#25 · 669× in the NT · verb

γίνομαι

I become, I happen, I am born

History

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In the NT

καὶ γίνεται μείζων πάντων τῶν λαχάνων
and it becomes larger than all the garden plants
Mark 4:32 · dictionary form
καὶ ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο
and the Word became flesh
John 1:14 · 3sg aorist
πάντα δι’ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο
all things came to be through him
John 1:3 · 3sg aorist

Morphology

Present middle/deponent, 1sg · γιν- / γεν-

Principal parts: γίνομαι, γενήσομαι, ἐγενόμην, γέγονα, γεγέννημαι, ἐγενήθην. 1sg present is unattested in the NT; the verse shows 3sg γίνεται.

Deponent: middle in form, active in sense (‘I become’). Aorist ἐγένετο is the narrative workhorse. 1sg present γίνομαι is not in the NT; γίνεται is the present you will see.