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Generation
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
or GENERATION . ‘Generation’ is used in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] to tr. [Note: translate or translation.] 1 . Heb. dôr , which is used ( a ) generally for a period , especially in the phrases dôr wâdhôr , etc., of limitless duration; past, Isaiah 51:8; future, Psalms 10:6; past and future, Psalms 102:24; ( b ) of all men living at any given time ( Genesis 6:9 ); ( c ) of a class of men with some special characteristic, Proverbs 30:11-14 of four generations of bad men; ( d ) in Isaiah 38:12 and Psalms 49:19 dôr is sometimes taken as ‘dwelling-place.’ 2. Heb. tôlÄ•dhôth (from yâladh , ‘beget’ or ‘bear children’), which is used in the sense of ( a ) genealogies Genesis 5:1 , figuratively of the account of creation, Genesis 2:4; also ( b ) divisions of a tribe , as based on genealogy; tôlÄ•dhôth occurs only in the Priestly Code, in Ruth 4:18 , and in 1 Chronicles 3:1-24 . Gr. genea in same sense as 1 ( a ), Colossians 1:26; as 1 ( b ), Matthew 24:34 . Matthew 24:4 . = Genesis 2:1-25 ( a ), Matthew 1:1 , an imitation of LXX [Note: Septuagint.] use of genesis for tôlÄ•dhôth . 5. Gennçma , ‘offspring’ = 1 ( c ): so Matthew 3:7 || (‘generation, i.e. offspring, of vipers’). 6. genos , ‘race’ = 1 ( c ): so 1 Peter 2:9 (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘chosen generation,’ RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘elect race’).
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Generation'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/g/generation.html. 1909.
