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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. p.) of Beget.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BEGOTTEN

be-got'-'-n (yaladh; "to bear," "bring forth," "beget"; denotes the physical relation of either parent to a child, Genesis 3:16; Genesis 4:18): Used metaphorically of God's relation to Israel (Deuteronomy 32:18) and to the Messianic king (Psalm 2:7); (gennao, "to beget," or "bear"): generally used of a father (Matthew 1:1-16); more rarely of a mother (Luke 1:13, 57); used metaphorically of causing or engendering moral and spiritual relations and states (1 Corinthians 4:15 Philemon 1:10); of the new birth the Holy Spirit (John 3:3). Men who obey and love God as sons are begotten of Him (John 1:13 1 John 2:29; 1 John 3:9; 1 John 4:7; 1 John 5:1, 4, 18; compare 1 Peter 1:23). Used especially of God's act in making Christ His Son: "Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee" (Psalm 2:7) quoted in Acts 13:33 in reference to His resurrection (compare Romans 1:4). The same passage is cited (Hebrews 1:5) as proving Christ's filial dignity, transcending the angels in that "he hath inherited a more excellent name than they," i.e. the name of son; and again (Hebrews 5:5) of God conferring upon Christ the glory of the priestly office.

Commentators differ as to whether the act of begetting the Son in these two passages is

(a) the eternal generation, or

(b) the incarnation in time, or

(c) the resurrection and ascension.

The immediate context of Hebrews 1:5 (see Hebrews 1:3) seems to favor the last view (Westcott). The first view would not be foreign to the author's thought: with Hebrews 5:5 compare Hebrews 6:20, "a high priest forever" (Alford). The author of Heb thinks of the eternal and essential sonship of Christ as realized in history in His ascension to the "right hand of the Majesty" (Hebrews 1:3). And what is emphatic is the fact and status of sonship, rather than the time of begetting.

T. Rees

ONLY BEGOTTEN

on'-li be-got-'-'n (monogenes): Although the English words are found only 6 times in the New Testament, the Greek word appears 9 times, and often in the Septuagint. It is used literally of an only child: "the only son of his mother" (Luke 7:12); "an only daughter" (Luke 8:42); "mine only child" (Luke 9:38); "Isaac.... his only begotten" (Hebrews 11:17). In all other places in the New Testament it refers to Jesus Christ as "the only begotten Son of God" (John 1:14, 18; John 3:16, 18 1 John 4:9). In these passages, too, it might be translated as "the only son of God"; for the emphasis seems to be on His uniqueness, rather than on His sonship, though both ideas are certainly present. He is the son of God in a sense in which no others are. "Monogenes describes the absolutely unique relation of the Son to the Father in His divine nature; prototokos describes the relation of the Risen Christ in His glorified humanity to man" (Westcott on Hebrews 1:6). Christ's uniqueness as it appears in the above passages consists of two things:

(a) He reveals the Father: "No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him" (John 1:18). Men therefore behold His glory, "glory as of the only begotten from the Father" (1:14).

(b) He is the mediator of salvation: "God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him" (1 John 4:9 John 3:16); "He that believeth not (on him) hath been judged already" (John 3:18). Other elements in His uniqueness may be gathered from other passages, as His sinlessness, His authority to forgive sins, His unbroken communion with the Father, and His unique knowledge of Him. To say that it is a uniqueness of nature or essence carries thought no farther, for these terms still need definition, and they can be defined only in terms of His moral consciousness, of His revelation of God, and especially of His intimate union as Son with the Father.

See also BEGOTTEN; PERSON OF CHRIST; SON OF GOD.

The reading "God only begotten" in John 1:18 the Revised Version margin, though it has strong textual support, is improbable, and can well be explained as due to orthodox zeal, in opposition to adoptionism. See Grimm-Thayer, Lexicon; Westcott, at the place

