γίνομαι

Word meanings

Short definition

Strong's dictionary

a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

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1. Hebrews 1:4 γενόμενος genomenos · An -ing word: simple past, the doer does it

   having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.

2. Hebrews 2:2 ἐγένετο egeneto · An action: simple past, done by him, her or it

   For if the word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward;

3. Hebrews 2:17 γένηται genētai · An action that might happen: simple past, done by him, her or it

   Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

4. Hebrews 3:14 γεγόναμεν gegonamen · An action: finished, with a lasting result, done by us

   for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end:

5. Hebrews 4:3 γενηθέντων genēthentōn · An -ing word: simple past, the doer does it

   For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

6. Hebrews 5:5 γενηθῆναι genēthēnai · The “to do” form of an action: simple past, the doer does it

   So Christ also glorified not himself to be made a high priest, but he that spake unto him, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee:

7. Hebrews 5:9 ἐγένετο egeneto · An action: simple past, done by him, her or it

   and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;

8. Hebrews 5:11 γεγόνατε gegonate · An action: finished, with a lasting result, done by all of you

   Of whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing.

9. Hebrews 5:12 γεγόνατε gegonate · An action: finished, with a lasting result, done by all of you

   For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

10. Hebrews 6:4 γενηθέντας genēthentas · An -ing word: simple past, the doer does it

    For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

11. Hebrews 6:12 γένησθε genēsthe · An action that might happen: simple past, done by all of you

    that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

12. Hebrews 6:20 γενόμενος genomenos · An -ing word: simple past, the doer does it

    whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

13. Hebrews 7:12 γίνεται ginetai · An action: happening now, done by him, her or it

    For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

14. Hebrews 7:16 γέγονεν gegonen · An action: finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

15. Hebrews 7:18 γίνεται ginetai · An action: happening now, done by him, her or it

    For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness

16. Hebrews 7:21 γεγονότες gegonotes · An -ing word: finished, with a lasting result

    (for they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him that saith of him, The Lord sware and will not repent himself, Thou art a priest for ever);

17. Hebrews 7:22 γέγονεν gegonen · An action: finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    by so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.

18. Hebrews 7:23 γεγονότες gegonotes · An -ing word: finished, with a lasting result

    And they indeed have been made priests many in number, because that by death they are hindered from continuing:

19. Hebrews 7:26 γενόμενος genomenos · An -ing word: simple past, the doer does it

    For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

20. Hebrews 9:11 γενομένων genomenōn · An -ing word: simple past, the doer does it

    But Christ having come a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.