Found 3 items, similar to Genesis.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: genesis
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: genesis
genesis
n 1: a coming into being [syn:
generation]
2: the first book of the Old Testament: tells of creation; Adam
and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the
flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac;
Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers [syn:
Book of Genesis
]
[also:
geneses (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Genesis
Genesis
\Gen"e*sis\, n. [L., from Gr. ge`nesis, fr. the root of
gi`gnesqai to beget, be born; akin to L. genus birth, race.
See
Gender.]
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1. The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to
anything; the process or mode of originating; production;
formation; origination.
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The origin and genesis of poor Sterling's club.
--Carlyle.
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2. The first book of the Old Testament; -- so called by the
Greek translators, from its containing the history of the
creation of the world and of the human race.
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3. (Geom.) Same as
Generation.