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Generation

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(Latin Vulgate, generatio).

This word, of very varied meaning, corresponds to the two Hebrew terms: dôr, tôledôth. As a rendering of the later, the Vulgate plural form, generationes, is treated in the article GENEALOGY. As a rendering of the former, the word generation is used in the following principal senses.

Sources

GESENIUS, Thesaurus (Leipzig, 1829); FURST, Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon (Leipzig, 1867); BROWN, DRIVER AND BRIGGS, Hebrew and English Lexicon (New York, 1906).

Bibliography Information
Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Generation'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​g/generation.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
 
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