UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: γενεά; -ᾶς

Related lemmas: γίνομαι

Sense 1: those of the same time, those of the same generation

Semantic entry: 11.4

Semantic domains: Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes

Subdomains: General

Definition: people living at the same time and belonging to the same reproductive age-class

Notes: The expression ‘the people of this generation’ may also be expressed as ‘the people living now’ or ‘the people of this time.’ Successive generations may be spoken of as ‘groups of people who live one after the other’ or ‘successions of parents and children.’

MAT 11:16: RV MAT 11:16 · LV MAT 11:16 · Read together MAT 11:16

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16 “So what should I liken this generation to? It’s like young children sitting in the town centre who are calling out to others

OET-LV MAT 11:16

16 But to _what I _will _be _likening the this generation?
It _is similar to _little _children sitting in the marketplaces, who calling _out to _the others

MAT 12:39: RV MAT 12:39 · LV MAT 12:39 · Read together MAT 12:39

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OET-RV MAT 12:39

39 “It’s an evil and adulterous generation that’s looking for a sign,” answered Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus), “and no sign will be given to it apart from the sign of the prophet Yonah (Jonah).

OET-LV MAT 12:39

39 But he answering said to _them, A_ evil and adulterous _Generation is _seeking _after a_sign, and a_sign ˓will˒_ not _be _being _given to _it, except not/lest the sign of _Yōnas/(Yōnāh) the prophet.

All 26 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 11:16 · RV MAT 12:39 · RV MAT 12:41–42 · RV MAT 12:45 · RV MAT 16:4 · RV MAT 17:17 · RV MAT 23:36 · RV MAT 24:34 · LV MAT 11:16 · LV MAT 12:39 · LV MAT 12:41–42 · LV MAT 12:45 · LV MAT 16:4 · LV MAT 17:17 · LV MAT 23:36 · LV MAT 24:34 · Read together MAT 11:16 · Read together MAT 12:39 · Read together MAT 12:41–42 · Read together MAT 12:45 · Read together MAT 16:4 · Read together MAT 17:17 · Read together MAT 23:36 · Read together MAT 24:34

MRK: RV MRK 8:12 · RV MRK 8:38 · RV MRK 9:19 · RV MRK 13:30 · LV MRK 8:12 · LV MRK 8:38 · LV MRK 9:19 · LV MRK 13:30 · Read together MRK 8:12 · Read together MRK 8:38 · Read together MRK 9:19 · Read together MRK 13:30

LUK: RV LUK 7:31 · RV LUK 9:41 · RV LUK 11:29–32 · RV LUK 11:50–51 · RV LUK 17:25 · RV LUK 21:32 · LV LUK 7:31 · LV LUK 9:41 · LV LUK 11:29–32 · LV LUK 11:50–51 · LV LUK 17:25 · LV LUK 21:32 · Read together LUK 7:31 · Read together LUK 9:41 · Read together LUK 11:29–32 · Read together LUK 11:50–51 · Read together LUK 17:25 · Read together LUK 21:32

ACT: RV ACT 13:36 · LV ACT 13:36 · Read together ACT 13:36

PHP: RV PHP 2:15 · LV PHP 2:15 · Read together PHP 2:15

HEB: RV HEB 3:10 · LV HEB 3:10 · Read together HEB 3:10

Sense 2: people of the same kind

Semantic entry: 10.4

Semantic domains: Kinship Terms

Subdomains: Groups and Members of Groups of Persons Regarded as Related by Blood but without Special Reference to Successive Generations

Definition: an ethnic group exhibiting cultural similarities

Notes: Compare γενεά[a] those of the same time (11.4: γενεά).

MAT 23:36: RV MAT 23:36 · LV MAT 23:36 · Read together MAT 23:36

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36 Yes, I can assure you that all these things will happen to this generation.

OET-LV MAT 23:36

36 Truly, I _am _saying to _you _all, all these things will _be _coming on the this generation.

MAT 24:34: RV MAT 24:34 · LV MAT 24:34 · Read together MAT 24:34

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34 I can assure you that that generation won’t pass away until all of those things happen.

OET-LV MAT 24:34

34 Truly, I _am _saying to _you _all that by _no _means the this generation may_ not _pass _away, until wishfully all these things may _become.

All 7 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 23:36 · RV MAT 24:34 · LV MAT 23:36 · LV MAT 24:34 · Read together MAT 23:36 · Read together MAT 24:34

MRK: RV MRK 13:30 · LV MRK 13:30 · Read together MRK 13:30

LUK: RV LUK 16:8 · RV LUK 21:32 · LV LUK 16:8 · LV LUK 21:32 · Read together LUK 16:8 · Read together LUK 21:32

ACT: RV ACT 2:40 · LV ACT 2:40 · Read together ACT 2:40

HEB: RV HEB 3:10 · LV HEB 3:10 · Read together HEB 3:10

Sense 3: posterity, descendants, offspring

Semantic entry: 10.28

Semantic domains: Kinship Terms

Subdomains: Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations

Definition: successive following generations of those who are biologically related to a reference person

Notes: In the case of γενεά[c], τέκνον [source selector 000001][b], and σπέρμα [source selector 000001][b] (10.29: σπέρμα), the reference is not to one’s immediate descendants or offspring (that is to say, to one’s sons or daughters) but to a successive series of such persons, one’s descendants. In some languages such descendants may be called merely ‘the children of one’s children,’ and in other languages one may refer to descendants as ‘those who follow one’ or ‘those who come later.’

MAT 1:17: RV MAT 1:17 · LV MAT 1:17 · Read together MAT 1:17

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17 So the generations from Avraham to David numbered fourteen, from David to the deportation to Bavel there were fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Bavel to the messiah there were fourteen generations.

OET-LV MAT 1:17

17 Therefore all the generations from Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) to Dawid/(Dāvid) were fourteen generations, and from Dawid until the deportation to _Babulōn fourteen generations, and from the deportation to _Babulōn to the chosen _one /messiah fourteen generations.

LUK 1:48: RV LUK 1:48 · LV LUK 1:48 · Read together LUK 1:48

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48 because he noticed his humble servant girl.
⇔ Look now, all the future generations will consider that I was blessed

OET-LV LUK 1:48

48 Because he _looked _at on the humiliation of _the handmaiden of _him.
For/Because see, from the time now all the generations will _be _counting_ me _blessed.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 1:17 · LV MAT 1:17 · Read together MAT 1:17

LUK: RV LUK 1:48 · LV LUK 1:48 · Read together LUK 1:48

ACT: RV ACT 8:33 · LV ACT 8:33 · Read together ACT 8:33

Sense 4: age, epoch

Semantic entry: 67.144

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: Indefinite Units of Time: Age, Lifetime, Interval, Period

Definition: an indefinite period of time, but in close relationship to human existence and in some contexts, a period of time about the length of a generation

Notes: It is, of course, possible in RV ACT 14:16 · LV ACT 14:16 · Read together ACT 14:16 that the reference should be to ‘generations’ in the sense of periods of time.

MAT 24:34: RV MAT 24:34 · LV MAT 24:34 · Read together MAT 24:34

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