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ἑτέραις γενεαῖς

(An-, the) other or different · a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons)

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ἕτερος G2087 (an-, the) other or different
Pronunciation héteros
Denotes the second of a pair, or another of different kind; encroaches on ἄλλος in later Greek.
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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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What does ἑτέραις γενεαῖς (heterais geneais) mean in the Bible?

ἕτερος · γενεά is a Greek word meaning "(an-, the) other or different".

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Meaning

(an-, the) other or different
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:21 · Luke 7:41 · Luke 9:61 · Luke 14:19 · Luke 14:20 · Luke 17:34 · Luke 18:10 · Luke 19:20 · Luke 22:58 · Luke 23:40 · Acts 1:20 · Acts 7:18 · 1 Cor 3:4 · 1 Cor 14:17 · Heb 7:15 15×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Luke 8:6 · Luke 8:7 · Luke 8:8 · Luke 9:29 · Acts 4:12 · Acts 23:6 · 1 Tim 1:10 7×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 16:14 · Luke 11:16 · Luke 23:32 · Acts 2:13 · Acts 17:34 · Heb 11:36 6×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 17:35 · John 19:37 · Rom 8:39 · Rom 13:9 · 1 Cor 15:40 6×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Luke 8:3 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 6:24 · Luke 16:13 · Acts 8:34 · 1 Cor 4:6 · 1 Cor 10:24 · 1 Cor 10:29 6×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Acts 15:35 · 1 Cor 14:21 · 2 Cor 8:8 · Phil 2:4 4×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 7:13 · Jude 1:7 2×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Luke 14:31 · Luke 16:7 · Acts 13:35 · Rom 7:3 · Rom 7:4 · 1 Cor 12:9 · 1 Cor 12:10 · Heb 5:6 9×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Mark 16:12 · Acts 20:15 · Acts 27:3 · Jas 2:25 4×
97 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
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.

Galatians 1 — No Other Gospel: Paul’s Apostolic Authority and Gospel Defense 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 Romans 7 — Released from the Law, Exposed by the Law, and Crying Out for Deliverance

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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