A Lexical Study of the Septuagint Version of the Pentateuch

γένημα ('produce')
A new formation of the Koine, not attested before iii B.C.
and not connected with Classical γέννημα, 'that which is pro­
duced or born' (of living creatures). γένημα is formed from
γεν- of γίγνομαι, γέννημα from γεννάω (though the two are often
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confused in MSS).
The word is common in the papyri from iii B.C. onwards,
being the normal term for vegetable produce of all kinds: see
e.g. PCair.zen. 179.11,17, PCol.Zen. 16.7 (both iii B.C.), and
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examples quoted in Deissmann and MM. It is used often through­
out the Pentateuch: e.g. Le. 26.4 ή γη δώσει τά γενήματα αυτής,
και τά ξύλα τών πεδίων αποδώσει τόν καρπόν αυτών (MT ntnn' ) ,
Ge. 47.24, De. 16.15. Note the use of the plural, as often
in the papyri.
κατάλυμα
This word, whose meaning may be defined as 'accommodation
for rest at night' ('lodging'), is the Koine equivalent of
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Attic καταγωγιον. It appears first in the third century B.C.
E.g. PSI 341.8 (256 B.C.) σύνταξον δέ Νικίαι δούναι ήμΐν
κατάλυμα, PCair.zen. 847.1 (iii B.C.) έν τώι καταλύματι τού
βασιλέως, 830.16 (248 B.C.), UPZ 120.5,10 (ii B.C.). It is also
found in Plb., NT, and elsewhere (see Bauer).
It occurs in the Pentateuch in Ex. 4.24 έν τή όδώ έν τω
καταλύματι ( ~ ιΊbra ), 15.13 παρεκάλεσας [τόν λαόν σου] τή ίσχύι
σου εις κατάλυμα άγιόν σου ( ~ m J ) .
πλεόνασμα ('excess', 'surplus')
Nu. 31.32 τό π. τής προνομής, cf PTeb. 78.7 (110-8 B.C.)
τού ... έκβεβηικότος πλεονάσματος, 81.27 (ii B.C.), Ostr. Bodl.
1.97.5 (134 B.C.).
19. Bauer s.v. γένημα, Bl. DF §11.2, Deissmann, BS 184, Thackeray,
Gramm. 118, Mayser, Gramm. I.i 214. The use of γενήματα for
καρποί is censured by the Atticists: Phryn. 251 (R), Th.Mag.
74.8.
20. BS 110 N
21. So Moeris 241.