γίνομαι
to become
also: begin to be, receive being fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Tense
- Aorist
- Action viewed as a simple whole, without regard to duration — often past (perfective aspect).
- Perfect
- A completed past action with continuing present results.
- Present
- Ongoing or general action in present time (imperfective aspect).
- Future
- Action expected in future time.
- Imperfect
- Continuous or repeated action in past time (“was writing”).
- Pluperfect
- A past action completed before another past point (“had written”).
Voice
- Middle deponent
- Middle in form but active in meaning.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Middle or Passive deponent
- Middle/passive in form but active in meaning.
- Passive deponent
- Passive in form but active in meaning.
- Passive
- The subject receives the action.
Mood
- Indicative
- States a fact or asks a factual question (the mood of reality).
- Subjunctive
- Expresses probability, purpose, or possibility (the mood of contingency).
- Infinitive
- A verbal noun (“to write”), unmarked for person or number.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective (“writing,” “having written”).
- Imperative
- Expresses a command or request.
- Optative
- Expresses a wish or a remote possibility.
Case
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
Person
- 3rd person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Neuter
- Grammatically neuter.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Every verse where G1096 appears in the Book of Luke — 128 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Luke
- Luke 1:2 γενόμενοι aor mid.dep ptcp nom pl masc even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us,
- Luke 1:5 Ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
- Luke 1:8 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg Now it happened, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his division,
- Luke 1:20 γένηται aor mid.dep subj 3sg Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn't believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time."
- Luke 1:23 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.
- Luke 1:38 γένοιτό aor mid.dep opt 3sg Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word." The angel departed from her.
- Luke 1:41 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, that the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
- Luke 1:44 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!
- Luke 1:59 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.
- Luke 1:65 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.
- Luke 2:1 Ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg Now it happened in those days, that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.
- Luke 2:2 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
- Luke 2:6 Ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.
- Luke 2:13 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
- Luke 2:15 ἐγένετο γεγονὸς aor mid.dep ind 3sg perf act ptcp acc sg neut It happened, when the angels went away from them into the sky, that the shepherds said one to another, "Let's go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."
- Luke 2:42 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast,
- Luke 2:46 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions.
- Luke 3:2 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
- Luke 3:21 Ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg Now it happened, when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened,
- Luke 3:22 γενέσθαι aor mid.dep inf and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased."
- Luke 4:3 γένηται aor mid.dep subj 3sg The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."
- Luke 4:23 γενόμενα aor mid.dep ptcp acc pl neut He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.'"
- Luke 4:25 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.
- Luke 4:36 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"
- Luke 4:42 Γενομένης aor mid.dep ptcp gen sg fem When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn't go away from them.
- Luke 5:1 Ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg Now it happened, while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
- Luke 5:12 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened, while he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."
- Luke 5:17 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.
- Luke 6:1 Ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands.
- Luke 6:6 Ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.
- Luke 6:12 Ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened in these days, that he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.
- Luke 6:13 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:
- Luke 6:16 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg Judas the son of James; and Judas Iscariot, who also became a traitor.
- Luke 6:36 γίνεσθε pres mid/pass.dep impv 2pl Therefore be merciful, Even as your Father is also merciful.
- Luke 6:48 γενομένης aor mid.dep ptcp gen sg fem He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.
- Luke 6:49 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg But he who hears, and doesn't do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."
- Luke 7:11 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened soon afterwards, that he went to a city called Nain. Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude, went with him.
- Luke 8:1 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve,
- Luke 8:17 γενήσεται fut mid.dep ind 3sg For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.
- Luke 8:22 Ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg Now it happened on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples, and he said to them, "Let's go over to the other side of the lake." So they launched out.
- Luke 8:24 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg They came to him, and awoke him, saying, "Master, master, we are dying!" He awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it was calm.
- Luke 8:34 γεγονὸς perf act ptcp acc sg neut When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
- Luke 8:35 γεγονός perf act ptcp acc sg neut People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
- Luke 8:40 Ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened, when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.
