What does דּוֹר · γενεά mean in the Bible?
דּוֹר · γενεά is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a period of time defined by a group of people living together".
Hebrew · H1755, G1074
דּוֹר
Properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling · a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons)
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דּוֹר H1755 properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
Pronunciation dôr
Cyclical time concept: generation as both temporal age and inhabitable space; covenantal continuity across ancestral lineages.
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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 דּוֹר (dor) mean in the Bible?
דּוֹר · γενεά is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a period of time defined by a group of people living together".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1755, G1074?
H1755, G1074 is connected to 168 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a period of time defined by a group of people living together
Strong's H1755, G1074
Lexical occurrences 168 verses Source Gloss
a period of time defined by a group of people living together
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
דּוֹר is built from this root:
דּוּר H1752
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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