begat
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /biˈɡæt/
- Rhymes: -æt
Verb
begat
- simple past of beget
- Template:RQ:Authorized Version, Genesis 5:3
- And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
- Template:RQ:Authorized Version, Matthew 1:2
- Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren
- 2012 February 1, Kathy Gilbert, “Pitching In”, in Chatter Chattanooga[1], retrieved 2012-09-29:
- Rugby football was created in the early 1800s at England’s all-boys Rugby School. The sport begat American football, Gaelic football, Australian rules football and Association football (aka soccer).
- Template:RQ:Authorized Version, Genesis 5:3
Noun
begat (plural begats)
- (nonstandard) An element of a lineage, especially of a lineage given in the Bible
- 2000, Earl F. Lehman, The God Bu$ine$$, page 59:
- To put food on the table, Ruth gleaned in the fields and one of the fields belonged to Boaz who noticed her and admired her. They married and Ruth bore a son, Obed. There ensues a begat-ridden genealogy and....
- 2002, P. J. O'Rourke, The CEO of the Sofa, page 146:
- There's a bunch of begats in First Chronicles, chapter six, and it's way dull, especially if you consider what a begat involves.
- 2002, Geoffrey H. Hartman with Dr. Geoffrey Hartman, The longest shadow: in the aftermath of the Holocaust, page 108:
- In many instances even that cannot be done," and John Edgar Wideman prefaces Damballah with "A Begat Chart" and a "Family Tree."
Usage notes
- This is uncommon in the singular.