Strong G1074γενεά
generation
- Transliteration
- genea
- Pronunciation
- ghen-eh-ah'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From (a presumed derivative of) G1085; a generation; by implication an age (the period or the persons): - age generation nation time.
Detailed definition
γενεά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(γίγνομαι), [in LXX chiefly for דּוֹר, דֹּר (Cremer, 148);]
1. race, stock, family (in NT, γέννημα, which see).
2. generation;
__(a) of the contemporary members of a family: pl., Mat.1:17 (cf. Gen.31:3, מוֹלֶדֶת); metaphorically, of those alike in character, in bad sense, Mat.17:17, Mrk.9:19, Luk.9:41 16:8, Act.2:40;
__(b) of all the people of a given period: Mat.24:34, Mrk.13:30, Luk.21:32, Php.2:15; pl., Luk.1:48; esp. of the Jewish people, Mat.11:16 12:39, 41 42, 45 16:4 23:36, Mrk.8:12, 38 Luk.7:31 11:29, 30-32, 50, 51 17:25, Act.13:36, Heb.3:10" (LXX); τὴν γ. αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται, Act.8:33 (LXX);
__(with) the period covered by the life-time of a generation, used loosely in pl. of successive ages: Act.14:16 15:21, Eph.3:5, Col.1:26; εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γ. (= לִדוֹר וָדוֹר, al.), Luk.34:17, al), Luk.1:50; εἰς πάσας τὰς γ. τοῦ αἰῶνος τῶν αἰώνων, Eph.3:21 (Ellic, in l.; DCG, i, 639f.).
† (AS)
(γίγνομαι), [in LXX chiefly for דּוֹר, דֹּר (Cremer, 148);]
1. race, stock, family (in NT, γέννημα, which see).
2. generation;
__(a) of the contemporary members of a family: pl., Mat.1:17 (cf. Gen.31:3, מוֹלֶדֶת); metaphorically, of those alike in character, in bad sense, Mat.17:17, Mrk.9:19, Luk.9:41 16:8, Act.2:40;
__(b) of all the people of a given period: Mat.24:34, Mrk.13:30, Luk.21:32, Php.2:15; pl., Luk.1:48; esp. of the Jewish people, Mat.11:16 12:39, 41 42, 45 16:4 23:36, Mrk.8:12, 38 Luk.7:31 11:29, 30-32, 50, 51 17:25, Act.13:36, Heb.3:10" (LXX); τὴν γ. αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται, Act.8:33 (LXX);
__(with) the period covered by the life-time of a generation, used loosely in pl. of successive ages: Act.14:16 15:21, Eph.3:5, Col.1:26; εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γ. (= לִדוֹר וָדוֹר, al.), Luk.34:17, al), Luk.1:50; εἰς πάσας τὰς γ. τοῦ αἰῶνος τῶν αἰώνων, Eph.3:21 (Ellic, in l.; DCG, i, 639f.).
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1074 appears in 37 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- generation32
- age2
- an2
- of2
- time2
- unto2
- nation1
- to1
First verses
- Matthew 1:17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
- Matthew 11:16But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
- Matthew 12:39But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
- Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
- Matthew 12:42The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
- Matthew 12:45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
- Matthew 16:4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
- Matthew 17:17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
- Matthew 23:36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
- Matthew 24:34Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
- Mark 8:12And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
- Mark 8:38Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
- Mark 9:19He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
- Mark 13:30Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
- Luke 1:48For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
- Luke 1:50And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
- Luke 7:31And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
- Luke 9:41And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
- Luke 11:29And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
- Luke 11:30For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
γενεά, ᾶς,
Ionic dialect γενεή, ῆς, ἡ, Epic dialect dative γενεῆφι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.112)]: (γενέσθαι):
I of the persons in a family,
I.1 race, family, Πριάμου γ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.306, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.222, 16.117; γενεήν τε τόκον τε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.141; ἴδμεν.. γενεήν, ἴδμεν δὲ τοκῆας 20.203, compare 214)]; γενεῇ ὑπέρτερος higher by birth or blood, [Refs (11.786 (but)]younger in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus cited in Scholia ad l.))]; ταύτης εἶναι γ. καὶ αἵματος of this race and blood, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.211; πατρόθεν ἐκ γενεῆς ὀνομάζειν 10.68)]; γενεῇ by birthright, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.387)]; Αἰτωλὸς γενεήν by descent, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.471; γενεὴν Διός 21.187)]; γενεὴ ἔκ τινος descent from..,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 157; γενεὴν ἀπὸ Θρηίκης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.134)]; of horses, breed, stock, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.265, 268: _plural_, χρήματα καὶ γενεάς)] families, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 34)]; γενεὰν ποιεῖσθαι to have issue, [Refs (“GDI” 1798 (Delph.); πατριὰ καὶ γ., ={φρατρία καὶ γένος}, [prev. work]1152 (from Elis))]: hence, tribe, nation, Περσῶν γ., Τυρρηνῶν γ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 912 (Lyric poetry), “Eleg.” 2:—rare in Prose, τίς ὢν γενεά; 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.6; καὶ αὐτὸν καὶ τὰν γ. ἀπολέσθαι “SIG” 306.8 (Tegea, 4th c.BC).)]
