ΓΝΉΣΙΟΣ: ** γνήσιος, -α, -ον [ (< γίγνομαι), [in LXX: Si 7:18, III Mac 3:19 * ;] ] 1. . prop., lawfully begotten, born in wedlock (in π., γυνὴ γ., a lawful wife; MM, s.v.).
2. . true, genuine, sincere: Phl 4:3, I Ti 1:2, Tit 1:4; as subst., τὸ γ. = ἡ γνησιότης, sincerity, II Co 8:8.†