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γενεά

A generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons)

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γενεά G1074
Pronunciation geneá

What does γενεά (geneá) mean in the Bible?

γενεά (geneá) is a Greek word meaning "a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons)". γενεά, -ᾶς, ἡ (γίγνομαι), [in LXX chiefly for דּוֹר, דֹּר (Cremer, 148) ;] __1. Anchors prophecy within historical accountability.

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Meaning

a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons)
Extended definition

A generation as both the people of an age and the timespan of their collective lifetime.

(γίγνομαι), [in LXX chiefly for דּוֹר, דֹּר (Cremer, 148) ;]

1race, stock, family (in NT, γέννημα, which see).
2generation;
aof 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;
bof all the people of a given period: Mat.24:34, Mrk.13:30, Luk.21:32, Php.2:15; pl., Luk.1:48; esp. of the Jewish people, Mat.11:16 12:39, 41 42, 45 16:4 23:36, Mrk.8:12, 38 Luk.7:31 11:29, 30-32, 50, 51 17:25, Act.13:36, Heb.3:10" (LXX) ; τὴν γ. αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται, Act.8:33 (LXX); __(with) the period covered by the life-time of a generation, used loosely in pl. of successive ages: Act.14:16 15:21, Eph.3:5, Col.1:26; εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γ. (= לִדוֹר וָדוֹר, al.), Luk.34:17, al), Luk.1:50; εἰς πάσας τὰς γ. τοῦ αἰῶνος τῶν αἰώνων, Eph.3:21 (Ellic, in l.; DCG, i, 639f.).
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Why This Word Matters
Anchors prophecy within historical accountability.
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

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×
43 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Additional Occurrences
Luke 11:29–32 γενεὰ geneá
Generation
Mark 13:28–31 γενεά geneá
generation; contemporaneous people
New Testament Witnesses
Mark 13:28–31 γενεά geneá Nominative · Singular · Feminine
generation
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

γενεά · οὗτος G1074, G3778
this generation
γενεά · πονηρός G1074, G4190
this wicked generation
ἐκζητέω · γενεά G1567, G1074
will be required from this generation
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Mark 13 — Watch and Endure: Temple Judgment, Gospel Witness, Tribulation, the Son of Man, and Readiness Mark 8 — Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship Matthew 11 — The Messiah Question, the Rejected Generation, and Rest for the Weary Matthew 12 — The Lord of the Sabbath, the Servant of the Lord, and the Crisis of Unbelief Matthew 23 — Woes upon Hypocritical Leadership and the Lament over Jerusalem Matthew 24 — The Olivet Discourse: Temple Desolation, Coming Judgment, the Son of Man, and Watchful Readiness

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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