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New Testament Several concordances of NT Greek words are available. A Concordance to the Greek Testament, edited by W.F. Moulton and A.S. Geden in 1897, revised by H.K. Moulton in 1978, is based on the Greek text of Wescott and Hort. It gives Greek only context for each word. Publisher: T & T Clark. A concordance of the Nestle-Aland text, the basis of most modern translations, is found in Computer-Konkordanz zum Novum Testamentum, edited by Horst Bachmann and Wolfgang A. Slaby in 1980. The title is in German, but the text is in Greek, based on the Nestle-Aland text. It is published by Walter de Gruyter. Fortunately, a less expensive concordance of Greek words is also available, and it is in English, and some editions are coded to Strong's numbers. The New Englishman's Greek Concordance and Lexicon, edited by George V. Wigram in 1840, republished both by Baker and by Hendrickson. The text is quoted from the King James Version, and the Greek text used is what the KJV translators used. A new version is available with NIV text. Since the concordances are based on different Greek texts, they will sometimes differ in which verses are listed. I will combine all three lists, noting the differences, and give context from the NIV — in most cases more context than I allowed in the LXX, and with some comments. I will group them by author: Matthew, Luke, John, then Paul and others. Matthew Geneaology of Jesus Christ Mat 1:2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, Mat 1:3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah...Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, Mat 1:4 Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, Mat 1:5 Salmon the father of Boaz... Boaz the father of Obed... Obed the father of Jesse, Mat 1:6 and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon... Mat 1:7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa, Mat 1:8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram, Jehoram the father of Uzziah, Mat 1:9 Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, Mat 1:10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah, Mat 1:11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah... Mat 1:12 Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, Mat 1:13 Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, Mat 1:14 Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Eliud, Mat 1:15 Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, Mat 1:16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. Notable in this list are some omissions: In v.8, we are told that Jehoram begat Uzziah. But from 2 Chronicles 22-24 we learn that the list should be: Jehoram, Ahaziah, Joash, Amaziah, and then Uzziah. Another omission is in v.11. Josiah was grandfather of Jeconiah; Jehoiakim came between them. Shealtiel (v.12) was the grandfather of Zerubbabel (cf. 1 Chronicles 3:17-18). The list may contain other omissions, too. From such omissions, it is clear that gennaō does not mean "cause conception" in these cases. Nor can it refer directly to birth. It is merely a genealogical term for ancestry. Mat 1:20 An angel said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit." [Here gennaō is clearly used to refer to a fetus before birth. But does it refer specifically to conception, or more generally to production?] Mat 2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem. [Jesus was not conceived in Bethlehem.] Mat 2:4 Herod asked them where the Christ was to be born. Mat 19:12 For some are eunuchs because they were born that way. [Most likely a reference to birth] Mat 26:24 Woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born. = Mark 14:21 Luke Luk 1:13 Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John. Luk 1:35 The Holy Spirit will come upon you [Mary].... So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Luk 1:57 When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. [Clearly a reference to birth] Luk 3:22 A voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased." [Some Greek texts add, "This day I have begotten you." This would be a figurative use.] Luk 20:34 Jesus replied, "The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. [One text says, "are begotten and beget."] Luk 23:29 Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed! Act 2:8 Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language [language in which we were born]? [Here gennaō is an idiom not referring to either conception or birth, since babies are not born speaking.] Act 7:8 Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him eight days after. Act 7:20 Moses was born. For three months he was cared for in his father's house. [Clearly birth, not conception] Act 7:29 Moses fled to Midian, where he settled as a foreigner and had two sons. Act 13:33 As it is written in the second Psalm: "You are my Son; today I have become your Father." [This is not about Jesus' conception in Mary, so this is a figurative use.] Act 22:3 I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia. Act 22:28 "I was born a citizen," Paul replied. John Joh 1:13 Children [of God] — [born] not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. Joh 3:3 "No one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." Joh 3:4 "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" Joh 3:5-8 Jesus answered, "No one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, `You must be born again.' The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit." Joh 8:41 "We are not illegitimate children [born of fornication]," they protested. [A reference to conception, since that is where the immorality is involved.] Joh 9:2 "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" J 9:19-20 "Is this the one you say was born blind?" "We know he is our son," the parents answered, "and we know he was born blind. [Birth, not conception] Joh 9:32 Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. Joh 9:34 They replied [to the formerly blind mad], "You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!" [The rabbis probably thought that the conception was sinful. The distinction between conception and birth was blurred. BAGD translated "conceived" here.] Joh 16:21 A woman giving birth [tiktō] to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. [Clearly birth.] Joh 18:37 I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world. 1Jo 2:29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him. 1Jo 3:9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 1Jo 4:7 Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 1Jo 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. 1Jo 5:4 Everyone born of God overcomes the world. 1Jo 5:18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him. Others Rom 9:11 Before the twins were born [Rebekah was told that the older would serve the younger (v.12)]. [Although the twins were not yet born, gennaō refers to their birth, not their conception.] 1Co 4:15 In Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. [Figurative use] Gal 4:23 Abraham's son by the slave woman was born in the ordinary way; but his son by the free woman [was born] as the result of a promise. [Both Ishmael and Isaac were born in a normal way. The miraculous aspect of Isaac's birth was his conception.] Gal 4:24 These things may be taken figuratively, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves. [Explicitly figurative] Gal 4:29 The son born in the ordinary way persecuted the son [born] by the Spirit. 2Ti 2:23 Foolish arguments produce quarrels. [Figurative] Phm 1:10 Onesimus became my son while I was in chains. [Figurative] Heb 1:5 To which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father"? [Figurative] Heb 5:5 God said to him, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father." [Figurative] Heb 11:12 From this one man [Abraham], and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky. [Some texts use egeneto instead of gennaō.] Heb 11:23 By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born. 2Pe 2:12 These men are like brute beasts, born only to be caught and destroyed.
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