- Luke 8:56 γεγονός perf act ptcp acc sg neut Her parents were amazed, but he charged them to tell no one what had been done.
- Luke 9:7 γινόμενα pres mid/pass.dep ptcp acc pl neut Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him; and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,
- Luke 9:18 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples were with him, and he asked them, "Who do the multitudes say that I am?"
- Luke 9:28 Ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened about eight days after these sayings, that he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up onto the mountain to pray.
- Luke 9:29 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became white and dazzling.
- Luke 9:33 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened, as they were parting from him, that Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let's make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah," not knowing what he said.
- Luke 9:34 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.
- Luke 9:35 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg A voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!"
- Luke 9:36 γενέσθαι aor mid.dep inf When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.
- Luke 9:37 Ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, that a great multitude met him.
- Luke 9:51 Ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem,
- Luke 10:13 ἐγενήθησαν γενόμεναι aor pass.dep ind 3pl aor mid.dep ptcp nom pl fem "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
- Luke 10:21 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight."
- Luke 10:32 γενόμενος aor mid.dep ptcp nom sg masc In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.
- Luke 10:36 γεγονέναι perf act inf Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?"
- Luke 10:38 Ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
- Luke 11:1 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."
- Luke 11:14 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.
- Luke 11:26 γίνεται pres mid/pass.dep ind 3sg Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first."
- Luke 11:27 Ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!"
- Luke 11:30 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.
- Luke 12:40 γίνεσθε pres mid/pass.dep impv 2pl Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."
- Luke 12:54 γίνεται pres mid/pass.dep ind 3sg He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.
- Luke 12:55 γίνεται pres mid/pass.dep ind 3sg When a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,' and it happens.
- Luke 13:2 ἐγένοντο aor mid.dep ind 3pl Jesus answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things?
- Luke 13:4 ἐγένοντο aor mid.dep ind 3pl Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?
- Luke 13:17 γινομένοις pres mid/pass.dep ptcp dat pl neut As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
- Luke 13:19 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches."
- Luke 14:1 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.
- Luke 14:12 γένηται aor mid.dep subj 3sg He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
- Luke 14:22 γέγονεν perf act ind 3sg "The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.'
- Luke 15:10 γίνεται pres mid/pass.dep ind 3sg Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting."
- Luke 15:14 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
- Luke 16:11 ἐγένεσθε aor mid.dep ind 2pl If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
- Luke 16:12 ἐγένεσθε aor mid.dep ind 2pl If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
- Luke 16:22 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.
- Luke 17:11 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened as he was on his way to Jerusalem, that he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee.
- Luke 17:14 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." It happened that as they went, they were cleansed.
- Luke 17:26 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg As it happened in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.
- Luke 17:28 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
- Luke 18:23 ἐγενήθη aor pass.dep ind 3sg But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.
- Luke 18:35 Ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened, as he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging.
- Luke 19:9 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
- Luke 19:15 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg "It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.
- Luke 19:17 ἐγένου aor mid.dep ind 2sg "He said to him, 'Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.'
- Luke 19:19 γίνου pres mid/pass.dep impv 2sg "So he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
- Luke 19:29 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened, when he drew near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,
- Luke 20:1 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Gospel, that the priests and scribes came to him with the elders.
- Luke 20:14 γένηται aor mid.dep subj 3sg "But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'
- Luke 20:16 γένοιτο aor mid.dep opt 3sg He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others." When they heard it, they said, "May it never be!"
- Luke 20:17 ἐγενήθη aor pass.dep ind 3sg But he looked at them, and said, "Then what is this that is written, 'The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the chief cornerstone?'
- Luke 20:33 γίνεται pres mid/pass.dep ind 3sg Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife."
- Luke 21:7 γίνεσθαι pres mid/pass.dep inf They asked him, "Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?"
- Luke 21:9 γενέσθαι aor mid.dep inf When you hear of wars and disturbances, don't be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won't come immediately."
