γένεσις

γένεσις, -εως, ἡ

(γίγνομαι), [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹלֵדֹת ;]

1. origin, lineage: βίβλος γενέσεως (as in Gen.2:4a 5:1), Mat.1:1.

2. birth: Mat.1:18, Luk.1:14 (Rec. γέννησις); πρόσωπον τῆς γ., face of his birth ("what God made him to be," Hort., in l.), Jas.1:23; ὁ τροχὸς τῆς γ., the wheel (course) of birth or creation ("the wheel of man's nature according to its original Divine purpose," Hort), Jas.3:6.

† (AS)