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Strong’s G1074 · Greek

γενεά

geneá · ghen-eh-ah'

Origin from (a presumed derivative of) γένος (G1085);

Meaning a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons)

In the King James Version age, generation, nation, time.

In 37 verses of the King James Version

  1. Matthew 1:17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
  2. Matthew 11:16But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
  3. Matthew 12:39But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
  4. Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
  5. Matthew 12:42The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
  6. Matthew 12:45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
  7. Matthew 16:4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
  8. Matthew 17:17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
  9. Matthew 23:36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
  10. Matthew 24:34Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
  11. Mark 8:12And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
  12. Mark 8:38Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
  13. Mark 9:19He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
  14. Mark 13:30Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
  15. Luke 1:48For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
  16. Luke 1:50And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
  17. Luke 7:31And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
  18. Luke 9:41And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
  19. Luke 11:29And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
  20. Luke 11:30For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
  21. Luke 11:31The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
  22. Luke 11:32The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
  23. Luke 11:50That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
  24. Luke 11:51From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
  25. Luke 16:8And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
  26. Luke 17:25But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
  27. Luke 21:32Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
  28. Acts 2:40And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
  29. Acts 8:33In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
  30. Acts 13:36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
  31. Acts 14:16Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
  32. Acts 15:21For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
  33. Ephesians 3:5Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
  34. Ephesians 3:21Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
  35. Philippians 2:15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
  36. Colossians 1:26Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
  37. Hebrews 3:10Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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