γενεά

γενεά, -ᾶς, ἡ

(γίγνομαι), [in LXX chiefly for דּוֹר, דֹּר (Cremer, 148) ;]

1. race, stock, family (in NT, γέννημα, which see).

2. generation;

(a) of the contemporary members of a family: pl., Mat.1:17 (cf. Gen.31:3, מוֹלֶדֶת); metaphorically, of those alike in character, in bad sense, Mat.17:17, Mrk.9:19, Luk.9:41 16:8, Act.2:40;

(b) of all the people of a given period: Mat.24:34, Mrk.13:30, Luk.21:32, Php.2:15; pl., Luk.1:48; esp. of the Jewish people, Mat.11:16 12:39, 41 42, 45 16:4 23:36, Mrk.8:12, 38 Luk…