γενεὰ διεστραμμένη

γενεά, ᾶς, ἡ (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX, En; TestSol C 13:7; TestJob, Test12Patr; GrBar 10:3; Philo, Joseph., SibOr, Just., Tat.) a term relating to the product of the act of generating and with special ref. to kinship, frequently used of familial connections and ancestry. Gener. those descended fr. a common ancestor, a ‘clan’ (Pind., P. 10, 42 the Hyperboreans are a ἱερὰ γενεά; Diod S 18, 56, 7; Jos., Ant. 17, 220), then

① those exhibiting common characteristics or interests, race, kind gener. as in Lk 16:8 εἰς τὴν γ. τὴν ἑαυτῶν the people of the world are more prudent in relation to their own kind than are those who lay claim to the light (difft. GBeasley-Murray, A Commentary on Mk 13, ’57, 99–102).

② the sum total of those born at the same time, expanded to include all those living at a given time and freq. defined in terms of specific characteristics, generation, contemporaries (Hom. et al.; BGU 1211, 12 [II B.C.] ἕως γενεῶν τριῶν); Jesus looks upon the whole contemp. generation of Israel as a uniform mass confronting him ἡ γ. αὕτη (cp. Gen 7:1; Ps 11:8) Mt 11:16; 12:41f; 23:36; 24:34; Mk 13:30; Lk 7:31; 11:29–32, 50f; 17:25; 21:32 (EGraesser, ZNW Beih. 22,² ’60). S. also 1 above. This generation is characterized as γ. ἄπιστος καὶ διεστραμμένη Mt 17:17; Mk 9:19 D; Lk 9:41; ἄπιστος Mk 9:19; πονηρά Mt 12:45; 16:4 D; Lk 11:29; πονηρὰ κ. μοιχαλίς Mt 12:39; 16:4; μοιχαλὶς καὶ ἁμαρτωλός Mk 8:38 (JGuillet, RSR 35, ’48, 275–81). Their contemporaries appeared to Christians as γ. σκολιὰ καὶ διεστραμμένη (the latter term as Mt 17:17; Mk 9:19 v.l.; Lk 9:41, the former Ac 2:40; cp. Ps 77:8) Phil 2:15 (Dt 32:5).—Cp. Wsd 3:19. A more favorable kind of γ. is mentioned in Ps 23:6; 111:2; 1QS 3:14.—The desert generation Hb 3:10 (Ps 94:10). ἰδίᾳ γ. ὑπηρετήσας after he had served his own generation Ac 13:36; γ. ἡμῶν 1 Cl 5:1; αἱ πρὸ ἡμῶν γ. 19:1; πρώτη γ. the first generation (of Christians) Hs 9, 15, 4 (Paus. 7, 4, 9 τετάρτῃ γενεᾷ=in the fourth generation).

③ the time of a generation, age (as a rule of thumb, the time between birth of parents and the birth of their children; since Hdt. 2, 142, 2; Dionys. Hal. 3, 15; Gen 50:23; Ex 13:18; 20:5; EpJer 2; Philo, Mos. 1, 7; Jos., Ant. 5, 336; SibOr 3, 108). Here the original sense gradually disappears, and the mng. ‘a period of time’ remains.

ⓐ of periods of time defined in terms of a generation: age, generation Mt 1:17 (a similar list of numbers in Hellanicus [400 B.C.]: 323a, Fgm. 22a Jac. ἐννέα γενεαῖς ὕστερον … ἓξ γενεαῖς ὕστερον … τρισὶ γενεαῖς ὕστερον; Just., D. 92, 5 γενεαὶ ἀνθρώπων; Tat. 41, 1 μιᾷ τῶν Τρωϊκῶν προγενέστερος … γενεᾷ [of Heracles]); Lk 1:48; 1 Cl 50:3; ἐν γενεᾷ καὶ γ. (Ps 44:18; 89:1) in one generation after the other 7:5.

ⓑ of an undefined time period period of time gener. εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γενεάς (Ps 48:12; 88:2 al.; Just., D. 92, 2 μετὰ τοσαύτας γ.) to all ages Lk 1:50 (v.l. εἰς γενεὰς γενεῶν and εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεάν); cp. 1 Cl 61:3; εἰς πάσας τὰς γ. (Ex 12:14) to all generations Eph 3:21; ἀπὸ τῶν γ. from earliest times Col 1:26 (for the combination αἰῶνες and γενεαί cp. Tob 1:4; 8:5 S; 13:12; Esth 10:3k). ἐκ γενεῶν ἀρχαίων fr. ancient times Ac 15:21 (cp. Sir 2:10); ἀπὸ γενεᾶς εἰς γ. (Ex 17:16; Ps 9:27) fr. generation to g. Lk 1:50 v.l.; MPol 21; ἐν πάσαις ταῖς γ. in all generations 1 Cl 60:1; GJs 6:2; 7:2; cp. 1 Cl 11:2; ἐν πάσαις ταῖς γενεαῖς τῆς γῆς GJs 12:1 (TestJob 4:6); ἑτέραις γ. at other times Eph 3:5 (cp. Jo 1:3; Ps 47:14); ἐν ταῖς παρῳχημέναις γ. in past ages Ac 14:16.

