Lexical Definition

‎γένος‎ génos (ghen'-os) family: descendant ^G:N-N
from ‎γίνομαι‎

born, country(-man), diversity, generation, kind(-red), nation, offspring, stock.

• "kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective)

Abbott-Smith

γένος, -ους, τό (< γίγνομαι), [in LXX for עַם, מִין, זֶרַע, etc.;]
1. family: Ac 4:6 7:13 13:26.
2. offspring: Ac 17:28, 29, Re 22:16.
3. race, nation; Mk 7:28, Ac 4:36 7:19 18:2, 24, II Co 11:26, Phl 3:5, Ga 1:14, I Pe 2:9.
4. kind, sort, class: Mt 13:47 17:21, Rec., Mk 9:29, I Co 12:10, 28 14:10.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

meaning of: γένος

γένος, εος

or ους, τό, race, stock, kin, ἀμφοτέροισιν ὁμὸν γ. ἠδ᾽ ἴα πάτρη [γένος πατέρων αἰσχυνέμεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.209; γ. ἀπόλωλε τοκήων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.62; ὅθι τοι γένος ἐστὶ καὶ αὐτῇ 6.35: frequently \_absolutely\_ in \_accusative\_, ἐξ Ἰθάκης γένος εἰμί">Refs 8th c.BC+] from Ithaca I am by race,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect frequently with the Article, ποδαπὸς τὸ γένος εἶ ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]: so in dative, γένει πολῖται [Refs 4th c.BC+]; γένει υἱός, opposed to an adopted son, [Refs]; οἱ ἐν γένει, ={συγγενεῖς}, [Refs 5th c.BC+] to be of his race, ἄναγνος καὶ γένους τοῦ Λαΐου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐγγυτέρω, ἐγγύτατα γένους, nearer, next of kin, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 direct descent, opposed to collateral relationship, γένος γάρ, ἀλλ᾽ οὐχὶ συγγένεια [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ κατὰ γένος βασιλεῖαι hereditary monarchies, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II offspring, even of a single descendant, σὸν γ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Διὸς γ., of Bacchus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 collectively, offspring, posterity, ἐκεῖνοι καὶ τὸ γ. τὸ ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III generally, race, of beings, θεῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡμιόνων, βοῶν γ., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵππειον γ., i.e. mules, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.b clan, house, family, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἀπὸ γένους men of noble family, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; = Latin gens, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III.c tribe, as a subdivision of ἔθνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.d caste, [Refs]
__III.e of animals, breed, [Refs]
__III.2 age, generation, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γ. χρύσεον, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence, age, time of life, γένει ὕστερος [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__IV sex, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; gender, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__V class, sort, kind, τὰ γ. τῶν κυνῶν ἐστι δισσά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ τῶν γεωργῶν [γ.] [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__V.2 in Logic, opposed to εἶδος (species), [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V.3 in the animal kingdom, τὰ μέγιστα γ., = the modern [Refs], such as birds, fishes, [Refs]; so in the vegetable kingdom, γένη τὰ μέγιστα, ={σιτώδη, χεδροπά} and ἀνώνυμα, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__V.3.b genus, τὸ τῶν καρκίνων γ., τὸ τῶν περιστερῶν γ., etc., [γένος 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.14.3; τοῦ αὐτοῦ γένους [πίτυς] καὶ πεύκη 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.69, +others ">Refs 4th c.BC+]
__V.3.c γένος τι a species of plant, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so later, γένη, = crops, ἄλλοις γένεσι τοῖς πρὸς πυρὸν διοικουμένοις [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οἷς ἐὰν αἱρῶμαι γένεσι πλὴν κνήκου [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; produce, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; materials, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἐν γένεσιν in kind, opposed to ἐν ἀργυρίῳ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__V.4 τὰ γ. the elements, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit jánas, genitive jánasas; Latin genus, -eris, see at {γίγνομαι}.)