Genesis

See also: genesis, génesis, Génesis, Gênesis, -genesis, and -génesis

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.nə.səs/

Proper noun

Genesis

1. (religion) The first book in the Hebrew Bible.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Gen.

2. A female given name from Ancient Greek of American usage since the 1980s.
3. (Canada, US, video games) A video game console, the Sega Genesis.

Holonyms

• Books of Moses
• Old Testament
• Pentateuch
• Tanakh
• Torah

 

Related terms

• Genesiac
• Genesiacal
• genesis
• Genesitic

 

Translations

book of the Bible

• Afrikaans: Genesis (af)
• Albanian: Zanafilla
• Amharic: ኦሪት ዘፍጥረት (ʾorit zäfṭərät)
• Arabic: التَّكْوِين (ar) m (at-takwīn), سِفْرُ اَلتَّكْوِين m (sifru t-takwīn), سِفْرُ الخَلِيقَة m (sifru l-ḵalīqa)
• Armenian: Ծննդոց (hy) (Cnndocʻ)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܪܝܼܬܵܐ f (brītā), ܣܸܦܪܵܐ ܕܒܪܝܼܬܵܐ m (siprā d-brītā)
• Asturian: Xénesis (ast) m
• Basque: Hasiera (eu)
• Belarusian: Кні́га Быцця́ f (Kníha Byccjá), Быццё n (Byccjó)
• Bengali: আদিপুস্তক (adipustok)
• Breton: Geneliezh (br) f
• Bulgarian: Битие n (Bitie)
• Burmese: ^{(please verify)} ကမ္ဘာဦးကျမ် (kambhau:kyam)
• Catalan: Gènesi
• Cebuano: Henesis
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 創世記／创世记 (cong³ sai³ gei³), 創世紀／创世纪 (cong³ sai³ gei²) (Catholic)

  Eastern Min: 創世記／创世记 (Cháung-sié-gé)

  Hakka: 創世記／创世记 (Chhóng-sṳ-ki)

  Hokkien: 創世記／创世记 (Chhòng-sè-kì), 創世紀／创世纪 (Chhòng-sè-kí) (Catholic)

  Mandarin: 創世記／创世记 (zh) (Chuàngshìjì), 創世紀／创世纪 (zh) (Chuàngshìjì) (Catholic)

• Corsican: Gènesi (co)
• Czech: Genesis (cs)
• Danish: Første Mosebog (da)
• Dutch: Genesis (nl)
• Esperanto: Genezo
• Estonian: 1. Moosese raamat (et)
• Faroese: Fyrsta Mósebók (fo) m
• Fijian: Vakatekivu
• Finnish: 1. Mooseksen kirja
• French: Genèse (fr) f
• Galician: Xénese f
• Georgian: დაბადებისა (dabadebisa)
• German: Genesis (de) f, 1. Buch Mose n (das erste Buch Mose)
• Greek: Γένεση (el) f (Génesi)

  Ancient: Γένεσις f (Génesis)

• Greenlandic: 1 Mosesi (kl)
• Gujarati: ઊત્પત્તિ (ūtpatti)
• Hawaiian: Kinohi
• Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית (he) m (b'reshít)
• Hindi: उत्पत्ति (hi) (utpatti)
• Hungarian: Mózes első könyve (hu)
• Icelandic: (Fyrsta Mósebók) 1. Mósebók
• Ido: Genezo (io)
• Indonesian: Kitab Kejadian, Kejadian (id)
• Irish: Leabhar Gheineasas m, Geineasas (ga) m
• Italian: Genesi (it) f
• Japanese: 創世記 (ja) (そうせいき, sōseiki)
• Jarai: Čơdơ̆ng Phŭn
• Kannada: ಆದಿಕಾಂಡ (ādikāṇḍa)
• Kazakh: Жаратылыстың басталуы (Jaratylystyñ bastaluy)
• Khmer: លោកុប្បត្តិ (lookupbat)
• Konkani: उत्पती चें पुस्तक (utpatī cẽ pustak) or Utpoti chem Pustok
• Korean: 창세기(創世記) (ko) (changsegi)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پەیدابوون (peydabûn)

• Lao: ປະຖົມມະການ (pa thom ma kān)
• Latin: Liber Genesis
• Latvian: Radīšanas grāmata f, Pirmā Mozus grāmata (lv) f
• Lavukaleve: Genesis
• Limburgish: Genesis
• Lithuanian: Pradžios knyga (lt) m
• Macedonian: Би́тие (Bítie)
• Malayalam: ഉല്പത്തിപ്പുസ്തകം (ulpattippustakaṁ)
• Maltese: Ktieb il-Ġenesi (mt)
• Manx: lioar Genesis m
• Maori: Kenehi (mi)
• Marathi: उत्पत्ति (utpatti)
• Mirandese: Génesis
• Neapolitan: Genesi
• Nepali: उत्पत्ति (ne) (utpatti)
• Ngazidja Comorian: Mwanɗo class 3
• Norwegian: Første Mosebok (no)
• Odia: ଆଦିପୁସ୍ତକ (adipustôkô)
• Persian: پیدایش (fa) (peydâyeš)
• Polish: Genesis (pl) f, Księga Rodzaju f
• Portuguese: Gênesis (pt)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਉਤਪਤ (pa) (utapat)

