- Original: γεννάω - Transliteration: Gennao - Phonetic: ghen-nah'-o - Definition: 1. of men who fathered children a. to be born b. to be begotten 1. of women giving birth to children 2. metaph. a. to engender, cause to arise, excite b. in a Jewish sense, of one who brings others over to his way of life, to convert someone c. of God making christ his son d. of God making men his sons through faith in christ's work - Origin: from a variation of G1085 - TDNT entry: 12:05,1 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From a variation of G1085 ; to procreate (properly of the father but by extension of the mother); figuratively to regenerate: - bear beget be born bring forth conceive be delivered of gender make spring. Total KJV Occurrences: 84 • bear, 1 Luke 1:13 • begat, 42 Mat 1:2(3); Mat 1:3(3); Mat 1:4(3); Mat 1:5(3); Mat 1:6(2); Mat 1:7(3); Mat 1:8(3); Mat 1:9(3); Mat 1:10(3); Mat 1:11; Mat 1:12(2); Mat 1:13(3); Mat 1:14(3); Mat 1:15(3); Mat 1:16; Act 7:8; Act 7:29; 1 John 5:1 • begotten, 7 Act 13:33; 1 Corinthians 4:15; Philemon 1:10; Hebrews 1:5; Hebrews 5:5; 1 John 5:1; 1 John 5:18 • born, 28 Mat 1:16; Mat 2:1; Mat 2:4; Luke 1:35; Joh 1:13; Joh 3:4(2); Joh 8:41; Joh 9:2; Joh 9:19; Joh 9:20; Joh 9:32; Joh 9:34; Act 2:8; Act 7:20; Act 22:3; Act 22:28; Romans 9:11; Galatians 4:23; Galatians 4:29; Hebrews 11:23; 1 John 2:29; 1 John 3:9(2); 1 John 4:7; 1 John 5:1; 1 John 5:4; 1 John 5:18 • conceived, 1 Mat 1:20 • engender, 1 2 Timothy 2:23 • engendereth, 1 Galatians 4:24 • forth, 1 Luke 1:57 • made, 1 2 Peter 2:12 • sprang, 1 Hebrews 11:12