γενεά

G1074 G:N-F

generation

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)