genesis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a coming into being
    generation.
  2. 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
    Book of Genesis.

WordNet

Gen"e*sis noun
Etymology
L., from Gr. , fr. the root of to beget, be born; akin to L. genus birth, race. See Gender.
Definitions
  1. The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination.
    The origin and genasis of poor Sterling's club. Carlyle.
  2. The first book of the Old Testament; -- so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race.
  3. (Geom.) Same as Generation.

Webster 1913