γενεά, γενεάς, ἡ (ΓΑΝΩ, γίνομαι (crf. Curtius, p. 610)); the Sept. often for γΜεψ; in Greek writings from Homer down; 1. a begetting, birth, nativity: Herodotus 3, 33; Xenophon, Cyril 1, 2, 8, etc.; (others make the collective sense the primary significance, see Curtius as above). 2. passively, that which has been begotten, men of the same stock, a family; a. properly, as early as Homer; equivalent to ξΔωΐΡτΘΜηΗδ, Gen_31:3, etc. σῴζειν Ρ᾽αχαβην καί τήν γενεάν αὐτῆς, Josephus, Antiquities 5, 1, 5. the several ranks in a natural descent, the successive members of a genealogy: Mat_1:17 (ἑβδόμῃ γενεά οὗτος ἐστιν ἀπό τοῦ πρώτου, Philo, vit. Moys. i. § 2). b. metaphorically, a race of men very like each other in endowments, pursuits, character; and especially in a bad sense a perverse race: Mat_17:17; Mar_9:19; Luk_9:41; Luk_16:8; (Act_2:40). 3. the whole multitude of men living at the same time: Mat_24:34; Mar_13:30; Luk_1:48 (πᾶσαι αἱ γενεαί); ; Php_2:15; used especially of the Jewish race living at one and the same period: Mat_11:16; Matthew 12:39 , 41 f, 45 ; Mat_16:4; Mat_23:36; Mar_8:12; Mar_8:38; Luke 11:29 f, 32 , 50 ; Luk_17:25; Act_13:36; Heb_3:10; ἄνθρωποι τῆς γενεάς ταύτης, Luk_7:31; ἄνδρες τῆς γενεάς ταύτης, Luk_11:31; τήν δέ γενεάν αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται, who can describe the wickedness of the present generation, Act_8:33 (from Isa_53:8 the Sept.) (but cf. Meyer, at the passage). 4. an age (i. e. the time ordinarily occupied by each successive generation), the space of from 30 to 33 years (Herodotus 2, 142, et al.; Heraclitus in Plutarch, def. orac. c. 11), or ὁ χρόνος, ἐν ᾧ γεννωντα παρέχει τόν ἐξ αὐτοῦ γεγεννημένον ὁ γεννησας (Plutarch, the passage cited); in the N. T. common in plural: Eph_3:5 (Winers Grammar, § 31, 9 a.; Buttmann, 186 (161)); παρῳχημέναις γενεαῖς in ages gone by, Act_14:16; ἀπό τῶν γενεῶν for ages, since the generations began, Col_1:26; ἐκ γενεῶν ἀρχαίων from the generations of old, from ancient times down, Act_15:21; εἰς γενεάς γενεῶν unto generations of generations, through all ages, forever (a phrase which assumes that the longer ages are made up of shorter; see αἰών, 1 a.): Luk_1:50 R L (γΜεψΔιν μΐγεψ, Isa_51:8); εἰς γενεάς καί γενεάς unto generations and generations, ibid. T Tr WH equivalent to εΘγεψ μΐγεψ, Psa_89:2; Isa_34:17; very often in the Sept.; (add, εἰς πάσας τάς γενεάς τοῦ αἰῶνος τῶν αἰώνων, Eph_3:21, cf. Ellicott at the passage) (γενεά is used of a century in Gen_15:16, cf. Knobel at the passage, and on the senses of the word see the full remarks of Keim, iii. 206 (v. 245 English translation)).

γενεά genea 43x pr. birth; hence, progeny; a generation of mankind, Mat_11:16 ; Mat_23:36 , et al.; a generation, a step in a genealogy, Mat_1:17 ; a generation, an interval of time, an age; in NT course of life, in respect of its events, interests, or character, Luk_16:8 ; Act_13:36 age; generation; race.

γενεά , -ᾶς , ἡ ( < γίγνομαι ), [in LXX chiefly for H1755 ( Cremer , 148);] 1. race, stock, family (in NT, γέννημα , q.v. ). 2. generation; (a) of the contemporary members of a family: p1., Mat_1:17 ( cf. Gen_31:3 , metaph ., of those alike in character, in bad sense, Mat_17:17 Mar_9:19 , Luk_9:41 ; Luk_16:8 , Act_2:40 ; (b) of all the people of a given period: Mat_24:34 , Mar_13:30 , Luk_21:32 , Php_2:15 ; pl., Luk_1:48 ; esp . of the Jewish people, Mat_11:16 ; Mat_12:39-42 ; Mat_12:45 ; Mat_16:4 ; Mat_23:36 , Mar_8:12 ; Mar_8:38 , Luk_7:31 ; Luk_11:29-32 ; Luk_11:50-51 ; Luk_17:25 , Act_13:36 , Heb_3:10 ( LXX ); τὴν γ . αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται , Act_8:33 ( LXX ); the period covered by the life-time of a generation, used loosely in pl. of successive ages: Act_14:16 ; Act_15:21 , Eph_3:5 , Col_1:26 ; εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γ . ( = H1755 , Isa_34:17 , al .), Luk_1:50 ; εἰς πάσας τὰς γ . τοῦ αἰῶνος τῶν αἰῶνων , Eph_3:21 ( Ellic ., in l ; DCG , i, 639 f .).†

