1) of men who fathered children
   1a) to be born
   1b) to be begotten
      1b1) of women giving birth to children
 2) metaph.
   2a) to engender, cause to arise, excite
   2b) in a Jewish sense, of one who brings others over to his
       way of life, to convert someone
   2c) of God making Christ his son
   2d) of God making men his sons through faith in Christ's work