Strongs Number: G1074
- Greek Word
- γενεά
- Transliteration
- genea
- Phonetic
- ghen-eh-ah'
- Part of Speech
- Noun Feminine
- Strongs Definition
-
a generation; by implication an age (the period or the persons)
- Thayers Definition
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1. fathered, birth, nativity
2. that which has been begotten, men of the same stock, a family
a. the several ranks of natural descent, the successive members of a genealogy
b. metaph. a group of men very like each other in endowments, pursuits, character
1. esp. in a bad sense, a perverse nation
3. the whole multitude of men living at the same time
4. an age (i.e. the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation), a space of 30 - 33 years
- Origin
- From (a presumed derivative of) G1085
- Bible Usage
- age generation nation time.