Lexical Definition

‎תּוֹלְדָה‎ tôwlᵉdâh (to-led-aw') generation ^H:N-F
or תֹּלְדָה tôlᵉdâh (to-led-aw'); from ‎יָלַד‎

birth, generations.

• (plural only) descent, i.e. family
• (figuratively) history

1) descendants, results, proceedings, generations, genealogies
1a) account of men and their descendants
1a1) genealogical list of one's descendants
1a2) one's contemporaries
1a3) course of history (of creation etc)
1b) begetting or account of heaven (metaph)

See Greek: γένεσις · συγγένεια

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎תּוֺלֵדוֺת‎]₃₉ noun feminine plural generations, especially in genealogies = account of a man and his descendants; — construct ‎תּוֺלְדוֺת‎ Gen 2:4; Ruth 4:18 ‎תּוֺלְדֹת‎ Gen 5:1 + 6 t.; ‎תֹּלְדוֺת‎ Gen 36:1 + 2 t.; ‎תֹּלְדֹת‎ Gen 25:12 suffix ‎תֹּלְדֹתָיו‎ 1Chr 26:31 ‎תּוֺלְדֹתָם‎ Exod 28:10 + 16 t.; ‎תֹּלְדוֺתָם‎ 1Chr 5:7 + 5 t.; ‎תֹּלְדֹתָם‎ Exod 6:16; Exod 6:19 —
a. account of men and their descendants Gen 5:1; Gen 6:9; Gen 10:1; Gen 11:10; Gen 11:27; Gen 25:12; Gen 25:19; Gen 36:1; Gen 36:9; Gen 37:2; Num 3:1; Ruth 4:18; 1Chr 1:29 successive generations (in) of families (‎מִשְׁפָּחֹת‎) Gen 10:32 compare Gen 25:13, Exod 6:16; Exod 6:19; Exod 28:10 genealogical divisions, by parentage Num 1:20 (‎לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎) + 11 t. Num 1 ‎וְאֶחָיו לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָיו בְּהִתְיִחֶשׂ לתולדוֺתם‎ 1Chr 5:7 compare 1Chr 7:9 and probably also 1Chr 7:2 see Be, 1Chr 7:4; 1Chr 8:28; 1Chr 9:9; 1Chr 9:34; 1Chr 26:31.
b. metaph==. ‎תּוֺלְדוֺת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ‎ Gen 2:4 literally begettings of heaven and earth, i.e. account of heaven and earth and that which proceeded from them (compare Dr^{Intr. 5 n}.) In Hexateuch always P. ==

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