- γένημα
- γένημα, ατος, τό (on the sp. s. B-D-F §11, 2; 34, 3; Rob. 213) that which comes into being through production, product, fruit, yield of vegetable produce Lk 12:18 v.l. (other rdgs. are γεννήματα and τὸν σῖτον; s. GKilpatrick in: Essays in Memory of GMacgregor, ’65, 190; 202); of wine as the product of the vine (cp. Is 32:12 ἀμπέλου γένημα; pap refer to οἴνου γένημα [BGU 774, 3 al.; so also O. Fay 7] or οἰνικὸν γένημα [BGU 1123, 9; POxy 729, 36 al.]; γ. τοῦ Δίωνος ἀμπελῶνος PTebt 772, 8; Just., D. 91, 1 γεννημάτων for γεν-[Dt 33:14]) Mt 26:29; Mk 14:25; Lk 22:18 (in all these passages t.r. γεννήματος). In imagery τὰ γ. τῆς δικαιοσύνης ὑμῶν (Hos 10:12) the harvest of your righteousness 2 Cor 9:10 (v.l. γεννήματα). The word is a new formation in H. Gk. from γίνεσθαι and has no affinity w. the older γέννημα. It is found since III B.C. in pap (Dssm. B 105f; NB 12 [BS 110, 184]; Mayser 214; Nägeli 32), ins (CIG 4757, 62; OGI 262, 9), LXX (Thackeray 118); TestLevi 9:14 v.l. (d, e, g; in text: πρωτογεννήματος), and in writers like Polyb. (1, 71, 1; 1, 79, 6; 3, 87, 1 acc. to the best mss.).—New Docs 2, 79. DELG s.v. γίγνομαι p. 222. M-M. TW.
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