family: descendant

Greek Noun Neuter

γένος, -ους, τό (γίγνομαι), [in LXX for עַם, מִין, זֶרַע, etc;] 1) family: Act.4:6 7:13 13:26. 2) offspring: Act.17:28, 29 Rev.22:16. 3) race, nation; Mrk.7:28, Act.4:36 7:19 18:2, 24, 2Co.11:26, Php.3:5, Gal.1:14, 1Pe.2:9. 4) kind, sort, class: Mat.13:47 17:21, Rec, Mrk.9:29, 1Co.12:10, 28 14:10. (AS)

family: descendant

Greek Noun Neuter

γένος, εος or ους, τό, race, stock, kin, ἀμφοτέροισιν ὁμὸν γ. ἠδ᾽ ἴα πάτρη [Refs 8th c.BC+] from Ithaca I am by race,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect frequently with the Article, ποδαπὸς τὸ γένος εἶ ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]: so in dative, γένει πολῖται [Refs 4th c.BC+]; γένει υἱός, opposed to an adopted son, [Refs]; οἱ ἐν γένει, ={συγγενεῖς}, [Refs 5th c.BC+] to be of his race, ἄναγνος καὶ γένους τοῦ Λαΐου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐγγυτέρω, ἐγγύτατα γένους, nearer, next of kin, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) direct descent, opposed to collateral relationship, γένος γάρ, ἀλλ᾽ οὐχὶ συγγένεια [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ κατὰ γένος βασιλεῖαι hereditary monarchies, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II) offspring, even of a single descendant, σὸν γ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Διὸς γ, of Bacchus, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) collectively, offspring, posterity, ἐκεῖνοι καὶ τὸ γ. τὸ ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνων [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) generally, race, of beings, θεῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡμιόνων, βοῶν γ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵππειον γ, i.e. mules, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.b) clan, house, family, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἀπὸ γένους men of noble family, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; = Latin gens, [Refs 1st c.BC+] III.c) tribe, as a subdivision of ἔθνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.d) caste, [Refs] III.e) of animals, breed, [Refs] III.2) age, generation, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γ. χρύσεον, etc, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence, age, time of life, γένει ὕστερος [Refs 8th c.BC+] IV) sex, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; gender, [Refs 4th c.BC+] V) class, sort, kind, τὰ γ. τῶν κυνῶν ἐστι δισσά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ τῶν γεωργῶν [γ.] [Refs 4th c.BC+] V.2) in Logic, opposed to εἶδος (species), [Refs 5th c.BC+] V.3) in the animal kingdom, τὰ μέγιστα γ, = the modern [Refs], such as birds, fishes, [Refs]; so in the vegetable kingdom, γένη τὰ μέγιστα, ={σιτώδη, χεδροπά} and ἀνώνυμα, [Refs 4th c.BC+] V.3.b) genus, τὸ τῶν καρκίνων γ, τὸ τῶν περιστερῶν γ, etc, [Refs 4th c.BC+] V.3.c) γένος τι a species of plant, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so later, γένη, = crops, ἄλλοις γένεσι τοῖς πρὸς πυρὸν διοικουμένοις [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οἷς ἐὰν αἱρῶμαι γένεσι πλὴν κνήκου [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; produce, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; materials, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἐν γένεσιν in kind, opposed to ἐν ἀργυρίῳ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] V.4) τὰ γ. the elements, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit jánas, genitive jánasas; Latin genus, -eris, see at {γίγνομαι}.)

Greek

Noun Neuter

"kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective); born, country(-man), diversity, generation, kind(-red), nation, offspring, stock; from g1096 (γίνομαι)