Greek - English Dictionary
G1074 - Generation
Strong's No.: | G1074 |
Greek: | γενεά |
Transliteration: | genea |
Phonetic: | ghen-eh-ah' |
Word Origin: | From (a presumed derivative of) G1085 |
Bible Usage: | age generation nation time. |
Part of Speech: | Noun Feminine |
Strongs Definition: | a generation; by implication an age (the period or the persons) |
Thayers Definition: | 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 |
Bible References:
Generation |
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Translation Occurrences: |
ages ( 2 )
generation ( 31 )
generations ( 6 )
nation ( 1 )
times ( 1 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.