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ἐκζητηθήσεται ἀπὸ τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης

To seek out · a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons)

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ἐκζητέω G1567 to seek out
Pronunciation ekzētéō
Intensive seeking with earnest pursuit; often used for seeking God or demanding accountability before God.
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γενεά G1074 a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons)
Pronunciation geneá
A generation as both the people of an age and the timespan of their collective lifetime.
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What does ἐκζητηθήσεται ἀπὸ τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης (ekzētēthēsetai apo tēs geneas tautēs) mean in the Bible?

ἐκζητέω · γενεά is a Greek word meaning "will be required from this generation".

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Meaning

will be required from this generation
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses
Aorist Future Present
Voices
Passive Active
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 2×
Aorist Passive Luke 11:50 1×
Aorist Active Acts 15:17 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Future Passive Luke 11:51 1×
Aorist Active 1 Pet 1:10 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 3×
Present Active Rom 3:11 · Heb 11:6 2×
Aorist Active Heb 12:17 1×
7 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 6 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
prospective 1 subjunctive 2 participle 3
Tense
aorist 3 present 2 future 1
Voice
active 4 passive 2
Mood
participle 3 subjunctive 2 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Luke 11:50 ἐκζητηθῇ aorist passive subjunctive subjunctive Luke 11:51 ἐκζητηθήσεται future passive indicative prospective Acts 15:17 ἐκζητήσωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Romans 3:11 ἐκζητῶν present active participle participle Hebrews 11:6 ἐκζητοῦσιν present active participle participle Hebrews 12:17 ἐκζητήσας aorist active participle participle

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Mark 13 — Watch and Endure: Temple Judgment, Gospel Witness, Tribulation, the Son of Man, and Readiness Mark 8 — Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship Matthew 11 — The Messiah Question, the Rejected Generation, and Rest for the Weary Matthew 12 — The Lord of the Sabbath, the Servant of the Lord, and the Crisis of Unbelief Matthew 23 — Woes upon Hypocritical Leadership and the Lament over Jerusalem Matthew 24 — The Olivet Discourse: Temple Desolation, Coming Judgment, the Son of Man, and Watchful Readiness

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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