What does γενεά · ἄπιστος mean in the Bible?
γενεά · ἄπιστος is a Greek phrase meaning "a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons)".
Greek · G1074, G571
γενεὰ ἄπιστος
A generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons) · unbelieving
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γενεά G1074 a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons)
Pronunciation geneá
A generation as both the people of an age and the timespan of their collective lifetime.
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ἄπιστος G571 unbelieving
Pronunciation ápistos
Designates non-Christians lacking saving faith, contrasted sharply with believers in Paul's missionary context.
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What does γενεὰ ἄπιστος (genea apistos) mean in the Bible?
γενεά · ἄπιστος is a Greek phrase meaning "a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons)".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1074, G571?
G1074, G571 is connected to 43 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons)
Source Gloss
a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons)
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 9 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 9 Aligned forms 43 Case pattern Nominative (13) Number pattern Singular (31)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 12:39 · Matt 16:4 · Matt 24:34 · Mark 8:12 · Mark 13:30 · Luke 11:29 · Luke 21:32 8×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 1:17 · Luke 1:48 5×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 12:41 · Matt 12:42 · Luke 7:31 · Luke 11:31 · Luke 11:32 · Luke 11:50 · Luke 11:51 · Luke 17:25 · Acts 2:40 · Phil 2:15 10×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Acts 15:21 · Col 1:26 2×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 12:45 · Mark 8:12 · Mark 8:38 · Luke 11:30 · Acts 13:36 · Heb 3:10 6×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Acts 14:16 · Eph 3:5 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 11:16 · Matt 23:36 · Luke 16:8 · Acts 8:33 4×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Luke 1:50 · Eph 3:21 3×
Vocative · Singular · Feminine Matt 17:17 · Mark 9:19 · Luke 9:41 3×
Word Origins
γενεὰ ἄπιστος is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain