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Matthew 13:47 γένους kind

Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.

Here: 'Kind' or 'sort', here of fish. The word can also mean a people or nation, so some hear a hint of all the nations being swept in. The fish story is the surface meaning.

Mark 7:26 γένει, by race,

Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

Mark 9:29 γένος kind

Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”

Here: "Kind" in the sense of type or category, here a category of spirit. It describes what sort of spirit this is, not how strong it is.

Acts 4:6 γένους descent

along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.

Acts 4:36 γένει, birth,

Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),

Here: 'By origin/birth'. His family comes from Cyprus. It does not mean he was ethnically Greek-Cypriot, since a Levite is Israelite by descent. Luke uses the same phrase for Aquila, 'a Pontian by birth' (18:2), and Apollos, 'an Alexandrian by birth' (18:24).

Acts 7:13 γένος family

On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.

Acts 7:19 γένος race

He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

Here: The people as a family line descended from a common ancestor, here the 'sons of Israel'. Exodus 1:9 in the Greek uses this same word when Pharaoh calls them a large and threatening 'genos'.

Acts 13:26 γένους of [the] family

Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.

Here: Physical descent, the family line. Paul names his Jewish hearers by their ancestry, as the bloodline the promises were first made to.

Acts 17:28 γένος offspring

‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

Here: 'Offspring' or 'kin'. It means we come from him and share something of his kind. Verse 29 builds on it directly: if we are God's kin, God cannot be a metal or stone object.

Acts 17:29 γένος Offspring

Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.

Here: Picks up the poet's word from verse 28 ('we are his genos'). It means we come from God and share his kind, the way children belong to a family line. It is placed first for emphasis, because the whole argument rests on it.

Acts 18:2 γένει, a native,

There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,

Here: 'By origin.' His family roots were in Pontus. The word is about descent and origin, so 'a Pontian by family' is closer than 'born in Pontus'.

Acts 18:24 γένει, a native,

Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.

Here: 'By birth' or 'by origin'. Alexandria is where he comes from. Luke uses the same wording for Aquila, 'a Pontian by birth' (18:2), and for Barnabas, 'a Cypriot by birth' (4:36).

1 Corinthians 12:10 γένη various kinds

to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.

Here: "Kinds" or "varieties". The word points out that the speaking in tongues Paul has in mind was not one uniform thing.

1 Corinthians 12:28 γένη various kinds

And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.

Here: "Kinds, varieties." Speaking in tongues is not one single thing. It comes in different kinds.

1 Corinthians 14:10 γένη kinds

Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

Here: 'Kinds' or 'varieties.' It echoes 'kinds of tongues' (γένη γλωσσῶν) in 12:10 and 12:28, which ties this comparison straight to the Corinthian gift.

2 Corinthians 11:26 γένους, race,

In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,

Here: 'From [my own] people', fellow Jews. Paul's own descent group became a source of attack: synagogue floggings (v.24), plots and riots stirred up against him (Acts 9:23; 14:19; 17:5).

Galatians 1:14 γένει countrymen

I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

Here: His people by birth and descent: Israel, the Judeans. Paul uses the same word in Philippians 3:5 ("of the people of Israel") and 2 Corinthians 11:26 ("dangers from my own people"). He is measuring himself against other Jews, not gentiles.

Philippians 3:5 γένους [the] nation

circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

Here: A people defined by shared descent. 'Of the stock of Israel' (KJV) captures the sense of physical lineage better than a vague 'nation'.

1 Peter 2:9 γένος [are] a race

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Here: A group with a shared origin: a kin-group or descent-line. In 1 Peter the shared origin is being "born anew" by God (1:3, 23), not physical ancestry.

Revelation 22:16 γένος offspring

“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”

Here: 'Offspring, descendant' of David. It states plainly what 'root' says in a picture: he belongs to David's bloodline.