What does Genesis mean?
Definitions for Genesis
ˈdʒɛn ə sɪs; -ˌsizgen·e·sis
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Princeton's WordNet
genesis, generationnoun
a coming into being
Genesis, Book of Genesisnoun
the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers
Wiktionary
genesisnoun
The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.
Some point to the creation of the Magna Carta as the genesis of English common law.
Genesisnoun
The first of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the first book in the Torah.
Genesisnoun
of American usage since the 1980s.
Genesisnoun
The video game console Mega Drive by Sega.
Etymology: From γένεσις.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
GENESISnoun
Generation; the first book of Moses, which treats of the production of the world.
Etymology: γένεσις; genese, French.
Wikipedia
Gênesis
Gênesis is a Brazilian telenovela produced by RecordTV and Casablanca that aired from 19 January 2021 to 22 November 2021. The series is written by Camilo Pellegrini, Raphaela Castro, and Stephanie Ribeiro. It stars an ensemble cast featuring Zé Carlos Machado, Adriana Garambone, Oscar Magrini, Cássia Linhares, Miguel Coelho, Thaís Melchior, Pablo Morais, Francisca Queiroz, Juliano Laham, Letícia Almeida, Juliana Boller and Carlo Porto. The plot is based on the Book of Genesis.
Webster Dictionary
Genesisnoun
the act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination
Genesisnoun
the first book of the Old Testament; -- so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race
Genesisnoun
same as Generation
Etymology: [L., from Gr. ge`nesis, fr. the root of gi`gnesqai to beget, be born; akin to L. genus birth, race. See Gender.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Genesis
jen′e-sis, n. generation, creation, or production: the first book of the Bible, so called from its containing an account of the Creation:—pl. Gen′esēs.—adjs. Genes′iac, -al, Genesit′ic, pertaining to Genesis. [L.,—Gr.,—gignesthai, to beget.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Genesis
the first book in the Bible, so called in the Septuagint, as containing an account of the origin of the world, of the human family, and of the Jewish race; a book of the oldest date possessing any human interest.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Genesis in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Genesis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Genesis in a Sentence
And as it related to this particular investigation, what was the genesis of the Russia collusion investigation?
I want to win Augusta, all the majors, have the career Grand Slam and continue to win events, i've won Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus' event, and that's pretty cool. I want to eventually win [Tiger Woods' Genesis Invitational], and have all three of those. That'd be cool.
Most readers of Genesis understood Adam and Eve to be (1) ancestors of us all, and (2) miraculously created without parents of their own, in contrast, evolution teaches that (3) we share common ancestors with apes, and (4) we arise from a large population, not a single couple. This conflict of fact onlyseemed solvable by revising foundational Christian theological beliefs, or by rejecting evolution.
The genesis of this was a physical confrontation.
There are men who have wives and daughters, there are men who respect women and there will be men in this fight for women, this is not over. It's just a genesis of a new beginning.
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- سفر التكوينArabic
- genesisDanish
- Genesis, GeneseGerman
- γένεσηGreek
- genezoEsperanto
- génesisSpanish
- پیدایشPersian
- alkuFinnish
- genèseFrench
- उत्पत्तिHindi
- keletkezésHungarian
- genesiItalian
- בראשיתHebrew
- 創世期, 起源Japanese
- genesisLatin
- ഉല്പത്തിMalayalam
- genese, wording, oorsprongDutch
- genesisNorwegian
- geneza, początek, powstaniePolish
- gênese, origemPortuguese
- генезис, происхождение, возникновениеRussian
- geneza, postanak, генеза, постанакSerbo-Croatian
- tillblivelse, uppkomstSwedish
- yaratılış, ülküTurkish
- 创世纪Chinese
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