γίνομαι
gínomai
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
Lexicon
Derivation: 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.)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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
Usage
678 occurrences · 0 OT · 678 NT · 159 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- it came to pass64 · 17%
- was52 · 14%
- be33 · 9%
- there was23 · 6%
- made17 · 5%
- were16 · 4%
- was come16 · 4%
- god forbid15 · 4%
- came14 · 4%
- it was12 · 3%
- is11 · 3%
- be ye10 · 3%
- be done10 · 3%
- was made10 · 3%
- became9 · 2%
- there arose8 · 2%
- was done8 · 2%
- what was done7 · 2%
- come to pass7 · 2%
- let6 · 2%
- be made6 · 2%
- he was6 · 2%
- were done6 · 2%
- is made6 · 2%
- is become5 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.