Birth

"a birth, begetting, producing" (related to gennao, "to beget"), is used in Mat 1:18, Luk 1:14. Some mss. have genesis, "lineage, birth" (from ginomai, "to become").

"a being born, or the hour of birth" (related to genea, "race, generation"), is connected with ginomai, "to become, to be born," and is used in Joh 9:1.

Notes (1) For genesis and gennema see FRUIT, GENERATION, NATURE.

(2) In Gal 4:19, odino, "to have birth pangs," is rendered "travail in birth," AV; RV, "am in travail." See Rev 12:2.