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 17:14 | When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were made clean. |
| Luke 17:26 | And just as it was (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. |
| Luke 17:28 | Likewise, just as it was (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building; |
| Luke 18:23 | But when he heard this, he (egenēthē | ἐγενήθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) became (egenēthē | ἐγενήθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) very sad, for he was extremely wealthy. |
| Luke 18:24 | Jesus looked at him, becoming (genomenon | γενόμενον | aor mid ptcp acc sg masc) very sad, and said, “How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! |
| Luke 18:35 | As Jesus drew near to Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the roadside, asking for alms. |
| Luke 19:9 | Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) come (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to this house, since he too is a son of Abraham. |
| Luke 19:15 | When he returned, having acquired royal power, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business. |
| Luke 19:17 | And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you (egenou | ἐγένου | aor mid ind 2 sg) have (egenou | ἐγένου | aor mid ind 2 sg) been (egenou | ἐγένου | aor mid ind 2 sg) trustworthy in a very small matter, exercise authority over ten cities.’ |
| Luke 19:19 | So he said to this one as well, ‘And you, rule (ginou | γίνου | pres mid imperative 2 sg) over five cities.’ |
| Luke 19:29 | It happened (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) that as he came near Bethphage and Bethany to the hill called “The Mount of Olives,” he sent two of his disciples, |
| Luke 20:1 | One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes, along with the elders, came up |
| Luke 20:14 | When the tenants saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) be (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) ours.’ |
| Luke 20:16 | He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!” |
| Luke 20:17 | But looking straight at them he said, “What then is this that is written: “The stone that the builders rejected — this one became (egenēthē | ἐγενήθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) the head of the corner’? |
| Luke 20:33 | So the woman — in the resurrection — of which of them will she be (ginetai | γίνεται | pres mid ind 3 sg) wife? For all seven had her as wife.” |
| Luke 21:7 | And they asked him, saying, “Teacher, when will these things be, and what is the sign when these things are about to happen?” (ginesthai | γίνεσθαι | pres mid inf ) |
| Luke 21:9 | When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be terrified, for these things must take (genesthai | γενέσθαι | aor mid inf ) place first, but the end will not follow immediately.” |
| Luke 21:28 | Now when these things begin to happen (ginesthai | γίνεσθαι | pres mid inf ), straighten yourselves up and raise your heads, because your deliverance is drawing near.” |
| Luke 21:31 | So also you, when you see these things happening (ginomena | γινόμενα | pres mid ptcp acc pl neut), will know that the kingdom of God is near. |
| Luke 21:32 | I tell you the truth, that this generation will by no means have passed away before all things have happened (genētai | γένηται | aor mid subj 3 sg). |
| Luke 21:36 | Be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that will take (ginesthai | γίνεσθαι | pres mid inf ) place, and to stand before the Son of Man.” |
| Luke 22:14 | And when the hour came (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg), Jesus reclined at table and the apostles were with him. |
| Luke 22:24 | A dispute also arose (egeneto | ἐγένετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) among them as to which of them seemed to be the greatest. |
| Luke 22:26 | But with you it must not be so! Rather, let (ginesthō | γινέσθω | pres mid imperative 3 sg) the greatest among you become (ginesthō | γινέσθω | pres mid imperative 3 sg) like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves. |