The Syntax and Meaning of Genesis 1:1-3doi:10.1086/370187J. M. Powis SmithThe University of Chicago Press
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. By the heaven some understand the supreme heaven, the heaven of heavens, the habitation of God, and of the holy angels; and this being made perfect at once, no mention is after made of it, as of the earth; and ...
noun (1) gen·e·sisˈje-nə-səs pluralgenesesˈje-nə-ˌsēz Synonyms ofgenesis :the origin or coming into being of something thegenesisof a new political movement Genesis 2 of 2 noun (2) : Bible Table Did you know?
The name Genesis: Summary Meaning Origin Etymology From the verbγινομαι(ginomai), to begin to be. Related names • Viaγινομαι(ginomai):Hermogenes The name Genesis In theHebrewtradition, the title of the book of Genesis is the same as the first word:בראשי...
Genesis the first book of the Old Testament of the Bible, which describes the history of the Earth and its people. It includes the creation of Heaven and the Earth, the story of Adam and Eve and, and the story of the flood. Many people know the first words of Genesis In the ...
Adjective genesis First Known Use Adjective 1750, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Time Traveler The first known use of genetic was in 1750 See more words from the same year Phrases Containing genetic genetic code genetic counseling genetic drift genetic engineering genetic fingerprinting...
The name Abraham is often reported to mean Father Of Many Nations but that's rather obviously incorrect. In Genesis 17:5, the Lord promises Abram that he would be the father of many nations — in Hebrew: אב המון גוים, 'ab hamon goyim— but that does not me...
`P忙dogenesis' and `neoteny' are terms the definitions of which have been treated with very scant respect. Because of the confusion that has resulted it seems desirable that attention should be directed both to the origins of these words and to their real significance....
Genesis is divided into two principal parts. The first part (1-11) gives a general history of mankind down to the time of the Dispersion. The second part presents the early history of Israel down to the death and burial of Joseph (12-50). ...
Genesis 40Contemporary English Version Joseph Tells the Meaning of the Prisoners' Dreams 40 1-3 While Joseph was in prison, both the king's[a] personal servant[b] and his chief cook made the king angry. So he had them thrown into the same prison with Joseph. 4 They spent a long ...