T. Rees

Greek

3439. monogenes -- only begotten
... only begotten. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: monogenes Phonetic Spelling:
(mon-og-en-ace') Short Definition: only, only-begotten, unique Definition ...
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1084. gennetos -- begotten, born
... begotten, born. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: gennetos Phonetic Spelling:
(ghen-nay-tos') Short Definition: begotten, born Definition: begotten ...
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1103. gnesios -- lawfully begotten, genuine
... lawfully begotten, genuine. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: gnesios Phonetic
Spelling: (gnay'-see-os) Short Definition: real, true, genuine Definition ...
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1080. gennao -- to beget, to bring forth
... give birth to. 1080 -- properly, beget (procreate a descendant), produce
offspring; (passive) be born, "begotten.". Word Origin from ...
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738. artigennetos -- newborn
... newborn. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: artigennetos Phonetic Spelling:
(ar-teeg-en'-nay-tos) Short Definition: newly begotten, newly born Definition ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2216. Zerubbabel -- "begotten in Babylon," a leader of returning ...
... "begotten in Babylon," a leader of returning Isr. ... Word Origin perhaps from zarab
and Babel Definition "begotten in Babylon," a leader of returning Isr. ...
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2217. Zerubbabel -- "begotten in Babylon," leader of returning Isr ...
... "begotten in Babylon," leader of returning Isr. ... Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding
to Zerubbabel Definition "begotten in Babylon," leader of returning Isr. ...
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4138. moledeth -- kindred, birth, offspring
... relatives (6). begotten, born, issue, kindred,. From yalad; nativity (plural
birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country ...
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3318. yatsa -- to go or come out
... forward (1), went through (1). after, appear, assuredly, bear out, begotten,
break out, bring forth out, up,. A primitive root; to ...
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3205. yalad -- to bear, bring forth, beget
... 3), bears (6), became (1), became the father (144), become the father (2), become
the fathers (1), beget (3), begetting (1), begot (2), begotten (3), birth (2 ...
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Library

How the Only-Begotten Son of God is Called First-Born.
... Book IV. Chapter VIII."How the Only-begotten Son of God is called
first-born. He who is first begotten is called first-born [2281 ...
/.../exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter viii how the only-begotten son.htm

Thou one Begotten Son,
... Thou one Begotten Son,. tr., John Brownlie 6,6,8,6. ho monogenes Huios kai Logos
tou theou. ... John Chrysostom). I. Thou one Begotten Son,. Eternal Word adored,. ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the greek church/thou one begotten son.htm

The Unbegotten and the Begotten Necessarily Different from Each ...
... Homily XVI. Chapter XVI."The Unbegotten and the Begotten Necessarily
Different from Each Other. "In addition to this, it is the ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xvi the unbegotten and the.htm

Wisdom is Begotten of the Father, as Fire from Fire.
... Chapter LXI"Wisdom is begotten of the Father, as fire from fire. "I shall
give you another testimony, my friends," said I, "from ...
/.../chapter lxiwisdom is begotten of.htm

On the Words, the Only-Begotten Son of God, Begotten of the Father ...
... Lecture XI. On the Words, the Only-Begotten Son of God, Begotten of the Father Very
God Before All Ages, by Whom All Things Were Made. Hebrews i.1 ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/lecture xi on the words.htm

This Only Begotten Word of God Reigns, from Ages which had no ...
... Pronounced on the thirtieth anniversary of his reign. Chapter II. This only
begotten Word of God reigns, from ages which had no beginning? ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter ii this only begotten.htm

Thou One-Begotten Son,
... PASSIONTIDE XI Thou One-begotten Son,. 6,6,8,6 'O monogenes ?�ios kai Logos tou Theou
From the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Thou One-begotten Son,. ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the russian church/xi thou one-begotten son.htm

That the Image or Begotten Word of the Mind that Knows Itself is ...
... Book IX. Chapter 11."That the Image or Begotten Word of the Mind that Knows
Itself is Equal to the Mind Itself. 16. But all knowledge ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 11 that the image or.htm

Of the Father's Love Begotten
... II. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR Christmas 74. Of the Father's love begotten. PM ... Henry W. Baker,
1859. Of the Father's love begotten,. Ere the worlds began to be,. ...
/.../christmas 74 of the fathers.htm

Reply is Made to the Cavils of the Heretics in Respect to the Same ...
... Book V. Chapter 6."Reply is Made to the Cavils of the Heretics in Respect
to the Same Words Begotten and Unbegotten. 7. But if ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 6 reply is made to.htm

Thesaurus

Begotten (77 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (pp) of Beget. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BEGOTTEN.
be-got'-'-n ... begetting. T. Rees. ONLY BEGOTTEN. on'-li ...
/b/begotten.htm - 33k

