Acts 17:29:1Acts.17.29.W1TAB
γένος
genos
“offspring”
- Transliteration
- GE-nos
- Extended
- GEH-nohs
- IPA
- /ˈɣe.nos/
Meaning by language
- English
- offspring
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
GE-nos
- sentence
GE-nos OUN hy-PAR-khon-tes tou the-OU ouk o-PHEE-lo-men no-MI-dzein khry-SÔ ê ar-GY-rô ê LI-thô kha-RAg-ma-ti TEKH-nês kai en-thy-MÊ-se-ôs an-THRÔ-pou to THEI-on EI-nai HO-moi-on
Exegesis
The verse opens with genos {γένος | gé-nos} ‘offspring’ placed first for emphasis, followed by the participle hyparchontes {ὑπάρχοντες | hy-pár-khon-tes} ‘being’ and the genitive tou theou {τοῦ θεοῦ | toû the-oû} ‘of God’, forming a circumstantial participial phrase that grounds the argument.
Root and etymology
Rootgamma–epsilon–nu
“birth, race, kind”
In context — Acts 17:29
Therefore, being offspring of God , we ought not to think that the divine is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the skill and imagination of man.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 17:29, so the Greek word γένος (genos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.17.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.29.W1.S1) and character.