἐγένοντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? |
| Luke 13:17 | As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, while all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done (ginomenois | γινομένοις | pres mid ptcp dat pl neut) by him. |
| Luke 13:19 | It is like a mustard seed that a man took and threw into his garden. It grew and became (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) a tree, and the birds of the sky made nests in its branches.” |
| Luke 14:1 | When Jesus went into the house of a certain ruler of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread and they were watching him closely, |
| Luke 14:12 | Then he also said to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner do not invite your friends, or your brothers, or or rich neighbors, in case they also invite you in return, and there would be (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) a repayment to you. |
| Luke 14:22 | The slave said, ‘Sir, what you ordered has been done (gegonen | γέγονεν | perf act ind 3 sg), and still there is room.’ |
| Luke 15:10 | Just so, I tell you, there is (ginetai | γίνεται | pres mid ind 3 sg) joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” |
| Luke 15:14 | When he had spent everything, there was (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need. |
| Luke 16:11 | Therefore if in unrighteous wealth you (egenesthe | ἐγένεσθε | aor mid ind 2 pl) have (egenesthe | ἐγένεσθε | aor mid ind 2 pl) not been (egenesthe | ἐγένεσθε | aor mid ind 2 pl) faithful, who will entrust to you that which is of true value? |
| Luke 16:12 | And if you (egenesthe | ἐγένεσθε | aor mid ind 2 pl) have (egenesthe | ἐγένεσθε | aor mid ind 2 pl) not been (egenesthe | ἐγένεσθε | aor mid ind 2 pl) faithful in what belongs to another, who will give you what is to be your own? |
| Luke 16:22 | The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, |
| Luke 17:11 | As Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, he passed through the region between Samaria and Galilee. |