Associations to the word «Genesis»

Wiktionary

GENESIS, noun. The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.
GENESIS, proper noun. (religion) The first sacred book in the Torah and the Hebrew Bible.
GENESIS, proper noun. A female given name of American usage since the 1980s.
GENESIS, proper noun. (video games) The video game console Mega Drive by Sega.

Dictionary definition

GENESIS, noun. A coming into being.
GENESIS, noun. 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats