Strong's Greek · G1074
γενεά
geneá
age, generation, nation, time
Definition
a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons)
Derivation
from (a presumed derivative of) G1085 (γένος);
Appears 43 times in Scripture
“A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.”
“Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.”
“The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.”
“In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.”
“To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:”
“The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.”
“Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.””
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).