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generation

Meaning of “generation”

Offspring, a family line, people of one age, or the period of a lifetime.

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107 occurrences92 verses21 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 7:1

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Isaiah 13:20
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 13:20 · retained source text

It shall neuer be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, neither shal the shepheards make their fold there.

Isaiah 34:10
It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 34:10 · retained source text

It shal not be quenched night nor day, the smoke thereof shall goe vp for euer: from generation to generation it shall lye waste, none shal passe through it for euer and euer.

1611 marginal noteReue. 18.2,18. and 19.3.

Isaiah 34:17
And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 34:17 · retained source text

And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath diuided it vnto them by line: they shall possesse it for euer, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

Isaiah 51:8
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 51:8 · retained source text

For the moth shall eate them vp like a garment, and the worme shal eate them like wooll: but my righteousnes shalbe for euer; and my saluation from generation to generation.

Isaiah 53:8
He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 53:8 · retained source text

He was taken from prison, and from iudgement: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the liuing, for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

1611 marginal noteOr, he was taken away by distresse and iudgement: but &c.

1611 marginal noteHeb. was the stroke vpon him.

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