genesis
創世記
解説 Definition
Genesis は旧約聖書の最初の書である「創世記」を指します。天地創造や人類の始まりに関する物語を含む書名として使われます。
Genesis is the first book of the Bible, containing accounts of the creation of the world, early humanity, and the ancestors of Israel. As a book title, it is written with an initial capital.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Genesis はギリシャ語 genesis「誕生・起源」に由来し、gen-「生む」を generate、generation、gene と結び付けると覚えやすい。大文字の Genesis は聖書の最初の書「創世記」で、天地や人類の始まりを扱う。read Genesis、a passage from Genesis のように書名として使う。
Connect Genesis with beginning and birth through the Greek root gen-, “produce” or “be born.” The same core appears in generate, generation, and gene. Picture opening the Bible to its first book and reading stories about the beginning of the world and humanity; the book’s position and subject both reinforce the idea of origins. When the word names the biblical book, capitalize it: Genesis. Useful patterns include “Genesis is the first book,” “a passage from Genesis,” and “the beginning of Genesis.” Lowercase genesis can also mean the origin of something, but the examples here specifically concern the biblical title.
例文
Genesis is the first book of the Bible.
創世記は聖書の最初の書です。
Our class read a passage from Genesis.
私たちの授業では創世記の一節を読みました。
The story appears near the beginning of Genesis.
その物語は創世記の初めのほうに出てきます。
genesis の類義語・関連語
対義語
紛らわしい語
genesis の語源・成り立ち Etymology
genesisはギリシャ語genesis（誕生・起源）から来ており、語根gen-は「生む・生じる」です。だから『創世記』だけでなく「物事の始まり」という意味にもなります。関連語はgenerate、gene。
Genesis comes through Latin from Greek genesis, meaning “origin,” “birth,” or “coming into being.” The Greek noun is related to a widespread Indo-European root meaning “give birth” or “produce,” also reflected in English words such as generate, generation, and gene. Genesis became the traditional Greek and later English title of the Bible’s first book because its opening narratives concern the creation of the world and the beginnings of humanity.
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