Words the Bible translates as generation
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- geneaγενεάgeneration: the people who belong to one stretch of time, or the stretch of time itself
- dorדּוֹרa generation: the people alive together in one stretch of time, and by extension the span of time they fill.
- gennēmaγέννημαoffspring: the young a creature brings forth, used in the Gospels only in the insult "brood of vipers."
- toledahתּוֹלֵדוֹתthe line that comes from a named ancestor: the descendants, family record, or unfolding story that issues from them
- darדָּרgenerationnot studied yet
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