- γενέσια
- a birthday celebration.
- γενέσια, γενέθλιος
- birthday
- G:N-N
- γενέσια, -ων, τά, neut. pl. of adj. -ιος, -ον, relating to birth (< γένεσις);
__1. in Attic Gk., a commemoration of the dead.
__2. In late Gk., a birthday feast (= cl. γενέθλια; so in π., see MM, Exp., x; cf. also Ῥutherford, NPhr., 184):.Refs
Mat.14:6, Mrk.6:21
† (AS)
1) a birthday celebration, a birthday feast
1a) the earlier Greeks used this word of funeral commemorations, a festival commemorative of a deceased friend
1a) the earlier Greeks used this word of funeral commemorations, a festival commemorative of a deceased friend
γενέσια
genesia
ghen-es'-ee-ah
Neuter plural of a derivative of G1078; birthday ceremonies
KJV Usage: birthday.