Only-begotten (5 Occurrences)
Only-begotten. Only, Only-begotten. Ono . Multi-Version Concordance
Only-begotten (5 Occurrences). John 1:14 And the ...
/o/only-begotten.htm - 7k

First-begotten (2 Occurrences)
First-begotten. Firstbegotten, First-begotten. Firstborn . Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia FIRST-BEGOTTEN. furst-be-got ...
/f/first-begotten.htm - 10k

Holy-begotten (1 Occurrence)
Holy-begotten. Holy, Holy-begotten. Holyday . Multi-Version
Concordance Holy-begotten (1 Occurrence). Luke 1:35 And ...
/h/holy-begotten.htm - 6k

Only (3813 Occurrences)
... 5. (a.) So and no otherwise; no other than; exclusively; solely; wholly. 6.
(a.) Singly; without more; as, only-begotten. ... ONLY BEGOTTEN. ...
/o/only.htm - 10k

Begot (119 Occurrences)
... (DBY JPS). Genesis 5:4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight
hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: (Root in KJV JPS DBY WBS). ...
/b/begot.htm - 30k

Firstbegotten (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia FIRST-BEGOTTEN. ... See also BEGOTTEN, and Lightfoot
on Colossians 1:15. T. Rees. Multi-Version Concordance ...
/f/firstbegotten.htm - 10k

Births (34 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Genesis 11:27 And these 'are' births of Terah: Terah hath begotten
Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot; (YLT). ...
/b/births.htm - 17k

Believeth (42 Occurrences)
... John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ...
/b/believeth.htm - 17k

Loving (292 Occurrences)
... 1 John 4:7 Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every
one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God; (YLT). ...
/l/loving.htm - 36k

Resources

What does it mean that Jesus is God's only begotten son? | GotQuestions.org

What does John 3:16 mean? | GotQuestions.org

What is the doctrine of eternal generation and is it biblical? | GotQuestions.org

Begotten: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Begotten (77 Occurrences)

Matthew 1:16
and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was begotten Jesus, who is named Christ.
(YLT)

Matthew 1:20
but while he pondered on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to thee Mary, thy wife, for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.
(DBY YLT)

Luke 1:35
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.
(ASV YLT)

Luke 9:38
and lo, a man from the multitude cried out, saying, 'Teacher, I beseech thee, look upon my son, because he is my only begotten;
(YLT)

John 1:13
who were begotten as such not by human descent, nor through an impulse of their own nature, nor through the will of a human father, but from God.
(WEY YLT)

John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

John 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

John 3:18
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

John 9:34
"You," they replied, "were wholly begotten and born in sin, and do *you* teach *us*?" And they put him out of the synagogue.
(WEY)

Acts 13:33
God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Corinthians 4:15
For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Philemon 1:10
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
(KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Hebrews 1:5
For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Hebrews 5:5
So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Hebrews 11:12
wherefore, also from one were begotten -- and that of one who had become dead -- as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as sand that 'is' by the sea-shore -- the innumerable.
(YLT)

Hebrews 11:17
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

James 1:18
Of his own will he hath begotten us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
(WBS)

1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
(KJV WEY DBY WBS)

1 Peter 1:23
For you have been begotten again by God's ever-living and enduring word from a germ not of perishable, but of imperishable life.
(WEY ASV YLT)

1 John 2:29
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.
(ASV DBY YLT)

1 John 3:9
Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.
(ASV DBY YLT)

1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.
(ASV DBY YLT)

1 John 4:9
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

1 John 5:1
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

1 John 5:4
For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, 'even' our faith.
(ASV DBY YLT)

1 John 5:18
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Revelation 1:5
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
(KJV WBS)

Genesis 4:18
And born to Enoch is Irad; and Irad hath begotten Mehujael; and Mehujael hath begotten Methusael; and Methusael hath begotten Lamech.
(YLT)

Genesis 5:4
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
(KJV DBY WBS)

Genesis 5:7
And Seth lived after he had begotten Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
(DBY)

Genesis 5:10
And Enosh lived after he had begotten Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
(DBY)

Genesis 5:13
And Cainan lived after he had begotten Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters.
(DBY)

Genesis 5:16
And Mahalaleel lived after he had begotten Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
(DBY)

Genesis 5:19
And Jared lived after he had begotten Enoch eight hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
(DBY)

