NOUN | event | genesis, generation | a coming into being |
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communication | Genesis, Book of Genesis | the first book of the Old Testament |
Sounds | jheh'nahsahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | A coming into being. | |
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Synonym | generation | |
Broader | beginning | The event consisting of the start of something |
Spanish | generación, génesis |
Meaning | 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; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers. | |
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Synonym | Book of Genesis | |
Category of | Tower of Babel, Babel | (Genesis 11 |
Instance of | book | A major division of a long written composition |
Part of | Old Testament | The collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people |
Torah, Pentateuch, Laws | The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit | |
Spanish | Génesis | |
Catalan | Genesis |
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