תּוֹלֵדוֹת toledah

Hebrew word for “generation” · Strong’s H8435 · used 39 times in 39 verses

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Meaning

1) descendants, results, proceedings, generations, genealogies;

How it is translated

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

• genealogies 13
• accounts 10
• generations 9
• descendants 7

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 1 (12), Genesis 25 (3), 1 Chronicles 7 (3), Genesis 10 (2), Genesis 11 (2), Genesis 36 (2), Exodus 6 (2), 1 Chronicles 9 (2), Genesis 2 (1), Genesis 5 (1)

Forms

• תולדתם 12
• תולדת 7
• לתלדותם 7
• תלדות 3
• תולדות 2
• לתולדתם 2
• לתלדתם 2
• תלדת 1
• כתולדתם 1
• תלדותם 1

Words used with it

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

• אֵלֶּה elleh “these” 20
• מִשְׁפָּחָה mishpachah “family” 15
• מִסְפָּר mispar “number” 13
• אָב av “father” 21
• מַעַל maal “above” 12
• עֶשְׂרִים esrim “twenty” 14
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 16
• שֵׁם shem “name” 15
• צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 13
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 12
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 7
• יָלַד yalad “to beget” 6

Key verses

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

• Genesis 2:4 — These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
• Genesis 5:1 — This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
• Genesis 6:9 — These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
• Genesis 10:1 — Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
• Genesis 10:32 — These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
• Genesis 25:12 — Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
• Genesis 25:13 — And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and…
• Genesis 36:1 — Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
• Genesis 37:2 — These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and…
• Exodus 6:16 — And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred…
• Numbers 1:32 — Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the…
• Numbers 3:1 — These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

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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.