Genesis 5:22
And Enoch walked with God after he had begotten Methushelah three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
(DBY)

Genesis 5:26
And Methushelah lived after he had begotten Lemech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begot sons and daughters.
(DBY)

Genesis 5:30
And Lemech lived after he had begotten Noah five hundred and ninety-five years, and begot sons and daughters.
(DBY)

Genesis 10:8
And Cush hath begotten Nimrod;
(YLT)

Genesis 10:13
And Mitzraim hath begotten the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim,
(YLT)

Genesis 10:15
And Canaan hath begotten Sidon his first-born, and Heth,
(YLT)

Genesis 10:21
As to Shem, father of all sons of Eber, brother of Japheth the elder, he hath also begotten:
(YLT)

Genesis 10:24
And Arphaxad hath begotten Salah, and Salah hath begotten Eber.
(YLT)

Genesis 10:26
And Joktan hath begotten Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
(YLT)

Genesis 11:11
And Shem lived after he had begotten Arphaxad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
(DBY)

Genesis 11:13
And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
(DBY)

Genesis 11:15
And Shelah lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
(DBY)

Genesis 11:17
And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
(DBY)

Genesis 11:19
And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
(DBY)

Genesis 11:21
And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
(DBY)

Genesis 11:23
And Serug lived after he had begotten Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
(DBY)

Genesis 11:25
And Nahor lived after he had begotten Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
(DBY)

Genesis 11:27
And these 'are' births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;
(YLT)

Genesis 22:23
and Bethuel hath begotten Rebekah;' these eight hath Milcah borne to Nahor, Abraham's brother;
(YLT)

Genesis 25:3
And Jokshan hath begotten Sheba and Dedan; and the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim;
(YLT)

Genesis 25:19
And these 'are' births of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham hath begotten Isaac;
(YLT)

Genesis 48:6
And thy family which thou hast begotten after them shall be thine: they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
(DBY YLT)

Leviticus 18:11
The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Leviticus 25:45
Moreover of the children of the strangers that sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land: and they shall be your possession.
(ASV JPS YLT)

Numbers 11:12
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
(KJV WBS YLT)

Numbers 26:29
Sons of Manasseh: of Machir 'is' the family of the Machirite; and Machir hath begotten Gilead; of Gilead 'is' the family of the Gileadite.
(YLT)

Numbers 26:58
These 'are' families of the Levite: the family of the Libnite, the family of the Hebronite, the family of the Mahlite, the family of the Mushite, the family of the Korathite. And Kohath hath begotten Amram,
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 23:8
The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Judges 8:30
And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

1 Chronicles 2:18
And Caleb son of Hezron hath begotten Azubah, Isshah, and Jerioth; and these 'are' her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
(YLT)

Nehemiah 12:10
And Jeshua hath begotten Joiakim, and Joiakim hath begotten Eliashib, and Eliashib hath begotten Joiada,
(YLT)

Nehemiah 12:11
and Joiada hath begotten Jonathan, and Jonathan hath begotten Jaddua.
(YLT)

Job 38:28
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
(KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Job 38:29
From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?
(YLT)

Psalms 2:7
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Ecclesiastes 5:14
and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
(ASV DBY JPS YLT)

Isaiah 45:10
Woe unto him that saith unto his father. 'Wherefore begettest thou?' Or to a woman: 'Wherefore travailest thou?'
(See NIV)

Isaiah 49:21
Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
(KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 18:10
And if he have begotten a son that is violent, a shedder of blood, and that doeth only one of any of these things,
(DBY YLT)

Ezekiel 18:14
But lo, if he have begotten a son that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like:
(DBY YLT)

Ezekiel 47:22
and it hath come to pass, ye separate it for an inheritance to yourselves, and to the sojourners who are sojourning in your midst, who have begotten sons in your midst, and they have been to you as native, with the sons of Israel, with you they are separated for an inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel.
(YLT RSV)

Hosea 5:7
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Begotten

Related Terms

Only-begotten (5 Occurrences)

First-begotten (2 Occurrences)

Holy-begotten (1 Occurrence)

Only (3813 Occurrences)

Begot (119 Occurrences)

Firstbegotten (1 Occurrence)

Births (34 Occurrences)

Believeth (42 Occurrences)

Loving (292 Occurrences)