  Shahmukhi: پیدائش (pedā'iś)

• Romanian: Geneza f, Facerea f
• Russian: Кни́га Бытия́ f (Kníga Bytijá), Бытие́ (ru) n (Bytijé), пе́рвая кни́га Моисе́я f (pérvaja kníga Moiséja)
• Scots: Genesis
• Scottish Gaelic: Genesis (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: Knjiga Postanka
• Sinhalese: උත්පත්ති (utpatti)
• Slovak: Genesis m
• Slovene: Geneza (sl)
• Spanish: el Génesis (es)
• Swahili: Mwanzo (sw) class 3
• Swedish: Första Moseboken, Genesis (sv)
• Tagalog: Samula, Henesis (tl)
• Tajik: Хуруҷ (Xuruj)
• Tamil: ஆதியாகமம் (ta) (ātiyākamam)
• Telugu: ఆదికాండము (ādikāṇḍamu)
• Thai: ปฐมกาล
• Turkish: Yaratılış Kitabı
• Ukrainian: Кни́га Буття́ f (Knýha Buttjá), Буття́ n (Buttjá)
• Urdu: پیدائش (pedā'iś), کِتابِ پیدائش (kitāb-e pedā'iś)
• Uzbek: Ibtido
• Vietnamese: Sách Sáng thế (冊創世), Sáng thế ký, Sáng thế kí (創世記)
• Waray-Waray: Genesis
• Welsh: Genesis (cy) m
• West Frisian: Genesis
• Yiddish: בראשית m (bereyshes)
• Zealandic: Genesis

Anagrams

• Geisens, Giesens, seeings, signees

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Genesis

1. (biblical) Genesis

Related terms

• Gen.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch genesis, from Latin Genesis, from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣeː.nə.sɪs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ge‧ne‧sis

Proper noun

Genesis f

1. Genesis (a book of the Hebrew Bible)

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English Genesis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒe.n(ə).zəs/

Noun

Genesis m (uncountable)

1. (North America) Sega Genesis

Synonyms

• (Europe) Mega Drive

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

Genesis f (genitive Genesis, plural Genesen)

1. genesis

   Synonym: Genese f

Declension

Declension of Genesis [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Genesis	die	Genesen
genitive	einer	der	Genesis	der	Genesen
dative	einer	der	Genesis	den	Genesen
accusative	eine	die	Genesis	die	Genesen

Proper noun

Genesis f (proper noun, genitive Genesis)

1. (religion) Genesis (the first book of the Bible)

   Synonym: erstes Buch Mose

Synonyms

• Gen (Gen.)

Further reading

• “Genesis” in Duden online

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin Genesis, from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis, from *ǵenh₁-. Doublet of geneza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛˈnɛ.zis/
• Rhymes: -ɛzis
• Syllabification: Ge‧ne‧sis

Proper noun

Genesis f (indeclinable)

1. Genesis (book of the Bible)

   Synonym: Księga Rodzaju

Further reading

• Genesis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Genesis (genitive Ghenesis)

1. (biblical) Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament

Coordinate terms

• (Scottish Gaelic books of the Old Testament) Genesis, Ecsodus, Lebhiticus, Àireamh, Deuteronomi, Iosua, Britheamhan, Rut, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Rìghrean, 2 Rìghrean, 1 Eachdraidh, 2 Eachdraidh, Esra, Nehemiah, Ester, Iob, Sailm, Gnàth-fhacail, Eclesiastes, Dàn Sholaimh, Isaiah, Ieremiah, Tuireadh, Eseciel, Daniel, Hosèa, Ioel, Amos, Obadiah, Ionah, Micah, Nahum, Habacuc, Sephaniah, Hagai, Sechariah, Malachi ^{(Category: gd:Books of the Bible)}

Slovak

Proper noun

Genesis

1. (religion) Genesis (the first book of the Bible)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from English Genesis

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝeˈnesis/ [ɟ͡ʝeˈne.sis]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝeˈnesis/ [ɟ͡ʝeˈne.sis]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃeˈnesis/ [ʃeˈne.sis]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒeˈnesis/ [ʒeˈne.sis]

Noun

Genesis m (uncountable)

1. (US, Mexico) Sega Genesis

Synonyms

• (Spain, Philippines, Argentina, Uruguay) Mega Drive

Swedish

Proper noun

Genesis c (genitive Genesis)

1. Genesis

   Synonyms: Första Moseboken, Första Mosebok