γενεάgeneá

Meanings

Same root

• γένοςgénos · G1085"kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective)
• γένεσιςgénesis · G1078nativity; figuratively, nature
• γενεαλογέωgenealogéō · G1075to reckon by generations, i.e. trace in genealogy
• γενετήgenetḗ · G1079birth

Where it appears

Appears 42 times in the Bible.

• Matthew 1:17 All those listed above include fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah.
• Matthew 11:16 “To what can I compare this generation? It is like children playing a game in the public square. They complain to their friends,
• Matthew 12:39 But Jesus replied, “Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign; but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah.
• Matthew 12:41 “The people of Nineveh will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent.
• Matthew 12:42 The queen of Sheba will also stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Now someone greater than Solomon is here—but you refuse to listen.
• Matthew 12:45 Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation.”