# γενεά/genea This word is a type of idea. It is a noun. * This word means generation. * Sometimes this word is used to talk about people who were all born at about the same time. * Sometimes this word is used to talk about the members of a family who are alive at one time. * Sometimes this word is used to talk about all the people alive at a certain time. * Sometimes this word is used to talk about a group of people who are like each other in an important way. * Sometimes this word is used to talk about all Jews alive at a certain time. * Sometimes this word is used to talk about an amount of time that is approximately as long as the lifetime of all the people alive at one point in time. * Sometimes this word is used to talk about the descendants of a certain person.