I.2 race, generation, οἵηπερ φύλλων γ. τοιήδε καὶ ἀνδρῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.146; δύο γ. μερόπων ἀνθρώπων 1.250, etc., compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.142, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.14, 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.415e (but, ={μήν}, [prev. author] cited in 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Mensibus” 3.14); ἀστὴν ἐξ ἀστῶν ἀμφοτέρων ἐπὶ τρεῖς γ. γεγενημένην “SIG” 1015.6 (Halic.))]; age, γ. ἀνθρωπηΐη the historical, opposed to to the mythical, age, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.122; ἐπὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας γ. 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.15.)]
I.3 offspring, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.191, Oracle texts cited in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.86, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 189 (Lyric poetry))]; of a single person, Τυροῦς γ. (i. e. Pelias) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.136, comparel. 8(7).71.)]
I.4 metaphorically, class, kind, τὸ σύμμετρον καὶ καλὸν καὶ ὁπόσα τῆς γ. ταύτης ἐστίν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 66b; ταύτης τοι γενεᾶς ὁ νοῦς οὗτος 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.1.7.)]
II of Time or Place,
II.1 birthplace, γ. ἐπὶ λίμνῃ Γυγαίῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.390, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.407)]; of an eagle's evrie, [Refs (15.175.)]
II.2 age, time of life, γενεῆφι νεώτατος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.112; γενεῇ πρεσβύτατος, προγενέστερος, ὁπλότερος, 6.24, 9.161, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.184.)]
II.3 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], time of birth, ἐκ γενεῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.33, 4.23; ἀπὸ γ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.8.)]
Ionic dialect γενεή, ῆς, ἡ, Epic dialect dative γενεῆφι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.112)]: (γενέσθαι):
I of the persons in a family,
I.1 race, family, Πριάμου γ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.306, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.222, 16.117; γενεήν τε τόκον τε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.141; ἴδμεν.. γενεήν, ἴδμεν δὲ τοκῆας 20.203, compare 214)]; γενεῇ ὑπέρτερος higher by birth or blood, [Refs (11.786 (but)]younger in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus cited in Scholia ad l.))]; ταύτης εἶναι γ. καὶ αἵματος of this race and blood, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.211; πατρόθεν ἐκ γενεῆς ὀνομάζειν 10.68)]; γενεῇ by birthright, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.387)]; Αἰτωλὸς γενεήν by descent, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.471; γενεὴν Διός 21.187)]; γενεὴ ἔκ τινος descent from..,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 157; γενεὴν ἀπὸ Θρηίκης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.134)]; of horses, breed, stock, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.265, 268: _plural_, χρήματα καὶ γενεάς)] families, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 34)]; γενεὰν ποιεῖσθαι to have issue, [Refs (“GDI” 1798 (Delph.); πατριὰ καὶ γ., ={φρατρία καὶ γένος}, [prev. work]1152 (from Elis))]: hence, tribe, nation, Περσῶν γ., Τυρρηνῶν γ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 912 (Lyric poetry), “Eleg.” 2:—rare in Prose, τίς ὢν γενεά; 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.6; καὶ αὐτὸν καὶ τὰν γ. ἀπολέσθαι “SIG” 306.8 (Tegea, 4th c.BC).)]
I.2 race, generation, οἵηπερ φύλλων γ. τοιήδε καὶ ἀνδρῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.146; δύο γ. μερόπων ἀνθρώπων 1.250, etc., compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.142, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.14, 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.415e (but, ={μήν}, [prev. author] cited in 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Mensibus” 3.14); ἀστὴν ἐξ ἀστῶν ἀμφοτέρων ἐπὶ τρεῖς γ. γεγενημένην “SIG” 1015.6 (Halic.))]; age, γ. ἀνθρωπηΐη the historical, opposed to to the mythical, age, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.122; ἐπὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας γ. 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.15.)]
I.3 offspring, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.191, Oracle texts cited in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.86, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 189 (Lyric poetry))]; of a single person, Τυροῦς γ. (i. e. Pelias) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.136, comparel. 8(7).71.)]
I.4 metaphorically, class, kind, τὸ σύμμετρον καὶ καλὸν καὶ ὁπόσα τῆς γ. ταύτης ἐστίν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 66b; ταύτης τοι γενεᾶς ὁ νοῦς οὗτος 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.1.7.)]
II of Time or Place,
II.1 birthplace, γ. ἐπὶ λίμνῃ Γυγαίῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.390, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.407)]; of an eagle's evrie, [Refs (15.175.)]
II.2 age, time of life, γενεῆφι νεώτατος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.112; γενεῇ πρεσβύτατος, προγενέστερος, ὁπλότερος, 6.24, 9.161, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.184.)]
II.3 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], time of birth, ἐκ γενεῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.33, 4.23; ἀπὸ γ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.8.)]