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Genesis

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈd͡ʒɛ.nə.səs//

The first book in the Hebrew Bible.

proper noun

  1. 1

    The first book in the Hebrew Bible.

  2. 2

    A female given name from Ancient Greek of American usage since the 1980s.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”).

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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