Strong's Number G1074

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:

fathered, birth, nativity
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
the whole multitude of men living at the same time
an age (i.e. the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation), a space of 30 - 33 years