A suffix referring to the beginning, development, or production of something. For example, gametogenesis is the development and production of the male and female germ cells (the gametes) required to form a new individual. Osteogenesis is the production of bone. Pathogenesis is the development of a disease, the sequence of events leading up to that [..]

a coming into being He found himself speculating on the genesis of the moral sense, how it developed in difficulties rather than in ease. — Miller, Alice Duer

The origin of a living thing

Old English Genesis, first book of the Pentateuch, which tells among other things of the creation of the world, from Latin genesis "generation, nativity," in Late Latin taken as the title of [..]

Genesis [H] [S]The five books of Moses were collectively called the Pentateuch, a word of Greek origin meaning "the five-fold book." The Jews called them the Torah, i.e., "the law." [..]

origin or beginning.

n. Creation.

The early development of a tropical cyclone.

First book of the Bible, written by Moses, tells of very ancient events in a simplified way. The Joseph story is linked essentially to the Moses story.

(origin), the first book of the law or Pentateuch, so called from its title ia the Septuagint, that is, Creation . Its author was Moses. The date of writing was probably during the forty-years wanderi [..]

Genesis. beginning

The five books of Moses were collectively called the Pentateuch, a word of Greek origin meaning "the five-fold book." The Jews called them the Torah, i.e., "the law." It is probabl [..]

Out of all the books of the Pentateuch only in the Genesis examples about dreams and night visions are found. The word "dream" appears in Genesis: 11:6  20:3; 20:6  28:12  31:10; 31:11; 31:24  37:10; 37:19; 37:20; 37:5; 37:6; 37:8; 37:9  40:12; 40:16; 40:18; 40:5; 40:8; 40:9  41:1; 41:11; 41:12; 41:15; 41:17; 41:22; 41:24; 41:25; 41:26; 4 [..]

(n) a coming into being(n) 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 [..]

The beginning of anything; the origin or process of originating.

The genesis rebuildable atomizer was one of the first commercially available. The name is used generically to refer to rebuildables with specific design features.

The first of the five sacred books written by Moses. The evidence of that great man's authorship of this book and the four others is of the most convincing character: he never disavowed them. GEN [..]

Lat. n. "Genesis (in the Bible)." KEY: genesis@lat_n#propn

lat_n#propn 1 genesis 1

Origin or mode of the formation of something.

(religion) The first sacred book in the Torah and the Hebrew Bible. of American usage since the 1980s. (video games) The video game console by Sega.

Means "birth, origin" in Greek. This is the name of the first book of the Old Testament in the Bible. It tells of the creation of the world, the expulsion of Adam and Eve, Noah and t [..]