Strong's #1096: ginomai (pronounced ghin'-om-ahee)
a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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ginomai
1) to become, i.e. to come into existence, begin to be, receive being
2) to become, i.e. to come to pass, happen
2a) of events
3) to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage
3a) of men appearing in public
4) to be made, finished
4a) of miracles, to be performed, wrought
5) to become, be made
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
Citing in TDNT: 1:681, 117
Usage:
This word is used 675 times:
Ephesians 5:17: "Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what"
Ephesians 6:3: "That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on"
Philippians 1:13: "bonds in Christ are manifest in all the"
Philippians 2:7: "made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:"
Philippians 2:8: "a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even"
Philippians 2:15: "That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke,"
Philippians 3:17: "Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so"
Philippians 3:21: "vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body,"
Colossians 1:18: "in all things he might have the preeminence."
Colossians 1:23: "whereof I Paul am made a minister;"
Colossians 1:25: "Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God"
Colossians 3:15: "one body; and be ye thankful."
Colossians 4:11: "kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me."
1 Thessalonians 1:5: "For our gospel came not unto you in"
1 Thessalonians 1:5: "as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake."
1 Thessalonians 1:6: "And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord,"
1 Thessalonians 1:7: "So that ye were examples to all that believe in Macedonia"
1 Thessalonians 2:1: "unto you, that it was not in vain:"
1 Thessalonians 2:5: "For neither at any time used we flattering words, as"
1 Thessalonians 2:7: "But we were gentle among you, even as"
1 Thessalonians 2:8: "our own souls, because ye were dear unto us."
1 Thessalonians 2:10: "justly and unblamably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:"
1 Thessalonians 2:14: "For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God"
1 Thessalonians 3:4: "we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know."
1 Thessalonians 3:5: "you, and our labor be in vain."
2 Thessalonians 2:7: "only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way."
1 Timothy 2:14: "the woman being deceived was in the transgression."
1 Timothy 4:12: "thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in"
1 Timothy 5:9: "under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,"
1 Timothy 6:4: "and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings,"
2 Timothy 1:17: "But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and"
2 Timothy 2:18: "saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the"
2 Timothy 3:9: "unto all men, as theirs also was."
2 Timothy 3:11: "Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at"
Titus 3:7: "being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal"
Philemon 1:6: "communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every"
Hebrews 1:4: " Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent"
Hebrews 2:2: "spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression"
Hebrews 2:17: "him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest"
Hebrews 3:14: "For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the"
Hebrews 4:3: "although the works were finished from the foundation of the world."
Hebrews 5:5: "glorified not himself to be made a high priest; but he that said unto"
Hebrews 5:9: "And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey"
Hebrews 5:11: "and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing."
Hebrews 5:12: "oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and"
Hebrews 6:4: "of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,"
Hebrews 6:12: "That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith"
Hebrews 6:20: "us entered, even Jesus, made a high priest forever after"
Hebrews 7:12: "the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also"
Hebrews 7:16: "Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but"
