Genesis

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

English

Genesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Genesis on Wikisource.Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Genesis

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

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Gen.

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

Holonyms

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

Related terms

• genesis
• Genesiac
• Genesiacal
• Genesitic

Translations

the book of the Bible

• Afrikaans: Genesis (af)
• Albanian: Zanafilla
• Amharic: ኦሪት ዘፍጥረት (ʾorit zäfṭərät)
• Arabic: اَلتَّكْوِين m (at-takwīn), سِفْر اَلتَّكْوِين m (sifr at-takwīn)
• Armenian: Ծննդոց (Cnndocʻ)
• 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), 创世记 (cong³ sai³ gei³), 創世紀／创世纪 (cong³ sai³ gei²), 创世纪 (cong³ sai³ gei²) (Catholic)

  Hakka: 創世記／创世记, 创世记 (Chhóng-sṳ-ki)

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

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

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

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

  Ancient: Γένεσις (el) f (Génesis)

• 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 (そうせいき, sōseiki)
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• Kannada: ಆದಿಕಾಂಡ (ādikāṇḍa)
• Kazakh: Жаратылыстың басталуы (Jaratylystyñ bastaluy)
• Khmer: លោកុប្បត្តិ (lookupbat)
• Konkani: उत्पती चें पुस्तक (utpatī cẽ pustak) or Utpoti chem Pustok
• Korean: 창세기 (ko) (changsegi) (創世記 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پەیدابوون (peydabûn)

• Lao: ປະຖົມມະການ (pa thom ma kān)
• Latin: Liber Genesis
• Latvian: Radīšanas grāmata f, Pirmā Mozus grāmata f
• Limburgish: Genesis (li)
• Lithuanian: Pradžios knyga (lt) m
• Macedonian: Би́тие (Bítie)
• Malayalam: ഉല്പത്തിപ്പുസ്തകം (ulpattippustakaṁ)
• Maltese: Ktieb il-Ġenesi
• Manx: lioar Genesis m
• Maori: Kenehi
• Marathi: उत्पत्ति (utpatti)
• Nepali: उत्पत्ति (ne) (utpatti)
• Ngazidja Comorian: Mwanɗo class 3
• Norwegian: Første Mosebok (no)
• Oriya: ଆଦିପୁସ୍ତକ (adipustôkô)
• Persian: پیدایش (fa) (peydâyeš)
• Polish: Księga Rodzaju f
• Portuguese: Gênesis (pt)
• Punjabi: ਉਤਪਤ (pa) (utapat)
• Romanian: Geneza 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
• Ukrainian: Кни́га Буття́ f (Knýha Buttjá), Буття́ n (Buttjá)
• Urdu: پیدائش
• Uzbek: Ibtido
• Vietnamese: Sách Sáng thế, Sáng thế ký
• Waray-Waray: Genesis
• Welsh: Genesis (cy) m
• West Frisian: Genesis
• Yiddish: בראשית m (bereyshes)
• Zealandic: Genesis

Anagrams

• Giesens, seeings, signees

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Afrikaans

Proper noun

Genesis

1. (biblical) Genesis

Related terms

• Gen.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Genesis m

1. Genesis (book of the Bible)

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

Genesis f

1. genesis

Synonyms

• Genese f

Proper noun

Genesis f

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

Synonyms

• 1. Buch Mose
• Gen (Gen.)

Further reading

• “Genesis” in Duden online

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Slovak

Proper noun

Genesis

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

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Swedish

Proper noun

Genesis c (genitive Genesis)

1. Genesis

   Synonyms: Första Moseboken, Första Mosebok