What is the Strong's number for Ginomai?

The Strong's number for Ginomai (γίνομαι) is G1096. It is a Greek word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Ginomai (Strong’s G1096): Meaning in the Bible

Q: What does Ginomai mean?

Ginomai (γίνομαι, Strong's G1096) is a Greek word. Strong's defines it as to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.). The King James Bible translates it as 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.

Ginomai (γίνομαι) is the Greek word numbered G1096 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.). In the King James Bible it is translated arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self).

γίνομαι

gínomai · Greek

Strong’s G1096 · ghin'-om-ahee

Original wordγίνομαι
Transliterationgínomai
Pronunciationghin'-om-ahee
Strong’s numberG1096
LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)

Derivation. a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb;

How the King James Bible translates it

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.

Where Ginomai appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Ginomai (G1096) stands behind 701 English renderings in 626 verses across 25 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Luke (138), Acts (126), Matthew (79).

How the King James Bible renders Ginomai, by count

was102 of 701 (15 percent)
made60 of 701 (9 percent)
pass60 of 701 (9 percent)
be55 of 701 (8 percent)
done42 of 701 (6 percent)
come27 of 701 (4 percent)

Three places to read Ginomai

Matthew 1:22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
Luke 19:15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Ginomai in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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