Tôwlᵉdâh — H8435

Definition

feminine plural noun

(plural only) descent, i.e. family; (figuratively) history

1. descendants, results, proceedings, generations, genealogies
1. account of men and their descendants
1. genealogical list of one's descendants
2. one's contemporaries
3. course of history (of creation etc)
2. begetting or account of heaven (metaph)

Usually translated as

generations, birth

Origin

or tôlᵉdâh; from H3205

• Derived from Yâlad (H3205)

Greek equivalents

• génesis (G1078)
• syngéneia (G4772)

Occurrences

Tôwlᵉdâh occurs 39 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (13), Exodus (3), Numbers (13), Ruth (1), 1 Chronicles (9)

• Genesis 2:4 — These are the generations (תוֹלְד֧וֹת) of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
• Genesis 5:1 — This is the book of the generations (תּוֹלְדֹ֖ת) of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
• Genesis 6:9 — These are the generations (תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת) of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
• Genesis 10:1 — Now these are the generations (תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת) of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
• Genesis 10:32 — These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations (לְתוֹלְדֹתָ֖ם), in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
• Genesis 11:10 — These are the generations (תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת) of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
• Genesis 11:27 — Now these are the generations (תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת) of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
• Genesis 25:12 — Now these are the generations (תֹּלְדֹ֥ת) of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
• Genesis 25:13 — And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations (לְתוֹלְדֹתָ֑ם): the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
• Genesis 25:19 — And these are the generations (תּוֹלְדֹ֥ת) of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:
• Genesis 36:1 — Now these are the generations (תֹּלְד֥וֹת) of Esau, who is Edom.
• Genesis 36:9 — And these are the generations (תֹּלְד֥וֹת) of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
• Genesis 37:2 — These are the generations (תֹּלְד֣וֹת) of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
• Exodus 6:16 — And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations (לְתֹ֣לְדֹתָ֔ם); Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
• Exodus 6:19 — And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations (לְתֹלְדֹתָֽם).
• Exodus 28:10 — Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth (כְּתוֹלְדֹתָֽם).
• Numbers 1:20 — And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their generations (תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥ם), after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:22 — Of the children of Simeon, by their generations (תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥ם), after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:24 — Of the children of Gad, by their generations (תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥ם), after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:26 — Of the children of Judah, by their generations (תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥ם), after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:28 — Of the children of Issachar, by their generations (תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥ם), after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:30 — Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations (תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥ם), after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:32 — Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations (תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥ם), after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:34 — Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations (תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥ם), after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:36 — Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations (תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥ם), after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:38 — Of the children of Dan, by their generations (תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥ם), after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:40 — Of the children of Asher, by their generations (תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥ם), after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:42 — Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations (תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥ם), after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 3:1 — These also are the generations (תּוֹלְדֹ֥ת) of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
• Ruth 4:18 — Now these are the generations (תּוֹלְד֣וֹת) of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
• 1 Chronicles 1:29 — These are their generations (תֹּלְדוֹתָ֑ם): The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
• 1 Chronicles 5:7 — And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations (לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֑ם) was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
• 1 Chronicles 7:2 — And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father’s house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations (לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֑ם); whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
• 1 Chronicles 7:4 — And with them, by their generations (לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֜ם), after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
• 1 Chronicles 7:9 — And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations (לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֗ם), heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
• 1 Chronicles 8:28 — These were heads of the fathers, by their generations (לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֖ם), chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
• 1 Chronicles 9:9 — And their brethren, according to their generations (לְתֹ֣לְדוֹתָ֔ם), nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
• 1 Chronicles 9:34 — These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations (לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֖ם); these dwelt at Jerusalem.
• 1 Chronicles 26:31 — Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations (לְתֹלְדֹתָ֖יו) of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.