γνήσιος
gnēsios
- genuine
- lawfully begotten, born in wedlock
- true, genuine, sincere
STEPBible TBESG
Glosses: genuine
γνήσιος, -α, -ον
(γίγνομαι), [in LXX: Sir.7:18, 3Ma.3:19 * ;]
__1. prop. lawfully begotten, born in wedlock (in π. γυνὴ γ. a lawful wife; MM, see word).
__2. true, genuine, sincere: Php.4:3, 1Ti.1:2, Tit.1:4; as subst. τὸ γ. = ἡ γνησιότης, sincerity, 2Co.8:8.
† (AS)
Abbott-Smith
Glosses: lawfully begotten, born in wedlock; true, genuine, sincere
lawfully begotten, born in wedlock; true, genuine, sincere