γενεά [page 122] The collective sense of this word involved in its historic relation to γένος is normal throughout, and survives in MGr γενιά = race, lineage. Thus it denotes a family, without individual reference : P Oxy I. 104 .11 (a will A.D. 96) τῆς τούτου γενεᾶς , his issue (should he himself predecease) similarly PSI III. 240 .6 (ii/A.D.) . . . ἑκά ]σ̣του αὐτῶν γενεᾶς , in a will ib. IV. 713 .16 (A.D. 97) τῇ ἐξ ἀλλήλων γενεᾷ , their joint issue, P Hal I. 1 .217 (iii/B.C.) ἄλλον δ᾽ ὅρκον μηδένα ἐξέστω ὀμνύναι μη [δ ]ὲ ὁρκ [ίζ ]ειν μηδὲ γενεὰν παρίστασθαι , no one may swear by any other oath [than Zeus, Hera and Poseidon], nor offer it, nor may he bring forward his family, i.e. to swear by them : see note, p. 121. Syll 856 .16, .18 (ii/B.C.) ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ εἰ γε [ν ]εὰν ποιήσαιτο , of a manumitted slave, ἐλευθέρα ἔστ [ω ] καὶ ἀνέφαπτος ἁ γ [ε ]νεά . Cagnat IV. 915 C .4 (i/A.D.) καὶ [αὐ ]το [ὶ ] καὶ γενεαὶ [α ]ὐτῶ [ν . The abstract sense appears in P Tebt II. 312 .6 (A.D. 123 4) ἱερεὺς ἀπολύσιμος ἀπὸ τ̣[ῆς ] [.] δ̄ γενεᾶς , exempted priest of the [.]4th generation.

γενεά [Etym: γίγνομαι] of the persons in a family. "race, stock, family", Hom. , etc.; Πριάμου γ. Il. ; ἐκ γενεῆς according to his "family", id=Il. ; γενεῆι "by birth-right", Od. ; γενεὴν Αἰτωλός "by descent", Il. :—of horses, "a breed", id=Il. :—generally, γενεήν "in kind", Hdt. :—also "a tribe, nation", Περσῶν γ. Aesch. "a race, generation", οἵηπερ φύλλων γενεὴ τοιήδε καὶ ἀνδρῶν Il. ; δύο γενεαὶ ἀνθρώπων id=Il. "offspring", Orac. ap. Hdt. ; and of a single person, Soph. of time or place in reference to birth: "a birth-place", γενεὴ ἐπὶ λίμνηι Γυγαίηι Il. ; of an eagle's "eyrie", Od. "age, time of life", esp. in phrases γενεῆι νεώτατος, πρεσβύτατος youngest, eldest, "in age", or "by birth", Hom. "time of birth", ἐκ γενεῆς Hdt. ; ἀπὸ γ. Xen.

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., Mat.1:17 (cf. Gen.31:3, מוֹלֶדֶת); metaphorically, of those alike in character, in bad sense, Mat.17:17, Mrk.9:19, Luk.9:41 16:8, Act.2:40; __(b) of all the people of a given period: Mat.24:34, Mrk.13:30, Luk.21:32, Php.2:15; pl., Luk.1:48; esp. of the Jewish people, Mat.11:16 12:39, 41 42, 45 16:4 23:36, Mrk.8:12, 38 Luk.7:31 11:29, 30-32, 50, 51 17:25, Act.13:36, Heb.3:10" (LXX) ; τὴν γ. αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται, Act.8:33 (LXX); __(with) the period covered by the life-time of a generation, used loosely in pl. of successive ages: Act.14:16 15:21, Eph.3:5, Col.1:26; εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γ. (= לִדוֹר וָדוֹר, al.), Luk.34:17, al), Luk.1:50; εἰς πάσας τὰς γ. τοῦ αἰῶνος τῶν αἰώνων, Eph.3:21 (Ellic, in l.; DCG, i, 639f.). † (AS)