γενεά, -Gs, ἡ, (TENQ, γίνομαι [cf. Curtius p.610]) ; Sept. often for 7; in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down; 1. abegetting, birth, nativity: Hdt. 3, 33 ; Xen. Cyr. 1, 2, 8, ete. ; {others make the collective sense the primary signif., see Curtius u. s.]. 2. passively, that which has been begotten, men of the same stock, a family; a. prop. as early as Hom.; equiv. to nmnawn, Gen. xxxi. 3, ete.; σώζειν Ραχάβην κ' τὴν γενεὰν αὐτῆς, Joseph. antt. 5, 1, 5. the several ranks in a natural descent, the successive members of a genealogy: Mt. i. 17, (ἑβδόμη γενεὰ οὗτός ἐστιν ἀπὸ τοῦ πρώτου, Philo, vit. Moys. i. § 2). b. metaph. a race of men very like each other in endowments, pursuits, character ; and esp. in a bad sense a perverse race: Mt. xvii. 17; Mk. ix. 19; Lk. ix. 41; xvi. 8; [Acts ii. 40]. 3. the whole multitude of men living at the same time: Mt. xxiv. 34; Mk. xiii. 30; Lk. i. 48 (πᾶσαι ai yeveai) ; xxi. 32; Phil. ii. 15; used esp. of the Jewish race living at one and the same period: Mt. xi. 16; xii. 39, 41 sq. 45; xvi. 4; xxiii. 36; Mk. viii. 12, 38; Lk. xi. 29 sq. 32, 50 564.: Xvil. 25; Acts xiii. 36; Heb. iii. 10; ἄνθρωποι τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης, Lk. vii. 31; ἄνδρες τῆς γεν. ταύ. Lk. xi. 31; τὴν δὲ γενεὰν αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται, who can describe the wickedness of the present generation, Acts viii. 33 (fr. Is. 111. 8 Sept.) [but ef. Mey. ad loc.]. 4. an age (i.e. the time ordinarily occupied by each successive generation), the space of from 30 to 33 years (Hat. 2, 142 et al.; Heraclit. in Plut. def. orac. ὁ. 11), or 6 χρόνος. ἐν ᾧ yer yeveTn vavra παρέχει τὸν ἐξ αὐτοῦ γεγεννημένον ὁ γεννήσας (Plut. l.c.); in the N. T. com. in plur.: Eph. iii. 5 [W. § 81, 9 a.; B. 186 (161)]; παρῳχημέναις γενεαῖς in ages gone by, Acts xiv. 16; ἀπὸ τῶν γενεῶν for ages, since the generations began, Col. i. 26; ἐκ γενεῶν ἀρχαίων from the generations of old, from ancient times down, Acts xv. 21; εἰς γενεὰς γενεῶν unto generations of generations, through all ages, for ever, (a phrase which assumes that the longer ages are made up of shorter; see αἰών, 1 a.): Lk. i. 50 RL (ΟΠ 7475, Is. li. 8) ; εἰς γενεὰς x. γενεάς unto generations and generations, ibid. T Tr WH equiv. to wn 75, Ps. Ixxxix. 2 sq.; Is. xxxiv. 17; very often in Sept.; [add, els πάσας Tas γενεὰς τοῦ αἰῶνος τῶν αἰώνων, Eph. iii. 21, cf. Ellic. ad loc.] (γενεά is used of a century in Gen? xv. 16, cf. Knobel ad loc., and on the senses of the word see the full remarks of Keim iii. 206 [v. 245 Eng. trans.]).

γενεά genea 43x

pr. birth; hence, progeny; a generation of mankind, Mt. 11:16; 23:36, et al.; a generation, a step in a genealogy, Mt. 1:17; a generation, an interval of time, an age; in NT course of life, in respect of its events, interests, or character, Lk. 16:8; Acts 13:36

γενεά, -ᾶς, ἡ

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

race, stock, family (in NT, γέννημα, q.v.).

generation; of the contemporary members of a family: pl., Mt 1:17 (cf. Ge 31:3, מוֹלֶדֶת); metaph., of those alike in character, in bad sense, Mt 17:17, Mk 9:19, Lk 9:41 16:8, Ac 2:40;

of all the people of a given period: Mt 24:34, Mk 13:30, Lk 21:32, Phl 2:15; pl., Lk 1:48; esp. of the Jewish people, Mt 11:16 12:39, 41, 42, 45 16:4 23:36, Mk 8:12, 38 Lk 7:31 11:29, 30-32, 50, 51 17:25, Ac 13:36, He 3:10 (LXX); τὴν γ. αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται, Ac 8:33 (LXX);

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

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γενεά. The collective sense of this word—involved in its historic relation to yévos—is normal throughout, and survives in MGr γενιά = “race, lineage.’’ Thus it denotes a family, without individual reference: P Oxy 1. 104" (a will—a.p. 96) τῆς τούτου γενεᾶς, ‘his issue” (should he himself predecease)— similarly PSI IIL. 240° (ii/A.p.). . . ἑκά]στου αὐτῶν γενεᾶς, in a will—2d. LV. 713% (A.D. 97) τῇ ἐξ ἀλλήλων γενεᾷ, ‘their joint issue,’’ P Hal I. 1747 (iii/B.c,) ἄλλον δ᾽ ὅρκον μηδένα ἐξέστω ὀμνύναι py[d]t opk[(Ljew μηδὲ γενεὰν παρίστασθαι, “ΕΟ one may swear by any other oath [than Zeus, Hera and Poseidon], nor offer it, nor may he bring forward his family,” zc. to swear by them: see note, p. 121. Sy// 8561648 (ii/B.C.) ὁμοίως δὲ kal εἰ ye[vjeav ποιήσαιτο, of a manumitted slave, ἐλευθέρα ἔστίω] kal ἀνέφαπτος a γίεῖνεά. Cagnat lV.

γενεά (genea) — generation. γενεά, ᾶς, Ionic dialect γενεή, ῆς, ἡ, Epic dialect dative γενεῆφι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: (γενέσθαι):

I. of the persons in a family,

I.1. race, family, Πριάμου γ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γενεῇ ὑπέρτερος higher by birth or blood, [Refs]younger in [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ταύτης εἶναι γ. καὶ αἵματος of this race and blood, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γενεῇ by birthright, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Αἰτωλὸς γενεήν by descent, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γενεὴ ἔκ τινος descent from..,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of horses, breed, stock, [Refs 8th c.BC+] families, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; γενεὰν ποιεῖσθαι to have issue, [Refs]: hence, tribe, nation, Περσῶν γ., Τυρρηνῶν γ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. race, generation, οἵηπερ φύλλων γ. τοιήδε καὶ ἀνδρῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; age, γ. ἀνθρωπηΐη the historical, opposed to to the mythical, age, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.3. offspring, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a single person, Τυροῦς γ. (i. e. Pelias) [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.4. metaphorically, class, kind, τὸ σύμμετρον καὶ καλὸν καὶ ὁπόσα τῆς γ. ταύτης ἐστίν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. of Time or Place,

II.1. birthplace, γ. ἐπὶ λίμνῃ Γυγαίῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of an eagle's evrie, [Refs]

II.2. age, time of life, γενεῆφι νεώτατος [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.3. after [Refs 8th c.BC+], time of birth, ἐκ γενεῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]