γενεά

γενεά, -ᾶς, ἡ

(γίγνομαι), [in LXX chiefly for דּוֹר, דֹּר (Cremer, 148) ;]

1. race, stock, family (in NT, γέννημα, which see).

2. generation;

(a) of the contemporary members of a family: pl., Matt 1,17 (cf. 1 Mos 31,3, מוֹלֶדֶת); metaphorically, of those alike in character, in bad sense, Matt 17,17, Mark 9,19, Luk 9,41; 16,8, ApG 2,40;

(b) of all the people of a given period: Matt 24,34, Mark 13,30, Luk 21,32, Fil 2,15; pl., Luk 1,48 esp. of the Jewish people, Matt 11,16; 12,39, 41, 42, 45, 16:4 23:36, Mark 8,12, 38 Luk 7,31; 11,29, 30-32, 50, 51; 17,25, ApG 13,36, Hebr 3,10" (LXX) ; τὴν γ. αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται, ApG 8,33 (LXX);

(with) the period covered by the life-time of a generation, used loosely in pl. of successive ages: ApG 14,16; 15,21, Ef 3,5, Kol 1,26; εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γ. (= לִדוֹר וָדוֹר, al.), Luk 34,17, al), Luk 1,50 εἰς πάσας τὰς γ. τοῦ αἰῶνος τῶν αἰώνων, Ef 3,21 (Ellic, in l.; DCG, i, 639f.).

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