γενεά genea

Greek word for “generation” · Strong’s G1074 · used 43 times in 37 verses

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Meaning

γενεά, -ᾶς, ἡ; (γίγνομαι);

How it is translated

Glosses given for genea in context, with how often each is used:

• generation 31
• generations 12

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 11 (6), Matthew 12 (4), Mark 8 (2), Luke 1 (2), Ephesians 3 (2), Matthew 1 (1), Matthew 11 (1), Matthew 16 (1), Matthew 17 (1), Matthew 23 (1)

Forms

• γενεὰ 11
• γενεᾶς 10
• γενεᾷ 6
• γενεαὶ 5
• γενεὰν 4
• γενεὰς 3
• γενεαῖς 2
• γενεῶν 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with genea more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• Ἰωνᾶς Iōnas “Jonah” 6
• ὧδε hōde “here” 6
• ἕως heōs “until” 7
• ἀμήν amēn “amen” 6
• πλείων pleiōn, pleion “greater” 5
• κρίσις krisis “judgment” 5
• κατακρίνω katakrinō “to condemn” 4
• σημεῖον sēmeion “sign” 5
• Νινευΐτης Nineuitēs “Ninevite” 3
• μοιχαλίς moichalis “adulterous” 3
• διαστρέφω diastrephō “to pervert” 3
• μετά meta “with/after” 7

Key verses

The verses using genea that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 12:42 — The 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…
• Matthew 17:17 — Then 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.
• Mark 8:38 — Whosoever 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…
• Mark 9:19 — He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
• Luke 1:50 — And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
• Luke 9:41 — And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
• Luke 16:8 — And 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.
• Acts 2:40 — And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
• Acts 13:36 — For 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:
• Ephesians 3:5 — Which 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;
• Ephesians 3:21 — Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
• Philippians 2:15 — That 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.