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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 to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:16 - “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:39 - But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:41 - The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something 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 will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:45 - Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:4 - An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” So he left them and departed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:17 - And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:36 - Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:34 - Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:12 - And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:38 - For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes 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 answered them, “O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:30 - Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:48 - for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.
For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:50 - And his mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:31 - “To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:41 - Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:29 - When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:30 - For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will 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 will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:32

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:50 - so that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:51 - from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:8 - The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world[fn] are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:32 - Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:40 - And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort 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 justice was denied him.
Who can describe his generation?
For his life is taken away from the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:36

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:16 - In past generations he allowed 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 from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:5 - which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:21 - to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:15 - that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:26 - the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:10 - Therefore I was provoked with that generation,
and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart;
they have not known my ways.’
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