Genesis Meaning In English. Literally generation creation from Greek Gnesis the Greek rendering of Hebrew bĕrēʾshith the first word of the Biblical book. Entry 1 of 2.
Noun 1 a coming into being 2 the first book of the Old Testament. The beginning of something. Dʒenɪsɪs singular noun usually with poss The genesis of something is its beginning birth or creation.
Related to Greek gignesthai to be born.
First recorded before 1100. Genesis See Table at Bible. The beginning of something. See genə- in Indo-European roots American Heritage.
