Gnesios means “own” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1103 — balac (“gatherer”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1103 γνήσιος (gnesios) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. gnesios (gnay'-see-os) adj. 1. legitimate (of birth), i.e. genuine [a derivative of G1078] It has 6 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include own, sincerity, and true. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
gnesios (gnay'-see-os) adj. 1. legitimate (of birth), i.e. genuine [a derivative of G1078] KJV: own, sincerity, true Root(s): G1078 See also: G1077
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1103. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
genuine
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render gnesios, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1103 (γνήσιος) appears 2 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
4 indexed usages in New Testament.
I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And thus, exhibiting their enmity against us, they alone among the nations lift up their heads against kings and benefactors, as men unwilling to submit to anything reasonable.
Change not a friend for any good by no means; Neither a faithful brother for the gold of Ophir.
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1103.
I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
And thus, exhibiting their enmity against us, they alone among the nations lift up their heads against kings and benefactors, as men unwilling to submit to anything reasonable.
Change not a friend for any good by no means; Neither a faithful brother for the gold of Ophir.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1103, grouped by book.
Gnesios (Strong's G1103) is a Greek word most simply glossed "own". gnesios (gnay'-see-os) adj. 1. legitimate (of birth), i.e. genuine [a derivative of G1078]
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's G1103 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1103 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as own, sincerity, and true. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1103, with linked reader references where each row is available.