Greek word · Strong's G1080

γεννάω

gennáō · word · “to beget, bear, be born”

In a sentence

Gennaō means to beget, bear, be born. Jesus tells Nicodemus, "Unless one is born (gennēthē) again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

Gennaō describes natural birth and, in John's Gospel and letters, the believer's new birth from above by the Spirit.

1 John links being "born of God" to faith, love, and righteousness — fruits that show the new life has taken root.

Strong's reference

Definition: to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate

KJV usage: bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring

Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)
John 3:3 “Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”” 1 John 3:9 “Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.” 1 John 5:1 “Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.”
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