ΓΕΝΕΑ, γενεα
GENEA, genea
Sounds Like: geh-neh-AH
Translations: generation, an age, a race, a kind, a generation, an age
From the root: ΓΕΝΕΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a generation, meaning a period of time (typically around 30-40 years), or a group of people born around the same time. It can also denote a race, lineage, or family, or even a particular kind or class of people. It is used to describe a succession of people or a specific era.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1074 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:14
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
- Deuteronomy — 29:21
- Psalms — 13:5, 21:31, 23:6, 44:18, 70:18, 72:15, 77:6, 77:8, 89:1, 94:10, 101:25, 108:13, 111:2, 144:4, 144:13
- Proverbs — 22:4, 27:24
- Ecclesiastes — 1:4
- Sirach — 14:18
- Isaiah — 51:9
- Matthew — 12:39, 12:45, 16:4, 17:17, 24:34
- Mark — 8:12, 8:38, 9:19, 13:30
- Luke — 11:29, 11:30, 21:32
- Acts of the Apostles — 13:36
- Hebrews — 3:10
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 7:1, 15:16
- Exodus — 1:6, 13:18
- Numbers — 32:13
- Deuteronomy — 2:14, 23:8, 29:22, 32:5, 32:20
- Judges — 2:10
- Psalms — 13:5, 21:31, 23:6, 44:18, 70:18, 72:15, 77:6, 77:8, 89:1, 94:10, 101:25, 108:13, 111:2, 144:4, 144:13
- Psalms of Solomon — 18:7, 18:10
- Odes — 2:5, 2:20, 14:35
- Proverbs — 22:4
- Ecclesiastes — 1:4
- Sirach — 14:18
- Isaiah — 51:9
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 15:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 12:39, 12:45, 16:4, 17:17, 24:34
- Mark — 8:12, 8:38, 9:19, 13:30
- Luke — 9:41, 11:29, 11:30, 21:32
- Acts — 13:36
- Hebrews — 3:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΕΝΕΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΓΕΝΕΑΙ — generations, a generation, ages, kinds, races
- ΓΕΝΕΑΙΣ — (to) generations, (to) ages, (to) times, (to) races, (to) families
- ΓΕΝΕΑΝ — generation, age, race, family, a generation, an age
- ΓΕΝΕΑΣ — of a generation, of generations, a generation, generations, of a race, of races, a race, races, of a family, of families, a family, families, of a kind, of kinds, a kind, kinds
- ΓΕΝΕΕ — generation, age, race, family, a generation
- ΓΕΝΕΩ — generation, age, race, family, a generation
- ΓΕΝΕΩΝ — of generations, generations
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