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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

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First occurrence: Genesis 7:1

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Psalms 78:4
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 78:4 · retained source text

We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come, the praises of the LORD: and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

Psalms 78:6
That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 78:6 · retained source text

That the generation to come might know them, euen the children which should be borne: who should arise and declare them to their children:

Psalms 78:8
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 78:8 · retained source text

And might not bee as their fathers, a stubborne and rebellious generation, a generation that set not their heart aright: and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

1611 marginal noteHebr. that prepared not their heart.

Psalms 95:10
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 95:10 · retained source text

Fortie yeeres long was I grieued with this generation: and sayd, It is a people that doe erre in their heart: and they haue not knowen my wayes.

Psalms 102:18
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 102:18 · retained source text

This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created, shall praise the LORD.

Psalms 109:13
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 109:13 · retained source text

Let his posteritie be cut off: and in the generation folowing let their name be blotted out.

Proverbs 27:24
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 27:24 · retained source text

For riches are not for euer: and doth the crowne endure to euery generation?

1611 marginal noteHebr. strength.

1611 marginal noteHebr. to generation and generation.

Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 30:11 · retained source text

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not blesse their mother.

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