Strong's Number 1074

The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
genea {ghen-eh-ah'}
Word Origin:
from (a presumed derivative of) 1085
TDNT:
1:662,114
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Usage in the KJV:
generation 37, time 2, age 2, nation 1

Total: 42
Definition:
  1. fathered, birth, nativity
  2. that which has been begotten, men of the same stock, a family
    1. the several ranks of natural descent, the successive members of a genealogy
    2. metaph. a race of men very like each other in endowments, pursuits, character
      1. esp. in a bad sense, a perverse race
  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
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament