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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(
begotten
). In plural, the genealogical register (
Gen. 2:4; 5:1
4
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, (Genesis 2:4)
1
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; (Genesis 5:1)
;
Matt. 1:1
1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. (Matthew 1:1)
); family history (
Gen. 6:9; 25:12
9
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. (Genesis 6:9)
12
Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: (Genesis 25:12)
); men of the existing
age
(
Lev. 3:17
17
It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood. (Leviticus 3:17)
;
Isa. 53:8
8
He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. (Isaiah 53:8)
;
Matt. 24:34
34
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. (Matthew 24:34)
;
Acts 2:40
40
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. (Acts 2:40)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
This is used in various senses in
scripture
.
1.
As from a
father
to his
son
, or from a king to his successor,
γενεά
, as in the
three
series of “fourteen generations” in
Matthew 1:17
17
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. (Matthew 1:17)
, though the same term is applied where
names
have been omitted. See
GENEALOGY OF
THE
LORD
JESUS
.
2.
In a much wider sense, as when the Lord said of the unbelieving Jews, “This generation shall not pass away till all these things be fulfilled” (
Matt. 24:34
34
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. (Matthew 24:34)
;
Luke 21:32
32
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. (Luke 21:32)
; compare
Deut. 32:5,20
5
They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. (Deuteronomy 32:5)
20
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith. (Deuteronomy 32:20)
). The unbelieving Jews still exist and will until the events take place.
3.
As offspring,
γέννημα
, where there was a moral
likeness
, as “generation of vipers” (
Matt. 3:7
7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? (Matthew 3:7)
).
4.
As class, family, etc.,
γένος
. Ye are “a chosen generation” (
1 Pet. 2:9
9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: (1 Peter 2:9)
).
5.
As signifying perpetuity;
God
’s dominion is “from generation to generation” (
Dan. 4:3,34
3
How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. (Daniel 4:3)
34
And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: (Daniel 4:34)
).
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