gennao denotes bringing forth offspring: human parentage and birth, divine begetting, and figuratively producing people or quarrels.

The term most often marks human parentage, childbirth, or a person's birth within a family line. It also describes persons as begotten of God or from above, and appears figuratively for producing followers or quarrels.

1. Human parentage, childbirth, and birth · dominant

   Active forms name a parent producing children or descendants: in Matthew 1:2 the APB renders successive family relationships as "begot," and in Luke 1:57 it describes Elizabeth giving birth to a son. Passive forms identify a person as born, as in Acts 7:20 for Moses and John 9:19 for the man born blind.

   Matthew 1:2Matthew 1:16Luke 1:57Acts 7:20Acts 7:29John 9:19
2. Being begotten of God or from above · common

   Passive forms describe people as begotten from a stated divine source: John 1:13 contrasts being born of God with other sources, while John 3:3 makes being begotten from above necessary to see the kingdom of God. In 1 John 3:9 and 1 John 5:4, perfect passive forms identify those begotten of God in clauses about not practicing sin and overcoming the world.

   John 1:13John 3:3John 3:51 John 3:91 John 5:41 John 5:18
3. Producing followers or consequences · rare

   In 1 Corinthians 4:15, the first-person active form occurs with "through the gospel" and the APB renders the clause "I begot you." In 2 Timothy 2:23, a present active plural form is used of controversies, which the APB says "beget quarrels."

   1 Corinthians 4:152 Timothy 2:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB presents the term with "begot," "born," "begotten," and childbirth language such as "gives birth." Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings show the clauses' presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent for every form.