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{G1078]   γένεσις génesis, ghen’-es-is;  3 in 3    nativity; source, orgin

  • figuratively, nature:—generation, nature(-ral).
  • source, origin
    • a book of one’s lineage, i.e. in which his ancestry or progeny are enumerated
  • used of birth, nativity
    • of that which follows origin, viz. existence, life
    • the wheel of life (Jas 3:6),
    • other explain it, the wheel of human origin which as soon as men are born begins to run, i.e. its course of life

Matthew 1:

(1) The book of the generation[G1078] of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

James 1:

(23) For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural[G1078] face in a glass:

James 3:

(6) And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity:

so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body,

and setteth on fire the course of nature;[G1078]

and it is set on fire of hell.

from the same as G1074 γενεά geneá, ghen-eh-ah’; 42 times in 37 verses   a generation;

  • by implication, an age (the period or the persons):
  • —age, generation, nation, time.
  • fathered, birth, nativity
  • that which has been begotten, men of the same stock, a family
  • the several ranks of natural descent, the successive members of a genealogy
  • metaph. a group of men very like each other in endowments, pursuits, character
  • esp. in a bad sense, a perverse nation
  • the whole multitude of men living at the same time
  • an age (i.e. the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation), a space of 30 – 33 years
  • from (a presumed derivative of) G1085;

Matthew 1:17 KJV – (17) So all the generations[G1074] from Abraham to David [are] fourteen generations;[G1074] and from David until the carrying away into Babylon [are] fourteen generations;[G1074] and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ [are] fourteen generations.[G1074]
Matthew 11:16 KJV – (16) But whereunto shall I liken this generation?[G1074] It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
Matthew 12:39, 41-42, 45 KJV – (39) But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation[G1074] seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: … (41) The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation,[G1074] and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas [is] here. (42) The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation,[G1074] and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here. … (45) Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last [state] of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.[G1074]
Matthew 16:4 KJV – (4) A wicked and adulterous generation[G1074] seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
Matthew 17:17 KJV – (17) Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation,[G1074] how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
Matthew 23:36 KJV – (36) Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.[G1074]
Matthew 24:34 KJV – (34) Verily I say unto you, This generation[G1074] shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
Mark 8:12, 38 KJV – (12) And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation[G1074] seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.[G1074] … (38) Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation;[G1074] of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Mark 9:19 KJV – (19) He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation,[G1074] how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
Mark 13:30 KJV – (30) Verily I say unto you, that this generation[G1074] shall not pass, till all these things be done.
Luke 1:48, 50 KJV – (48) For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations[G1074] shall call me blessed. … (50) And his mercy [is] on them that fear him from generation[G1074] to generation.[G1074]
Luke 7:31 KJV – (31) And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation?[G1074] and to what are they like?
Luke 9:41 KJV – (41) And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation,[G1074] how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
Luke 11:29-32, 50-51 KJV – (29) And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation:[G1074] they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. (30) For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.[G1074] (31) The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation,[G1074] and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here. (32) The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation,[G1074] and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas [is] here. … (50) That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;[G1074] (51) From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.[G1074]
Luke 16:8 KJV – (8) And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation[G1074] wiser than the children of light.
Luke 17:25 KJV – (25) But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.[G1074]
Luke 21:32 KJV – (32) Verily I say unto you, This generation[G1074] shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
Acts 2:40 KJV – (40) And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.[G1074]
Acts 8:33 KJV – (33) In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation?[G1074] for his life is taken from the earth.
Acts 13:36 KJV – (36) For David, after he had served his own generation[G1074] by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
Acts 14:16 KJV – (16) Who in times[G1074] past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
Acts 15:21 KJV – (21) For Moses of old time[G1074] hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Ephesians 3:5, 21 KJV – (5) Which in other ages[G1074] was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; … (21) Unto him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages,[G1074] world without end. Amen.
Philippians 2:15 KJV – (15) That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation,[G1074] among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Colossians 1:26 KJV – (26) [Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations,[G1074] but now is made manifest to his saints:
Hebrews 3:10 KJV – (10) Wherefore I was grieved with that generation,[G1074] and said, They do alway err in [their] heart; and they have not known my ways.

[g3824]  παλιγγενεσία palingenesía, pal-ing-ghen-es-ee’-ah; 2 in 2  regeneration

  • (spiritual) rebirth (the state or the act),
  • i.e. (figuratively) spiritual renovation;
  • specially, Messianic restoration:—regeneration.
  • new birth, reproduction, renewal, recreation, regeneration
  • hence renovation,
    • regeneration,
    • the production of a new life consecrated to God,
    • a radical change of mind for the better.
    • The word often used to denote the restoration of a thing to its pristine state,
    • its renovation, as a renewal or restoration of life after death
  • the renovation of the earth after the deluge
  • the renewal of the world to take place after its destruction by fire, as the Stoics taught
  • the signal and glorious change of all things (in heaven and earth) for the better, that restoration of the primal and perfect condition of things which existed before the fall of our first parents, which the Jews looked for in connection with the advent of the Messiah, and which Christians expected in connection with the visible return of Jesus from heaven.
  • other uses
    • of Cicero’s restoration to rank and fortune on his recall from exile
    • of the restoration of the Jewish nation after exile
    • of the recovery of knowledge by recollection
  • from G3825
    • πάλιν pálin, pal’-in;  142 times in 138 verses   17x in Matthew   Again
      • (adverbially) anew, i.e. (of place) back, (of time) once more,
      • or (conjunctionally) furthermore or on the other hand:—again.
      • probably from the same as G3823 (through the idea of oscillatory repetition); 1 in 1
        • πάλη pálē, pal’-ay;
        • from πάλλω pállō (to vibrate; another form for G906);
        •  wrestling (a contest between two in which each endeavours to throw the other, and which is decided when the victor is able to hold his opponent down with his hand upon his neck)
        • the term is transferred to the Christian’s struggle with the power of evil
          • Ephesians 6:12 KJV – (12) For we wrestle[G3823] not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
  •  and G1078;
    • {G1078]   γένεσις génesis, ghen’-es-is;  3 in 3    nativity; source, orgin

Matthew 19:

(28) And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you,

That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration[G3824]

when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory,

ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Titus 3:

(5) Not by works of righteousness which we have done,

but according to his mercy he saved us,

by the washing of regeneration,[G3824] and renewing of the Holy Ghost;