- Luke 21:28 γίνεσθαι pres mid/pass.dep inf But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near."
- Luke 21:31 γινόμενα pres mid/pass.dep ptcp acc pl neut Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near.
- Luke 21:32 γένηται aor mid.dep subj 3sg Most assuredly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.
- Luke 21:36 γίνεσθαι pres mid/pass.dep inf Therefore be watchful all the time, asking that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."
- Luke 22:14 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg When the hour had come, he sat down with the twelve apostles.
- Luke 22:24 Ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg There arose also a contention among them, which of them was considered to be greatest.
- Luke 22:26 γινέσθω pres mid/pass.dep impv 3sg But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.
- Luke 22:40 γενόμενος aor mid.dep ptcp nom sg masc When he was at the place, he said to them, "Pray that you don't enter into temptation."
- Luke 22:42 γινέσθω pres mid/pass.dep impv 3sg saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."
- Luke 22:44 γενόμενος ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ptcp nom sg masc aor mid.dep ind 3sg Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.
- Luke 22:66 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,
- Luke 23:8 γινόμενον pres mid/pass.dep ptcp acc sg neut Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him.
- Luke 23:12 ἐγένοντο aor mid.dep ind 3pl Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other.
- Luke 23:19 γενομένην aor mid.dep ptcp acc sg fem one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.
- Luke 23:24 γενέσθαι aor mid.dep inf Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.
- Luke 23:31 γένηται aor mid.dep subj 3sg For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?"
- Luke 23:44 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
- Luke 23:47 γενόμενον aor mid.dep ptcp acc sg neut When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man."
- Luke 23:48 γενόμενα aor mid.dep ptcp acc pl neut All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts.
- Luke 24:4 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened, while they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.
- Luke 24:5 γενομένων aor mid.dep ptcp gen pl fem Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?
- Luke 24:15 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened, while they talked and questioned together, that Jesus himself came near, and went with them.
- Luke 24:18 γενόμενα aor mid.dep ptcp acc pl neut One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things which have happened there in these days?"
- Luke 24:19 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
- Luke 24:21 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.
- Luke 24:22 γενόμεναι aor mid.dep ptcp nom pl fem Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived early at the tomb;
- Luke 24:30 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened, that when he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave to them.
- Luke 24:31 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished out of their sight.
- Luke 24:37 γενόμενοι aor mid.dep ptcp nom pl masc But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
- Luke 24:51 ἐγένετο aor mid.dep ind 3sg It happened, while he blessed them, that he withdrew from them, and was carried up into heaven.
About this entry
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The Greek verb γινομαι centers on the idea of “to become.” The King James Version usually renders it “was,” while modern versions prefer “happened” (unfoldingWord Literal Text) — see the renderings breakdown. Spanning 625 verses in 26 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Greek New Testament. Debuting at Matthew 1:22, it then recurs through the corpus. Thayer's distinguishes 5 senses; alongside “to become” it spans “begin to be” and “receive being”. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G1096 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 625
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 625 distinct verses.
- 26 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 26 of 27 New Testament books.
- #28
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Greek words (rank 28 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 625 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 625 distinct verses.
- Gospels 294 verses · 47%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 246 verses · 39%
- Pauline corpus 130 verses · 21%
- Johannine 79 verses · 13%
- Revelation 31 verses · 5%
- Hebrews 28 verses · 4%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 24 verses · 4%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Was 94×, Came to pass 65×, Be 38×
- American Standard Version: Came to pass 60×, Was 53×, Be 28×
- Berean Standard Bible: Was 39×, Came 35×, Be 26×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Happened 71×, Happened that 57×, Became 48×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G1096 across 680 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 112 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 29 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G1096 across 682 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 122 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G1096 across 544 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 127 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 85 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G1096 across 755 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 81 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 5 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- to become, i.e. to come into existence, begin to be, receive being
- to become, i.e. to come to pass, happen
- to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage
- of miracles, to be performed, wrought
- to become, be made
Word origin
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
A prolonged and middle form of a primary verb; to cause to be (gen -erate) that is (reflexively) to become ( come into being ) used with great latitude (literally figuratively intensively etc.): - arise be assembled be (come -fall -have self) be brought (to pass) (be) come (to pass) continue be divided be done 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.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 85 distinct written forms G1096 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 25 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G1096, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word γινομαι appears 1,711 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 1,567 verses in 37 books.
