BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1755
dor — generation
1) period, generation, habitation, dwelling 1a) period, age, generation (period of time) 1b) generation (those living during a period) 1c) generation (characterised by quality, condition, class of men) 1d) dwelling-place, habitation Aramaic equivalent: dar (דָּר "generation" H1859)
124 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8435
to.le.dah — generation
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)
39 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1074
genea — generation
γενεά, -ᾶς, ἡ (γίγνομαι), [in LXX chiefly for דּוֹר, דֹּר (Cremer, 148) ;] 1. race, stock, family (in NT, γέννημα, which see). 2. generation; (a) of the contemporary members of a family: pl., Mat.1:17 (cf. Gen.31:3, מוֹלֶדֶת); metaphorically, of those alike in character, in bad sense, Mat.17:17, Mrk.9:19, Luk.9:41 16:8, Act.2:40; (b) of all the people of a given period: Mat.24:34, Mrk.13:30, Luk.21:32, Php.2:15; pl., Luk.1:48; esp. of the Jewish people, Mat.11:16 12:39, 41 42, 45 16:4 23:36, Mrk.8:12, 38 Luk.7:31 11:29, 30-32, 50, 51 17:25, Act.13:36, Heb.3:10" (LXX) ; τὴν γ. αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται, Act.8:33 (LXX); (with) the period covered by the life-time of a generation, used loosely in pl. of successive ages: Act.14:16 15:21, Eph.3:5, Col.1:26; εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γ. (= לִדוֹר וָדוֹר, al.), Luk.34:17, al), Luk.1:50; εἰς πάσας τὰς γ. τοῦ αἰῶνος τῶν αἰώνων, Eph.3:21 (Ellic, in l.; DCG, i, 639f.). † (AS)
37 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1859
dar — generation
generation Aramaic of dor (דּוֹר "generation" H1755)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1320
ba.sar — flesh
1) flesh 1a) of the body 1a1) of humans 1a2) of animals 1b) the body itself 1c) male organ of generation (euphemism) 1d) kindred, blood-relations 1e) flesh as frail or erring (man against God) 1f) all living things 1g) animals 1h) mankind Aramaic equivalent: be.shar (בְּשַׁר "flesh" H1321)
219 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G165
aiōn — an age: age
αἰών, -ῶνος, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for עַד ,עוֹלָם ;] 1. in cl., like Lat. aevum (LS, MM, VGT, see word), a space of time, as, a lifetime, generation, period of history, an indefinitely long period; in NT of an indefinitely long period, an age, eternity, usually with prep. (MM, VGT); (a) of the past: ἀπ᾽ αἰ. (cf. Heb. מֵעוֹלָם), Luk.1:70; (b) of the future: εἰς τ. αἰ. (cf. לְעוֹלָם), forever, Mat.21:19; id., with neg., never, Jhn.4:14; more strongly, εἰς τὸν αἰ. τοῦ αἰ., Heb.1:8 (LXX); εἰς τοὺς αἰ., Mat.6:13; εἰς τοὺς αἰ. τῶν αἰ. (cf. Isa.45:17, עַד־עוֹלְמֵי עַד), Rom.16:27, LT; cf. also Eph.3:21, 2Pe.3:18, Ju 25, Rev.14:11. 2. οἱ αἰ., the worlds, the universe, "the sum of the periods of time, including all that is manifested in them": He :12 11:3 (cf. 1Ti.1:17, where τῶν αἰ. are prob. "the ages or world-periods which when summed up make eternity". 3. the present age (Heb. הָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה): ὁ αἰ., Mat.13:22; ὁ αἰ. οὗτος, Mat.12:32; ὁ νῦν αἰ., 1Ti.6:17; ὁ ἐνεστὼς αἰ., Gal.1:4; similarly, of the time after Christ's second coming (הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא), ὁ αἰ. ἐκεῖνος, Luk.20:35; ὁ αἰ. μέλλων, Mat.12:32; ὁ αἰ. ὁ ἐρχόμενος, Mrk.10:30. SYN.: κόσμος, the ordered universe, the scheme of material things; οἰκουμένη, the inhabited earth; in contrast with both of which αἰ. is the world under aspects of time (cf. Westc. on Heb.1:2; Tr., Syn., §lix; Thayer, see word, αἰ.; Cremer, 74, 620; MM, VGT). (AS)
96 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G129
ahima — blood
αἷμα, ατος, τό, [in LXX for דָּם ;] blood. 1. In the ordinary sense: Mrk.5:25, Luk.8:43,44 22:44, Jhn.19:34, Act.15:20,29 21:25, Rev.8:7,8 11:6 16:3,4,6 19:13. 2. In special senses: (a) of generation, origin, kinship (cl.): Jhn.1:13 (see MM, VGT, see word); (b) as in OT (AR on Eph, l.with), in the phrase σάρξ καὶ αἷ. (αἷ. κ. σ.), to indicate human nature as opposite to God and created spirits: Mat.16:17, 1Co.15:50, Gal.1:16, Eph.6:12, Heb.2:14; (with) of things in colour resembling blood: Act.2:19,20, Rev.6:12 14:18-20. (d) of bloodshed, a bloody death (cl.): Mat.23:30,35 27:4,6,8,24,25, Luk.11:50,51 13:1, Act.1:19 5:28 18:6 20:26 22:20, Heb.12:4, Rev.6:10 17:6 18:24 19:2 ; αἷ. ἐκχέειν (Deiss., LAE, 428; MM, VGT, see word, αἷ.), Rom.3:15, Rev.16:6; (e) of sacrificial blood, as an expiation: Heb.9:7,12,13,18-22,25 10:4 11:28 13:11; of the blood of Christ, Mat.26:28, Mrk.14:24, Luk.22:20, Jhn.6:53,54,56, Act.20:28, Rom.3:25 5:9, 1Co.10:16 11:25,27, Eph.1:7 2:13, Col.1:20, Heb.9:12,14 10:19,29 12:24 13:20, 1Pe.1:2,19, 1Jn.1:7 (cf. 5:6,8), Rev.1:5 5:9 7:14 12:11. (Cremer, 69 f., 612 f.) † (AS)
