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However, the Hebrew word יוֹם (yom), meaning "day," is often used in contexts involving specific days or events.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, "genesia" refers to a celebration or festival commemorating a birth. It is used specifically to denote the occasion of a birthday celebration. The term is associated with festivities and often includes feasting and merriment.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, birthday celebrations were common and often grand events, especially among the elite and ruling classes. These celebrations could include banquets, games, and sacrifices to the gods. The concept of celebrating birthdays was not originally a Jewish tradition, as Jewish culture focused more on commemorating significant life events such as circumcision, bar mitzvahs, and weddings. However, under Hellenistic influence, some Jewish and early Christian communities may have adopted the practice.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/1078.htm">genesis</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a birthday celebration<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>birthday (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1077: γενέσια</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">γενέσια</span></span>, <span class="greek2">γενεσίων</span>, <span class="greek2">τά</span> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 176 (166)) (from the adjective <span class="greek2">γενέσιος</span> from <span class="greek2">γένεσις</span>), <span class="accented">a birthday celebration, a birth-day feast</span>: <a href="/interlinear/mark/6-21.htm">Mark 6:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/14-6.htm">Matthew 14:6</a>; (<span class="abbreviation">Alciphron</span> epistles 3, 18 and 55; <span class="abbreviation">Dio Cassius</span>, 47, 18, etc.; <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">γενέσιος</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμέρα</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Antiquities 12, 4, 7). The earlier Greeks used <span class="greek2">γενέσια</span> of <span class="accented">funeral commemorations,</span> a festival commemorative of a deceased friend (Latin<span class="latin">feriae</span><span class="latin">denicales</span>), see <span class="abbreviation">Lob. ad Phryn.</span>, p. 103f; (Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 184; <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, 24 (23)). Cf. <span class="abbreviation">Keim</span>, ii., p. 516 (iv. 223 English translation).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>birthday. <p>Neuter plural of a derivative of <a href="/greek/1078.htm">genesis</a>; birthday ceremonies -- birthday. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1078.htm">genesis</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>γενεσιοις γενεσίοις γενεσίων genesiois genesíois<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/14-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 14:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Neuter Plural">N-DNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/14.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3"><b>γενεσίοις</b> δὲ γενομένοις</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> But when Herod's <span class="itali">birthday</span> came,<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> when Herod's <span class="itali">birthday</span> was kept,<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/14-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">[the] birthday</span> moreover having been celebrated<p><b><a href="/text/mark/6-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 6:21</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Neuter Plural">N-DNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Ἡρῴδης τοῖς <b>γενεσίοις</b> αὐτοῦ δεῖπνον</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Herod <span class="itali">on his birthday</span> gave<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Herod on his <span class="itali">birthday</span> made a supper<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/6-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Herod on the <span class="itali">birthday</span> of him a supper<p><b><a href="/greek/1077.htm">Strong's Greek 1077</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1077.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/genesiois_1077.htm">γενεσίοις — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/1076.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1076"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1076" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/1078.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1078"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1078" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>