Generation in Old
Testament
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Generation in New
Testament
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Strong’s H1755 – dowr
Root word from H1752 - duwr
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Strong’s G1074 –
genea
From (a presumed derivative of) G1085- genos
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1) Period, generation, habitation, dwelling
a)
Period, age,
generation (period of time)
b)
Generation
(those living during a period)
c)
Generation
(characterized by quality, condition, class of men)
d)
Dwelling-place,
habitation
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1) fathered, birth, nativity
2) that which has been begotten, men of same stock,
a family.
a)
The several ranks
of natural descent, the successive members of a genealogy
b)
Metaph. A group
of men very like each other in endowments, pursuits, and character
1)
Esp. in a bad
sense, a perverse nation
3) the whole multitude of men living at the same
time
4) an age (i.e. the time ordinarily occupied between
each successive generation), a space of 30 – 33 years.
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Strong’s H1859 – dar
(Aramaic)
Corresponding to H1755 - dowr
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Strong’s G1078 – genesis
From the same as G1074 - genea
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1) generation
This meaning is use four times in the book of
Daniel. Dan 4:3 and 4:34
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1) source, origin
a)
A book of one’s
lineage, i.e. in which his ancestry or progeny are enumerated
2) used of birth, nativity
3) of that which follows origin, viz. existence,
life
a)
The wheel of
life (Jas 3:6), other explain it, the wheel of human origin which as soon as
men are born begins to run, i.e. its course of life.
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Strong’s G1081 – gennema
From G1080 - gennao
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1) that which has been born or begotten
a)
The offspring
or progeny of men or animals
b)
The fruits of
the earth, the produce of agriculture
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Strong’s G1085- genos
Root word G1096 - ginomai
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1) kindred
a)
Offspring
b)
Family
c)
Stock, tribe,
nation
1) i.e. nationality or descent from a particular people
d)
the aggregate
of many individuals of the same nature, kind, sort
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Matthew 1:17—So all the generations from (the generation of) Abraham to (the generation of) David [are] fourteen generations; and from (the generation of) David until the (generation of the) carrying away into Babylon [are] fourteen generations; and from the (generation of the) carrying away unto Babylon unto (the generation of) Christ [are] fourteen generations. Starting with King David they were all periods of 70 yrs (70 yrs x 7 Weeks of Feast).
Chart: Hebrew and Greek Meanings of the Word Generation
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