④ in the quot. fr. Is 53:8 τὴν γ. αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεταὶ Ac 8:33; 1 Cl 16:8 γ. is prob. to be taken in the sense of family history.—MMeinertz, ‘Dieses Geschlecht’ im NT, BZ n.F. 1, ’57, 283–89.—DELG s.v. γίγνομαι p. 222. M-M. TW. Sv.

διαστρέφω,

A turn different ways, twist about, τὰ σώματα, as in the dance, X.Smp.7.3; δ. τὸ πρόσωπον to distort it, Plu.2.535a:—mostly [voice] Pass., to be distorted or twisted, of the eyes, limbs, etc., Hp.Aph.4.49;

ἡ ῥὶς δ. Id.Art.38

;

μέλη διεστραμμένα Pl.Grg. 524c

; to be warped,

τὰ διεστραμμένα τῶν ξύλων Arist.EN 1109b6

: also of persons, to have one's eyes distorted, or to have one's neck twisted (Scholl. give both interprr.),

εὐδαιμονίζω δ' εἰ διαστραφήσομαι; Ar.Eq. 175

; so

ἀπολαύσομαί τί γ' εἰ δ. Id.Av. 177

; of the eyes,

διεστράφην ἰδών Id.Ach.15

;

τὰ ὄμματα διαστρέφεσθαι Arist.Pr. 960a13

; without ὄμματα, ib.9, cf. 957b7; ὁ διεστραμμένος, opp. ὁ τυφλός, Eup.276.3; διεστρ. τοὺς πόδας with the feet twisted, Paus.5.18.1, cf. Arist.Pr. 896b5: of torture,

τῇ κλίμακι διαστρέφονται Com.Adesp.422

; διεστράφησαν τὸν στόμαχον had their stomachs turned, Jul.Or.6.190d.

2 metaph., distort, pervert, [ τρόπον χρηστόν] E.Fr. 597;

τοὺς νόμους Is.11.4

;

τὸν δικαστήν Arist.Rh. 1354a24

;

ὑπόληψιν Id.EN 1140b14

; τῶν διαστρεφόντων (sc. παθῶν) Phld.Lib.p.32 O.; διαστρέψαντες τἀληθῆ having misrepresented it, D.Prooem.46.2:—[voice] Pass.,

διαστραφῆναι τὴν διάνοιαν Luc.Vit. Auct.24

;

γενεὰ διεστραμμένη

perverse,

LXX De.32.5

.

II turn aside, divert,

ἴχνος τὸ πρόσθεν φρενῶν A.Supp. 1017

.

III sens. obsc., = βινεῖν, Eup.7 D.

σκολιός, ά, όν (σκέλος; Hom. et al.; Kaibel 244, 4; LXX, Joseph.; SibOr 1, 124; prim. ‘curved, bent’)

① pert. to being bent, curved, or crooked as opposed to straight, crooked (opp. εὐθύς; cp. Jos., Bell. 3, 118 τὰ σκολιὰ τῆς λεωφόρου [=highway] κατευθύνειν) ἔσται τὰ σκολιὰ εἰς εὐθεῖαν Lk 3:5 (cp. schol. on Nicander, Ther. 478 of the ὁδός in contrast to εὐθύς; Is 40:4; 42:16). In imagery of τοῦ μέλανος ὁδός B 20:1 (cp. Pr 21:8; 28:18).

② pert. to being morally bent or twisted, crooked, unscrupulous, dishonest, etc., fig. extension of 1 (Hom. et al.; Dio Chrys. 58 [75], 1 w. πονηρός; Lucian, Bis Accus. 16 ῥημάτια; LXX; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 179) γενεὰ σκ. (Dt 32:5 γεν. σκ. καὶ διεστραμμένη; Ps 77:8. Also Dionysius Perieg. [GGM II 186 p. 127 v. 392 σκολιὸν γένος]) Ac 2:40 (difft. MWilcox, The Semitisms of Ac, ’65, 30); Phil 2:15. δεσπόται harsh, unjust 1 Pt 2:18 (opp. ἀγαθοὶ κ. ἐπιεικεῖς).—σκολιόν τι someth. wrong 1 Cl 39:4 (Job 4:18).—JPalache, Semantic Notes on the Hebrew Lexicon ’59, 55f. B. 897. DELG s.v. σκέλος. M-M. TW.