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., Mt 1,17 (cf. Rdz 31,3, מוֹלֶדֶת); metaphorically, of those alike in character, in bad sense, Mt 17,17, Mk 9,19, Łk 9,41; 16,8, Dz 2,40; (b) of all the people of a given period: Mt 24,34, Mk 13,30, Łk 21,32, Flp 2,15; pl., Łk 1,48 esp. of the Jewish people, Mat.11:16 12:39, 41 42, 45 16:4 23:36, Mk 8,12.38 Łk 7,31; 11,29.30-32.50.51; 17,25, Dz 13,36, Hbr 3,10" (LXX) ; τὴν γ. αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται, Dz 8,33 (LXX); (with) the period covered by the life-time of a generation, used loosely in pl. of successive ages: Dz 14,16; 15,21, Ef 3,5, Kol 1,26; εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γ. (= לִדוֹר וָדוֹר, al.), Łk 34,17, al), Łk 1,50 εἰς πάσας τὰς γ. τοῦ αἰῶνος τῶν αἰώνων, Ef 3,21 (Ellic, in l.; DCG, i, 639f.). † (AS)