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Strong G3439μονογενής

unique

Transliteration
monogenēs
Pronunciation
mon-og-en-ace
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G3441 and G1096; only born that is sole: - only (begotten child).

Detailed definition

μονογενής, -ές
(μόνος, γένος), [in LXX: Jdg.11:34, Psa.22:20 25:16 35:17 (יָחִיד), Tob.3:15 6:10, 14 8:17, Wis.7:22, Bar.4:16 *;]
only, only begotten (DCG, ii, 281), of sons and daughters: Luk.7:12 8:42 9:38, Heb.11:17; of Christ, Jhn.3:16, 18, 1Jn.4:9; μ. παρὰ πατρός, Jhn.1:14; μ. θεός, Jhn.1:18.†
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In the Bible

Strong G3439 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • begotten6
  • only2
  • child1

First verses

  1. Luke 7:12
    Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
  2. Luke 8:42
    For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
  3. Luke 9:38
    And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.
  4. John 1:14
    And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
  5. John 1:18
    No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
  6. John 3:16
    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
  7. John 3:18
    He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
  8. Hebrews 11:17
    By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
  9. 1 John 4:9
    In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μονο-γενής, ές,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect μουνο-, (γένος) the only member of a kin or kind: hence, generally, only, single, παῖς [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 376, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.221, cf. NT.John.1.14, 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 32.1)]; of Hecate, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 426.)]
2 unique, of τὸ ὄν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.4; εἷς ὅδε μ. οὐρανὸς γεγονώς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 31b, compare 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 22; θεὸς ὁ μ. “Sammelb.” 4324.15.)]
3 μ. αἷμα one and the same blood, uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1685.)]
4 Grammars, having one form for all genders, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 145.18.)]
5 name of the foot ¯ ¯ ¯ ?~X, [Refs 7th c.AD+ (7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus 3.3.)]
II adverb -νῶς, φέρεται μ. ἐν ἑνὶ τόπῳ grows only in one place, [Refs (“Periplus Maris Rubri [1st c.AD]” 56, compare 11.)]
II.2 in a unique manner, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 15.13,14.)]