- 1,711
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 1,567
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 37 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 37 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 1:3 γίγνομαι
- Exodus 1:7 γίγνομαι
- Leviticus 8:29 γίγνομαι
- Numbers 1:20 γίγνομαι
- Deuteronomy 1:3 γίγνομαι
- Joshua 1:1 γίγνομαι
- Judges 1:1 γίγνομαι
- Ruth 1:1 γίγνομαι
- 1 Samuel 1:4 γίγνομαι
- 2 Samuel 1:1 γίγνομαι
- 1 Kings 1:7 γίγνομαι
- 2 Kings 2:1 γίγνομαι
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G1096) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 1,567. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 1:3 γίγνομαι God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
- Genesis 1:5 γίγνομαι God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.
- Genesis 1:6 γίγνομαι God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
- Genesis 1:8 γίγνομαι God called the expanse sky. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
- Genesis 1:9 γίγνομαι God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:11 γίγνομαι God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:13 γίγνομαι There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
- Genesis 1:14 γίγνομαι God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
- Genesis 1:15 γίγνομαι and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:19 γίγνομαι There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
- Genesis 1:20 γίγνομαι God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
- Genesis 1:23 γίγνομαι There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
- Genesis 1:24 γίγνομαι God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:30 γίγνομαι To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food." And it was so.
- Genesis 1:31 γίγνομαι God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
- Genesis 2:4 γίγνομαι This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and the heavens.
- Genesis 2:5 γίγνομαι No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
- Genesis 2:7 γίγνομαι Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- Genesis 3:22 γίγνομαι Yahweh God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."
- Genesis 4:2 γίγνομαι Again she gave birth, to Cain's brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
- Genesis 4:3 γίγνομαι As time passed, it happened that Cain brought an offering to Yahweh from the fruit of the ground.
- Genesis 4:6 γίγνομαι Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?
- Genesis 4:8 γίγνομαι Cain said to Abel, his brother, "Let's go into the field." It happened, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.
- Genesis 4:18 γίγνομαι To Enoch was born Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.
- Genesis 4:26 γίγνομαι There was also born a son to Seth, and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on Yahweh's name.
- Genesis 5:4 γίγνομαι The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:5 γίγνομαι All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:8 γίγνομαι All the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:11 γίγνομαι All the days of Enosh were nine hundred five years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:14 γίγνομαι and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred ten years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:17 γίγνομαι All the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:20 γίγνομαι All the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:23 γίγνομαι all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years.
- Genesis 5:27 γίγνομαι All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:31 γίγνομαι All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.
- Genesis 6:1 γίγνομαι It happened, when men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
- Genesis 7:6 γίγνομαι Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth.
- Genesis 7:10 γίγνομαι It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came on the earth.
- Genesis 7:12 γίγνομαι The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
- Genesis 7:17 γίγνομαι The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
- Genesis 8:6 γίγνομαι It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made,
- Genesis 8:13 γίγνομαι It happened in the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked. He saw that the surface of the ground was dried.
- Genesis 9:27 γίγνομαι God enlarge Japheth, Let him dwell in the tents of Shem; Let Canaan be his servant."
- Genesis 9:29 γίγνομαι All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, then he died.
- Genesis 10:1 γίγνομαι Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
- Genesis 10:10 γίγνομαι The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Genesis 10:19 γίγνομαι The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha.
- Genesis 10:21 γίγνομαι To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.
- Genesis 10:25 γίγνομαι To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided. His brother's name was Joktan.
- Genesis 10:30 γίγνομαι Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G1096) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
