[B-Greek] only begotten
Jason Hare
jason at hareplay.com
Mon Dec 8 23:27:11 EST 2003
The first part of it comes from MONOS, "only," and the second part from
GENOS, "class, sort, kind." See the following for a reference on GENOS:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?layout.reflookup=genos&doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2321920&layout.reflang=greek
MONOGENHS is "one of a kind," "unique," "special." It is often used to refer
specifically to only-born children, but in the sense that they are "unique"
(they have no siblings). It does not carry with it the notion of "begetting"
or "producing" (as in GENNAW).
Best regards,
Jason
Student of Spanish and Philosophy
Missouri Southern State University
Joplin, MO
jason at hareplay.com
http://www.hareplay.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian P Magnuson" <brian_magnuson at juno.com>
To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 10:13 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] only begotten
> Joh 3:16
> only begotten
> G3439
> µ????e??´?
> monogene¯s
> Thayer Definition:
> 1) single of its kind, only
> 1a) used of only sons or daughters (viewed in relation to their parents)
> 1b) used of Christ, denotes the only begotten son of God
> Part of Speech: adjectiveA Related Word by Thayer's/Strong's Number: from
> G3441 and G1096Citing in TDNT: 4:737, 606
> Can someone give me understanding of the second half of monogenes?
> Does it mean unique or beginning or begot or what?
> Thank you so much !
> Brian Magnuson
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