Hebrew noun (feminine) · H8435
תּוֹלְדָה
toledahto-led-aw'
generation
39 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tôwlᵉdâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8435is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 21spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8435
(plural only) descent, i.e. family; (figuratively) history
The King James renders it: birth, generations.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
toledah is rendered "generation". It stands 39 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Thirteen of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 2:4This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.
The first use
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
Genesis 2:4תוֹלְד֧וֹת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Thirteen of the word's thirty-nine uses are in Genesis.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- genealogies their12
- accounts of10
- to generations their7
- to descendants their4
- descendants of3
- according to genealogies their1
- generations their1
- to generations his1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| תּוֹרָה | torah | instruction | Uses219 |
| תּוֹעֵבַה | toebah | abomination | Uses117 |
| תּוֹלָע | tola | worm | Uses43 |
| תּוֹדָה | todah | thanksgiving | Uses31 |
| תּוֹכֵחָה | tokechah | rebuke | Uses28 |
| תּוֹצָאָה | totsaah | outgoing | Uses23 |
| תּוֹר | tor | turtledove | Uses14 |
| תּוֹשָׁב | toshab | sojourner | Uses14 |
| תּוֹר | tor | bullock | Uses7 |
| תּוֹחֶלֶת | tocheleth | hope | Uses6 |
| תּוֹר | tor | plait | Uses4 |
| תּוֹעָפָה | toaphah | peak | Uses4 |
and 6 more on the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 39, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
21 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥ם12
- תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת4
- לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֑ם2
- לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֖ם2
- תּוֹלְדֹ֥ת2
- תֹּלְד֥וֹת2
- כְּתוֹלְדֹתָֽם׃1
- לְתוֹלְדֹתָ֖ם1
- לְתוֹלְדֹתָ֑ם1
- לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֜ם1
- לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֗ם1
- לְתֹ֣לְדוֹתָ֔ם1
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)13HNcfpc
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural13HNcfpc/Sp3mp
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural12HR/Ncfpc/Sp3mp
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HR/Ncfpc/Sp3ms
Genesis
thirteen uses
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
- תוֹלְד֧וֹתtoldotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: accounts of
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
- תּוֹלְדֹ֖תtoldotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: descendants of
This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
- תּוֹלְדֹ֣תtoldotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: accounts of
This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
- תּוֹלְדֹ֣תtoldotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: accounts of
All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.
- לְתוֹלְדֹתָ֖םletoldotampreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to descendants their
This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
- תּוֹלְדֹ֣תtoldotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: accounts of
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
- תּוֹלְדֹ֣תtoldotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: accounts of
This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
- תֹּלְדֹ֥תtoledotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: accounts of
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
- לְתוֹלְדֹתָ֑םletoldotampreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to descendants their
This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,
- תּוֹלְדֹ֥תtoldotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: accounts of
This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom).
- תֹּלְד֥וֹתtoledotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: accounts of
This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.
- תֹּלְד֥וֹתtoledotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: accounts of
This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
- תֹּלְד֣וֹתtoledotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: accounts of
Exodus
three uses
These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
- לְתֹ֣לְדֹתָ֔םletoledotampreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to descendants their
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.
- לְתֹלְדֹתָֽם׃letoledotampreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to descendants their
six of their names on one stone and the remaining six on the other, in the order of their birth.
- כְּתוֹלְדֹתָֽם׃ketoldotampreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: according to genealogies their
Numbers
thirteen uses
From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥םtoldotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: genealogies their
From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥םtoldotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: genealogies their
From the sons of Gad, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥םtoldotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: genealogies their
From the sons of Judah, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥םtoldotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: genealogies their
From the sons of Issachar, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥םtoldotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: genealogies their
From the sons of Zebulun, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥םtoldotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: genealogies their
From the sons of Joseph:
- תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥םtoldotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: genealogies their
And from the sons of Manasseh, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥םtoldotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: genealogies their
From the sons of Benjamin, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥םtoldotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: genealogies their
From the sons of Dan, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥םtoldotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: genealogies their
From the sons of Asher, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥םtoldotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: genealogies their
From the sons of Naphtali, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥םtoldotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: genealogies their
This is the account of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.
- תּוֹלְדֹ֥תtoldotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: descendants of
Ruth
one use
Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
- תּוֹלְד֣וֹתtoldotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: descendants of
1 Chronicles
nine uses
These are their genealogies:
- תֹּלְדוֹתָ֑םtoledotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: generations their
Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites. His relatives by their clans are recorded in their genealogy:
- לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֑םletoledotampreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to generations their
The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.
- לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֑םletoledotampreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to generations their
Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs. In addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children.
- לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֜םletoledotampreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to generations their
Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons. Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their families—20,200 mighty men of valor.
- לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֗םletoledotampreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to generations their
All these were heads of families, the chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.
- לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֖םletoledotampreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to generations their
and 956 of their relatives according to their genealogy. All these men were heads of their families.
- לְתֹ֣לְדוֹתָ֔םletoledotampreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to generations their
All these were heads of Levite families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.
- לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֖םletoledotampreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to generations their
As for the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief of the Hebronites, according to the genealogies of his ancestors. In the fortieth year of David’s reign the records were searched, and strong, capable men were found among the Hebronites at Jazer in Gilead.
- לְתֹלְדֹתָ֖יוletoledotavpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to generations his
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.