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G1074
γενεά
genea
Thayer Definition:
1) fathered, birth, nativity
2) that which has been begotten, men of the same stock, a family
2a) the several ranks of natural descent, the successive members of a genealogy2b) metaphorically a group of men very like each other in endowments, pursuits, character2b1) especially in a bad sense, a perverse nation3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time
4) an age (i.e. the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation), a space of 30 - 33 years
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from (a presumed derivative of) G1085
Papp
G1085γένοςgenosThayer Definition:1) kindred1a) offspring1b) family1c) stock, tribe, nation1c1) i.e. nationality or descent from a particular people1d) the aggregate of many individuals of the same nature, kind, sortPart of Speech: noun neuterA Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G1096
Same in the OT.
Does not always have the meaning of those living at the time.
Psalms 112:2 KJV
(2) His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
These definitions apply to the Elect body of believers, saved by the grace of God, since the very first utterance of the Gospel message in Genesis 3:15.
This "church" is always the focus of the revelations of God and the purpose of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ.
Romans 8:28-39