generation

Greek Noun Female

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; (b) of 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.). (AS)

generation

Greek Noun Female

γενεά, ᾶς, Ionic dialect γενεή, ῆς, ἡ, Epic dialect dative γενεῆφι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: (γενέσθαι): I) of the persons in a family, I.1) race, family, Πριάμου γ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γενεῇ ὑπέρτερος higher by birth or blood, [Refs]younger in [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ταύτης εἶναι γ. καὶ αἵματος of this race and blood, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γενεῇ by birthright, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Αἰτωλὸς γενεήν by descent, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γενεὴ ἔκ τινος descent from,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of horses, breed, stock, [Refs 8th c.BC+] families, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; γενεὰν ποιεῖσθαι to have issue, [Refs]: hence, tribe, nation, Περσῶν γ, Τυρρηνῶν γ, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.2) race, generation, οἵηπερ φύλλων γ. τοιήδε καὶ ἀνδρῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; age, γ. ἀνθρωπηΐη the historical, opposed to to the mythical, age, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.3) offspring, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a single person, Τυροῦς γ. (i. e. Pelias) [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.4) metaphorically, class, kind, τὸ σύμμετρον καὶ καλὸν καὶ ὁπόσα τῆς γ. ταύτης ἐστίν [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) of Time or Place, II.1) birthplace, γ. ἐπὶ λίμνῃ Γυγαίῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of an eagle's evrie, [Refs] II.2) age, time of life, γενεῆφι νεώτατος [Refs 8th c.BC+] II.3) after [Refs 8th c.BC+], time of birth, ἐκ γενεῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons); age, generation, nation, time; from (a presumed derivative of) g1085 (γένος)