Lexical Definition

‎γενεά‎ geneá (ghen-eh-ah') generation ^G:N-F
from (a presumed derivative of) ‎γένος‎

age, generation, nation, time.

• a generation
• by implication, an age (the period or the persons)

Abbott-Smith

γενεά, -ᾶς, ἡ (< γίγνομαι), [in LXX chiefly for דּוֹר, דֹּר (Cremer, 148) ;]

1. race, stock, family (in NT, γέννημα, q.v.).
2. generation;
(a) of the contemporary members of a family: pl., Mt 1:17 (cf. Ge 31:3, מוֹלֶדֶת); metaph., of those alike in character, in bad sense, Mt 17:17, Mk 9:19, Lk 9:41 16:8, Ac 2:40;
(b) of all the people of a given period: Mt 24:34, Mk 13:30, Lk 21:32, Phl 2:15; pl., Lk 1:48; esp. of the Jewish people, Mt 11:16 12:39, 41, 42, 45 16:4 23:36, Mk 8:12, 38 Lk 7:31 11:29, 30-32, 50, 51 17:25, Ac 13:36, He 3:10 (LXX); τὴν γ. αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται, Ac 8:33 (LXX);
(c) the period covered by the life-time of a generation, used loosely in pl. of successive ages: Ac 14:16 15:21, Eph 3:5, Col 1:26; εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γ. (= לִדוֹר וָדוֹר, al.), Lk 34:17, al), Lk 1:50; εἰς πάσας τὰς γ. τοῦ αἰῶνος τῶν αἰώνων, Eph 3:21 (Ellic, in l.; DCG, i, 639f.). †

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

γενεά, ᾶς,

Ionic dialect γενεή, ῆς, ἡ, Epic dialect dative γενεῆφι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: (γενέσθαι):

__I of the persons in a family,
__I.1 race, family, Πριάμου γ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γενεῇ ὑπέρτερος higher by birth or blood, [Refs]younger in [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ταύτης εἶναι γ. καὶ αἵματος of this race and blood, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γενεῇ by birthright, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Αἰτωλὸς γενεήν by descent, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γενεὴ ἔκ τινος descent from..,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of horses, breed, stock, [γενεάς">Refs 8th c.BC+] families, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; γενεὰν ποιεῖσθαι to have issue, [Refs]: hence, tribe, nation, Περσῶν γ., Τυρρηνῶν γ., [γενεά; 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.6; καὶ αὐτὸν καὶ τὰν γ. ἀπολέσθαι “SIG” 306.8 (Tegea, 4th c.BC). ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 race, generation, οἵηπερ φύλλων γ. τοιήδε καὶ ἀνδρῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; age, γ. ἀνθρωπηΐη the historical, opposed to to the mythical, age, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 offspring, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a single person, Τυροῦς γ. (i. e. Pelias) [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.4 metaphorically, class, kind, τὸ σύμμετρον καὶ καλὸν καὶ ὁπόσα τῆς γ. ταύτης ἐστίν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of Time or Place,
__II.1 birthplace, γ. ἐπὶ λίμνῃ Γυγαίῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of an eagle's evrie, [Refs]
__II.2 age, time of life, γενεῆφι νεώτατος [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.3 after [Refs 8th c.BC+], time of birth, ἐκ γενεῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]