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/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Proper noun

Genesis

2. (religion, biblical) The first book in the Hebrew Bible.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Gen.

   • 2020 August 2, “Faith Matters - The Cup and the Covenant - Wine and Catholicism”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 December 2023, Religion:

     The Book of Genesis names Noah as the first winegrower. After rescuing humans and animals during the Great Flood he is said to have planted the first vines on Earth.

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

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)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܪܝܼܬܵܐ f (brītā), ܣܸܦܪܵܐ ܕܒܪܝܼܬܵܐ m (siprā d-brītā)

• Armenian: Ծննդոց (hy) (Cnndocʻ)
• Asturian: Xénesis (ast) m
• Basque: Hasiera (eu)
• Belarusian: Кні́га Быцця́ f (Kníha Byccjá), Быццё n (Byccjó)
• Bengali: আদিপুস্তক (bn) (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)

• Comorian:

  Ngazidja Comorian: Mwanɗo class 3

• 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
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Genesis

• Galician: Xénese f
• Georgian: დაბადებისა (dabadebisa)
• German: Genesis (de) f, 1. Buch Mose n (das erste Buch Mose)
• Greek: Γένεση (el) f (Génesi)

  Ancient Greek: Γένεσις f (Génesis)

• Greenlandic: 1 Mosesi (kl)
• Gujarati: ઉત્પત્તિ f (utpatti)
• 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), Genesis (id)
• Irish: Leabhar Gheineasas m, Geineasas (ga) m
• Isoko: Emuhọ
• Italian: Genesi (it) f
• Japanese: 創世記 (ja) (そうせいき, sōseiki)
• Jarai: Čơdơ̆ng Phŭn
• Kannada: ಆದಿಕಾಂಡ (ādikāṇḍa)
• Kazakh: Жаратылыстың басталуы (Jaratılıstıŋ bastaluwı)
• 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
• Lutuv: Sahruothuna
• Macedonian: Би́тие (Bítie)
• Makonde: Ntandiliko
• Malay: Kejadian
• Malayalam: ഉല്പത്തിപ്പുസ്തകം (ulpattippustakaṁ)
• Maltese: Ktieb il-Ġenesi (mt)
• Manx: lioar Genesis m
• Māori: Kenehi (mi)
• Marathi: उत्पत्ति (utpatti)
• Mirandese: Génesis
• Neapolitan: Genesi
• Nepali: उत्पत्ति (ne) (utpatti)
• Norwegian: Første Mosebok (no)
• Nyamwanga: Intaliko
• Odia: ଆଦିପୁସ୍ତକ (ādipustaka)
• Persian: پیدایش (fa) (peydâyeš)
• Polish: Genesis (pl) f, Księga Rodzaju f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian Portuguese: Gênesis (pt) m

  European Portuguese: Génesis (pt) m

• 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
• Tumbuka: Mutendeko
• 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
• Yiddish: בראשית m (breyshes)
• Yoruba: Jẹ́nẹ́sísì, Gẹ́nẹ́sísì
• Zealandic: Genesis

Anagrams

• Geisens, Giesens, seeings, signees

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

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 (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈnesis/ [ɡeˈne.sɪs]
• Rhymes: -esis
• Syllabification: Ge‧ne‧sis
• Homophone: genesis

Proper noun

Genesis

1. (religion, biblical) Genesis (the first book in the Hebrew Bible)(religion, Christianity, biblical)

   Synonym: Kejadian

Further reading

• “Genesis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈnesis/ [d͡ʒeˈneː.si̞s]
  • Rhymes: -esis
• IPA^(key): /heˈnesis/ [heˈneː.si̞s]
  • Rhymes: -esis
• (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian)
  • IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈnehih/ [d͡ʒeˈneː.hi̞h]
    • Rhymes: -ehih
  • IPA^(key): /heˈnehih/ [heˈneː.hi̞h]
    • Rhymes: -ehih
• Syllabification: Ge‧ne‧sis

Proper noun

Genesis

1. (biblical) Genesis (book of the Bible)

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Gen.

Related terms

• see: Appendix:Books of the Bible (Kankanaey)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γένεσις (Génesis).

Proper noun

Genesis m sg (genitive Genesis); third declension

1. Genesis, the first book of the Torah and the Bible.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Genesis
genitive	Genesis
dative	Genesī
accusative	Genesem
ablative	Genese
vocative	Genesis

See also

books of the Catholic Old Testamentedit

• Genesis
• Exodus
• Lēvīticus
• Numerī
• Deuteronomium
• Iosūe
• Iūdicēs
• Rūth
• 1 Samūēlis, 1 Rēgum
• 2 Samūēlis, 2 Rēgum
• 3 Rēgum
• 4 Rēgum
• 1 Paralīpomenōn
• 2 Paralīpomenōn
• 1 Esdrae
• Nehemiae, 2 Esdrae
• Tobiae
• Iūdith
• Esthēr
• Iōb
• Psalmī
• Prōverbia
• Ecclēsiastēs
• Canticum Canticōrum
• Sapientiae
• Ecclēsiasticus
• Ī̆sāiae
• Īē̆remīae
• Lāmentātiōnēs
• Barūch
• Ezechiēlis
• Dānīēlis
• Ōsēe
• Iōēl
• Amōs
• Abdiae
• Iōnae
• Micaeae
• Nahūm
• Habacūc
• Sophoniae
• Aggaei
• Zachariae
• Mālāchiae
• 1 Machabaeorum
• 2 Machabaeorum

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin Genesis. 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^[2] (in Polish)

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Genesis (genitive Ghenesis)

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

Coordinate terms

books of the Protestant Old Testamentedit

• 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

Slovak

Proper noun

Genesis m inan

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from English Genesis

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝenesis/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.ne.sis]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝenesis/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.ne.sis] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃenesis/ [ˈʃe.ne.sis] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒenesis/ [ˈʒe.ne.sis] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -enesis
• Syllabification: Ge‧ne‧sis

Noun

Genesis m (uncountable)

1. (US, Mexico, Chile) Sega Genesis

   Synonym: (Spain, Philippines, Argentina, Uruguay) Mega Drive

Swedish

Proper noun

Genesis c (genitive Genesis)

1. synonym of Första Moseboken (“Genesis”)

Tagalog

Proper noun

Génesís or Genesis (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔)

1. alternative spelling of Henesis

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Genesis, from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛˈnɛsɪs/

Proper noun

Genesis m

1. (biblical) The Book of Genesis

Coordinate terms

books of the Protestant Old Testament: llyfrau'r Hen Destament Protestannaiddedit

• Genesis
• Exodus
• Lefiticus
• Numeri
• Deuteronomium
• Josua
• Barnwyr
• Ruth
• 1 Samuel
• 2 Samuel
• 1 Brenhinoedd
• 2 Brenhinoedd
• 1 Cronicl
• 2 Cronicl
• Esra
• Nehemeia
• Esther
• Job
• Salmau
• Diarhebion
• Pregethwr
• Caniad Solomon
• Eseia
• Jeremeia
• Galarnad
• Eseciel
• Daniel
• Hosea
• Joel
• Amos
• Obadeia
• Jona
• Micha
• Nahum
• Habacuc
• Seffaneia
• Haggai
• Sechareia
• Malachi

Mutation

Mutated forms of Genesis

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Genesis	Enesis	Ngenesis	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.