Strong's Hebrew · H8435
H8435 tôwlᵉdâh
תּוֹלְדָה
to-led-aw'
generation
tôwlᵉdâh appears 39 times in Scripture, including Genesis 2:4 and Genesis 5:1. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
(plural only) descent, i.e. family; (figuratively) history
In the King James Version
birth, generations.
Derivation
or תֹּלְדָה; from H3205 (יָלַד);
Appears 39 times in Scripture
“This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.”
“All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.”
“This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.”
“These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,”
“This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.”
“This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.”
“This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,”
“This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.”
“This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.”
“This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
