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Lexicon :: Strong's G1074 - genea

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γενεά
Transliteration
genea (Key)
Pronunciation
ghen-eh-ah'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From (a presumed derivative of) γένος (G1085)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:662,114

Strong’s Definitions

γενεά geneá, ghen-eh-ah'; from (a presumed derivative of) G1085; a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons):—age, generation, nation, time.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's G1074 in the following manner: generation (37x), time (2x), age (2x), nation (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's G1074 in the following manner: generation (37x), time (2x), age (2x), nation (1x).

  1. fathered, birth, nativity

  2. that which has been begotten, men of the same stock, a family

    1. the several ranks of natural descent, the successive members of a genealogy

    2. metaph. a group of men very like each other in endowments, pursuits, character

      1. esp. in a bad sense, a perverse nation

  3. the whole multitude of men living at the same time

  4. an age (i.e. the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation), a space of 30 - 33 years

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γενεά geneá, ghen-eh-ah'; from (a presumed derivative of) G1085; a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons):—age, generation, nation, time.
STRONGS G1074:
γενεά, -ᾶς, ἡ, (ΓΕΝΩ, γίνομαι [cf. Curtius, p. 610]); Sept. often for דּוֹר; in Greek writings from Homer down;
1. a begetting, birth, nativity: Herodotus 3, 33; Xenophon, Cyril 1, 2, 8, etc.; [others make the collective sense the primary significance, see Curtius as above].
2. passively, that which has been begotten, men of the same stock, a family;
a. properly, as early as Homer; equivalent to מִשְׁפָּחַה, Genesis 31:3, etc. σῴζειν Ῥαχάβην κ. τὴν γενεὰν αὐτῆς, Josephus, Antiquities 5, 1, 5. the several ranks in a natural descent, the successive members of a genealogy: Matthew 1:17, (ἑβδόμη γενεὰ οὗτός ἐστιν ἀπὸ τοῦ πρώτου, Philo, vit. Moys. i. § 2).
b. metaphorically, a race of men very like each other in endowments, pursuits, character; and especially in a bad sense a perverse race: Matthew 17:17; Mark 9:19; Luke 9:41; Luke 16:8; [Acts 2:40].
3. the whole multitude of men living at the same time: Matthew 24:34; Mark 13:30; Luke 1:48 (πᾶσαι αἱ γενεαί); Luke 21:32; Philippians 2:15; used especially of the Jewish race living at one and the same period: Matthew 11:16; Matthew 12:39, 41f, 45; Matthew 16:4; Matthew 23:36; Mark 8:12, 38; Luke 11:29f, 32, 50; Luke 17:25; Acts 13:36; Hebrews 3:10; ἄνθρωποι τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης, Luke 7:31; ἄνδρες τῆς γεν. ταύ., Luke 11:31; τὴν δὲ γενεὰν αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται, who can describe the wickedness of the present generation, Acts 8:33 (from Isaiah 53:8 Sept.) [but cf. Meyer, at the passage].
4. an age (i. e. the time ordinarily occupied by each successive generation), the space of from 30 to 33 years (Herodotus 2, 142, and others; Heraclitus in Plutarch, def. orac. c. 11), or ὁ χρόνος, ἐν ᾧ γεννῶντα παρέχει τὸν ἐξ αὐτοῦ γεγεννημένον ὁ γεννήσας (Plutarch, the passage cited); in the N. T. common in plural: Ephesians 3:5 [Winers Grammar, § 31, 9 a.; Buttmann, 186 (161)]; παρῳχημέναις γενεαῖς in ages gone by, Acts 14:16; ἀπὸ τῶν γενεῶν for ages, since the generations began, Colossians 1:26; ἐκ γενεῶν ἀρχαίων from the generations of old, from ancient times down, Acts 15:21; εἰς γενεὰς γενεῶν unto generations of generations, through all ages, forever (a phrase which assumes that the longer ages are made up of shorter; see αἰών, 1 a.): Luke 1:50 R L (דּוֹרִים לְדוֹר, Isaiah 51:8); εἰς γενεὰς κ. γενεάς unto generations and generations, ibid. T Tr WH equivalent to וָדוֹר לְדוֹר, Psalm 89:2; Isaiah 34:17; very often in the Sept.; [add, εἰς πάσας τὰς γενεὰς τοῦ αἰῶνος τῶν αἰώνων, Ephesians 3:21, cf. Ellicott at the passage] (γενεά is used of a century in Genesis 15:16, cf. Knobel at the passage, and on the senses of the word see the full remarks of Keim, iii. 206 [v. 245 English translation]).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
15:16; 31:3
Psalms
89:2
Isaiah
34:17; 51:8; 53:8
Matthew
1:17; 11:16; 12:39; 12:41; 12:45; 16:4; 17:17; 23:36; 24:34
Mark
8:12; 8:38; 9:19; 13:30
Luke
1:48; 1:50; 7:31; 9:41; 11:29; 11:31; 11:32; 11:50; 16:8; 17:25; 21:32
Acts
2:40; 8:33; 13:36; 14:16; 15:21
Ephesians
3:5; 3:21
Philippians
2:15
Colossians
1:26
Hebrews
3:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1074 matches the Greek γενεά (genea),
which occurs 43 times in 37 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:17 - So all the generations from Abraham unto David are fourteen generations; and from David unto the carrying away to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon unto the Christ fourteen generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:16 - But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:39 - But 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 Jonah the prophet:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:41 - The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:42 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:45 - Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:4 - An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:17 - And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him hither to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:36 - Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:34 - Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:12 - And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:38 - For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also shall be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:19 - And he answereth them and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:30 - Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, until all these things be accomplished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:48 -
For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaid:
For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:50 -
And his mercy is unto generations and generations
On them that fear him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:31 - Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:41 - And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and bear with you? bring hither thy son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:29 - And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:30 - For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:31 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:32 - The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:50 - that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:51 - from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:8 - And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:25 - But first must he suffer many things and be rejected of this generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:32 - Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all things be accomplished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:40 - And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:33 -
In his humiliation his judgment was taken away:
His generation who shall declare?
For his life is taken from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:36 - For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:16 - who in the generations gone by suffered all the nations to walk in their own ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:21 - For Moses from generations of old hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:5 - which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:21 - unto him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:15 - that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:26 - even the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:10 -
Wherefore I was displeased with this generation,
And said, They do always err in their heart:
But they did not know my ways;
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