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jen´dẽr (ילד, yaÌ„ladh, עבר, ‛aÌ„bhar; γενναÌω, gennaÌoÌ„): “Gender†is an abbreviation of “engender.†In yaÌ„ladh (common for “to bear,†“to bring forthâ€) is translated “gender†(after Wycliff), the Revised Version (British and American) “The hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?†margin “given it birth.†In we have ‛aÌ„bhar (either the Piel of ‛aÌ„bhar, “to pass over,†etc., or of a separate word meaning “to bear,†“to be fruitfulâ€), translated “gendereth,†“Their bull gendereth, and faileth notâ€; in , raÌ„bha‛, “to lie down with,†is used of cattle gendering. In the King James Version we have “Mount Sinai, which gendereth (gennaoÌ„, “to begetâ€) to bondage,†the Revised Version (British and American) “bearing children unto bondage†(like Hagar, Abraham's bondwoman), and in , which “gender strifes,†i.e. beget them.