γνήσι-ος, α, ον, (γένος)
1. belonging to the race, i. e. lawfully begotten, born in wedlock, νόθον καὶ γνήσιον Il. 11.102, cf. Od. 14.202, Hdt. 3.2, Leg.Gort. 10.41, Ar. Av. 1665, And. 1.127, D. 44.49, etc.; παίδων ἐπ’ ἀρότῳ γνησίων Men. Pk. 435; ἀδελφός Ar. Av. 1659; νόθος.. γνησίοις ἴσως σθένει S. Fr. 87; φρονοῦντα γνήσια E. Hipp. 309; γ. φρόνημα S. Fr. 307.
2. generally, genuine, legitimate, φίλος Phoc. 2 A; γ. γυναῖκες lawful wives, opp. παλλακίδες, X. Cyr. 4.3.1; πολῖται Arist. Pol. 1278a30, cf. 1319b9; γ. τῆς Ἑλλάδος true Greeks, D. 9.30; ἀκουστής D.H. Isoc. 18 (Sup.); μήτηρ τῶν ἐρωτικῶν λόγων, of Aphrodite, Luc. Am. 19; γ. ἀρεταί real, unfeigned virtues, Pi. O. 2.11; γ. ὕμνοι inspired song, B. 8.83; of fevers, γ. τριταῖος a genuine tertian, Hp. Prog. 24; γ. ὄξος genuine vinegar, Eub. 65; of writings, genuine, Gal. 15.748, Harp. s.v. Ἀλκιβιάδης. Adv. -ίως genuinely, truly, E. Alc. 678, Lys. 2.76, D. 3.32, etc.; γ. φέρειν bear nobly, Antiph. 281, Men. 205; lawfully, τοῖς γ. συμβιώσασιν Phld. Piet. 93. II γνήσια, τά, charges on land, γ. δημόσια PAmh. 86.15 (i A. D.), cf. PLond. 3.1157.4 (ii A. D.).
γνήσιος gnēsios 4x
lawful, legitimate, as children; genuine, in faith, etc.; [1Ti 1:2]; [Tit 1:4]; true, sincere, [2Co 8:8]; [Php 4:3]
G1103 — γνήσιος
γνησια, γνήσιον (by syncope for γενησιος from γίνομαι, γένομαι (cf. Curtius, § 128)), legitimately born, not spurious; genuine, true, sincere: [Phi 4:3]; [1Ti 1:2]; [Tit 1:4]; τό τῆς ἀγάπης γνήσιον equivalent to τήν γνησιοτητα (A. V. (the sincerity), [2Co 8:8]. (From Homer down.)
** γνήσιος , - α , - ον
( < γίγνομαι ),
[in LXX : Sir 7:18 , 3Ma 3:19 * ;]
1. prop ., lawfully begotten, born in wedlock (in Papyri, γυνὴ γ ., a lawful wife; MM , s.v. ).
2. true, genuine, sincere: [Php 4:3], [1Ti 1:2], [Tit 1:4]; as subst ., τὸ γ . = ἡ γνησιότης , sincerity, [2Co 8:8]. †