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Lexicon :: Strong's G1074 - genea

Aa
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)
Dictionary Aids

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 by 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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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 42 times in 37 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:17 - So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:16

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:39

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:41 - “The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:42

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:45 - “Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:4 - “A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet[fn] Jonah.” And He left them and departed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:17 - Then 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 here to Me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:36

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:34 - “Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:12 - But He sighed deeply in His spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Assuredly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:38 - “For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:19 - He answered him and said, “O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:30 - “Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:48 - For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant;
For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:50 - And His mercy is on those who fear Him
From generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:31 - And the Lord said,[fn] “To what then shall I liken the men of this generation, and what are they like?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:41

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:29 - And while the crowds were thickly gathered together, He began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:30 - “For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:31 - “The queen of the South will rise up in 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 indeed a greater than Solomon is here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:32

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 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 BoxLuk 11:51

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:8 - “So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:25

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

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:32 - “Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all things take place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:40 - And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:33 - In His humiliation His justice was taken away,
And who will declare His generation?
For His life is taken from the earth.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:36 - “For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:16 - “who in bygone generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:21 - “For Moses has had throughout many generations those who preach him in every city, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:21

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:15

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:26 - the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:10

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