Generation
γενεάStrong’s G1074genea
Appears in 37 verses of the New Testament
In short
Genea is the Greek word usually translated “generation” and “generations”. It appears in 37 verses of the New Testament.
“So 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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “generation” and “generations”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- generation 26
- generations 12
- a generation 2
- to generation 1
- of a generation 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 13
- Matthew 10
- Acts 5
- Mark 4
- Ephesians 2
- Philippians 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
γενεά genea · generation
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; …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “generation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GENERA'TION, noun
The act of begetting; procreation, as of animals.
- Production; formation; as the generation of sounds or of curves or equations.
- A single succession in natural descent, as the children of the same parents; hence, an age. Genesis 15:16
- The people of the same period, or living at the same time.“O faithless and perverse generation” Luke 9:41
- Genealogy; a series of children or descendants from the same stock.“This is the book of the generations of Adam” Genesis 5:1
All definitions
- A family; a race.
- Progeny; offspring.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.