90 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2340
chiv.vi — Hivite
Someone descended from Hiv(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Gen.10.17; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577) § Hivite = "villagers" 6th generation of descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, who were living in northern Canaan near Mount Hermon at the time of the conquest
25 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3382
ye.red — Jared
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.15; son of: Mahalalel (H4111); father of: Enoch (H2585H) Also named: Iared (Ἰάρεδ "Jared" G2391) § Jered or Jared = "descent" 1) son of Mahalaleel and father of Enoch in the 4th generation from Seth 2) a descendant of Judah and father of Gedor
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1756
dor — Dor
§ Dor = "generation" a coastal city in Manasseh, south of Carmel
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2407
chat.tush — Hattush
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.22; son of: Shemaiah (H8098B); brother of: Igal (H3008I), Bariah (H1282), Neariah (H5294) and Shaphat (H8202I) § Hattush = "assembled" 1) a descendant of David, apparently one of the sons of Shechaniah, in the 4th or 5th generation from Zerubbabel 1a) a man who returned with Ezra; maybe same as 1 above 1b) a man who returned with Zerubbabel; maybe same as 1 above 2) son of Hashabniah who helped repair the walls of Jerusalem with Nehemiah
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8029
shil.lesh — third
pertaining to the third, third (generation)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3824
palingenesia — regeneration
παλινγενεσία (Rec. παλιγγ-), -ας, ἡ (πάλιν, γενεσις), new birth, renewal, restoration, regeneration; (a) of persons (Plut., Phil., al.), of spiritual regeneration, διὰ λουτροῦ παλινγενεστίας (genitive attr., see Ellic., in l), Tit.3:5; (b) of the world, as in Stoics, Jewish Apocal., al. (see Dalman, Words, 177 ff.), Mat.19:28.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H513
el.to.lad — Eltolad
§ Eltolad = "God's generations" a city in southern Judah
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8434
to.lad — Tolad
§ Tolad = "generation" a town in Simeon also 'El-tolad'
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21021
proptōsis — degeneration
degeneration
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7376
epeimi — be used
1. to be upon , with dative, (Iliad by Homer); but in Prose with preposition, ἐπὶ τοῦ καταστρώματος (Herdotus Historicus); ἐπὶ ταῖς οἰκίαις (Xenophon Historicus) 2. to be set upon , (Herdotus Historicus):—;of rewards and penalties, to be affixed or attached , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc. 3. of Time, to be hereafter, remain , (Odyssey by Homer); ἐπεσσόμενοι ἄνθρωποι generations to come , (Oracle quoted in Herdotus Historicus):—;also to be at hand , (Sophocles Tragicus) 4. to be set over , Lat. praeesse, τισι (Herdotus Historicus) 5. to be added, be over and above , of numbers, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Gen. 2:4, “These are the generations,” means the “history.” 5:1, “The book of the generations,” means a family register, or history of Adam. 37:2, “The generations of Jacob” = the history of Jacob and his descendants. 7:1, “In this generation” = in this age. Ps. 49:19, “The generation of his fathers” = the dwelling of his fathers, i.e., the grave. Ps. 73:15, “The generation of thy children” = the contemporary race. Isa. 53:8, “Who shall declare his generation?” = His manner of life who shall declare? or rather = His race, posterity, shall be so numerous that no one shall be able to declare it. In Matt. 1:17, the word means a succession or series of persons from the same stock. Matt. 3:7, “Generation of vipers” = brood of vipers. 24:34, “This generation” = the persons then living contemporary with Christ. 1 Pet. 2:9, “A chosen generation” = a chosen people. The Hebrews seem to have reckoned time by the generation. In the time of Abraham a generation was an hundred years, thus: Gen. 15:16, “In the fourth generation” = in four hundred years (comp. verse 13 and Ex. 12:40). In Deut. 1:35 and 2:14 a generation is a period of thirty-eight years.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
