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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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Jeremiah 7:29
¶ Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 7:29 · retained source text

¶ Cut off thine haire, O Ierusalem, and cast it away, and take vp a lamentation on high places, for the LORD hath reiected, and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

Jeremiah 50:39
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 50:39 · retained source text

Therefore the wilde beasts of the desert with the wilde beastes of the Ilands shall dwel there, and the owles shall dwell therein: & it shalbe no more inhabited for euer: neither shall it bee dwelt in frō generation to generation.

Lamentations 5:19
Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 5:19 · retained source text

Thou, O LORD, remainest for euer: thy throne from generation to generation.

1611 marginal notePsal.9.8. and 29.10. and 102.13. & 145.13.

Daniel 4:3
How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Daniel 4:3 · retained source text

How great are his signes? and how mighty are his wonders? his kingdome is an euerlasting kingdome, and his dominion is frō generation to generation.

1611 marginal noteChap.2.34.

Daniel 4:34
And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Daniel 4:34 · retained source text

And at the end of the dayes, I Nebuchad-nezzar lift vp mine eyes vnto heauen, and mine vnderstanding returned vnto me, and I blessed the most high, and I praised, and honoured him that liueth for euer, whose dominion is an euerlasting dominion, and his kingdome is from generation to generation.

1611 marginal noteChap.7 14. mic.4.7 luc.1.33.

Joel 1:3
Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joel 1:3 · retained source text

Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

Joel 3:20
But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Joel 3:20 · retained source text

But Iudah shall dwell for euer, and Ierusalem from generation to generation.

1611 marginal noteOr, abide.

Matthew 1:1
THE book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 1:1 · retained source text

¶ The booke of the generation of Iesus Christ, the sonne of Dauid, the sonne of Abraham.

1611 marginal noteLuke 3.23.

Matthew 3:7
¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 3:7 · retained source text

¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his Baptisme, he said vnto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

1611 marginal noteCha. 12.34.

Matthew 11:16
¶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 11:16 · retained source text

¶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like vnto children, sitting in the markets, and calling vnto their fellowes,

1611 marginal noteLuk. 7.31.

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