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begotten

Meaning of “begotten”

Sense 1: Brought forth as offspring or standing in the stated relation of offspring. Sense 2: Brought forth, raised, or made alive in a spiritual or figurative relation.

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First occurrence: Genesis 5:4

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John 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · John 1:18 · retained source text

No man hath seene God at any time: the onely begotten Sonne, which is in the bosome of the Father, he hath declared him.

1611 marginal note1.Iohn 4.12. 1.tim. 6.16.

John 3:16
¶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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1611 witness · John 3:16 · retained source text

¶ For God so loued y e world, that he gaue his only begotten Sonne: that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life.

1611 marginal note1.Iohn 4.9.

John 3:18
¶ He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
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1611 witness · John 3:18 · retained source text

¶ He that beleeueth on him, is not condemned: but hee that beleeueth not, is condemned already, because hee hath not beleeued in the Name of the onely begotten Sonne of God.

Acts 13:33
God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
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1611 witness · Acts 13:33 · retained source text

God hath fulfilled the same vnto vs their children, in that he hath raised vp Iesus againe, as it is also written in the second Psalme: Thou art my Sonne, this day haue I begotten thee.

1611 marginal notePsal. 2.7. heb. 1.5.

1 Corinthians 4:15
For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
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1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 4:15 · retained source text

For though you haue ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet haue yee not many fathers: For in Christ Iesus I haue begotten you through the Gospel.

Philemon 1:10
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Philemon 1:10 · retained source text

I beseech thee for my sonne Onesimus, whome I haue begotten in my bonds,

Hebrews 1:5
For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
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1611 witness · Hebrews 1:5 · retained source text

For vnto which of the Angels said he at any time, Thou art my sonne, this day haue I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Sonne.

Hebrews 5:5
So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
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1611 witness · Hebrews 5:5 · retained source text

So also, Christ glorified not himselfe, to bee made an High Priest: but hee that saide vnto him, Thou art my Sonne, to day haue I begotten thee.

Hebrews 11:17
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
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1611 witness · Hebrews 11:17 · retained source text

By faith Abraham when he was tried, offered vp Isaac: and he that had receiued the promises, offered vp his onely begotten sonne,

1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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1611 witness · 1 Peter 1:3 · retained source text

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten vs againe vnto a liuely hope, by the resurrection of Iesus Christ from the dead,

1611 marginal noteGr. much.

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