Meaning

2 senses
  1. The first book in the Hebrew Bible.

    Genesis, 1. Buch Mose (das erste Buch Mose)

    Кни́га Бытия́Kníga Bytijá, Бытие́Bytijé, пе́рвая кни́га Моисе́яpérvaja kníga Moiséja

    Кни́га Буття́Knýha Buttjá, Буття́Buttjá

  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek of American usage since the 1980s.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Linnæus divided three kingdoms in the order of their natural geneses.

  2. The genesis of that idea can be traced back to a casual conversation a decade earlier.

    deDer Ursprung jener Idee lässt sich bis zu einem lockeren Gespräch zehn Jahre zuvor zurückverfolgen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. How would it be possible to account for the genesis of structures if we are always already within a structure?

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  4. The Genesis creation narrative does not mention fungi.

  5. Tom was one of the unnamed "sons and daughters" mentioned in Genesis.

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Translations

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Origin

From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”).

From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”).

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