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Strong's H8435 תּוֹלְדָה (toledah)

Toledah means “birth” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H8435
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 39
Books 5

Strong's H8435 Quick Answer

Strong's H8435 תּוֹלְדָה תּוֹלְדָה (towldah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. towldah (to-led-aw') (or toldah {to-led-aw'}) n-f. 1. (plural only) descent, i.e. family 2. (figuratively) history It has 39 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include generations, are, their, and birth. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
towldah (to-led-aw') (or toldah {to-led-aw'}) n-f. 1. (plural only) descent, i.e. family 2. (figuratively) history
Usage
39 linked usages
Books
5 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
generations, are, their, and birth

Meaning and Definition

towldah (to-led-aw') (or toldah {to-led-aw'}) n-f. 1. (plural only) descent, i.e. family 2. (figuratively) history [from H3205] KJV: birth, generations. Root(s): H3205

Original Word
תּוֹלְדָה תּוֹלְדָה
Transliteration
towldah
Derivation
Root: ילד First root strongs: 3205
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8435. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

generation

Usage: 1) descendants, results, proceedings, generations, genealogies 1a) account of men and their descendants 1a1) genealogical list of one's descendants 1a2) one's contemporaries 1a3) course of history (of creation etc) 1b) begetting or account of heaven (metaph)

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How Strong's H8435 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render towldah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

generations Exodus 6:16 25× are Genesis 2:4 10× their Genesis 10:32 birth Exodus 28:10

How Strong's H8435 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 39 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H8435 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H8435 in the Old Testament

39 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 2:4 KJV

These are the generations 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 KJV

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

Genesis 6:9 KJV

These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

Usage Excerpts

First 39 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8435.

Genesis 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
These are the generations 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 Old Testament, KJV
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Genesis 6:9 Old Testament, KJV
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
Genesis 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Genesis 10:32 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Genesis 11:10 Old Testament, KJV
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Genesis 11:27 Old Testament, KJV
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Genesis 25:12 Old Testament, KJV
Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
Genesis 25:13 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
Genesis 25:19 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
Genesis 36:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
Genesis 36:9 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
Genesis 37:2 Old Testament, KJV
These are the generations 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 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
Exodus 6:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
Exodus 28:10 Old Testament, KJV
Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
Numbers 1:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Gad, by their generations, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Judah, by their generations, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Dan, by their generations, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Asher, by their generations, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, 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 Old Testament, KJV
These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
Ruth 4:18 Old Testament, KJV
Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
1 Chronicles 1:29 Old Testament, KJV
These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
1 Chronicles 5:7 Old Testament, KJV
And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
1 Chronicles 7:2 Old Testament, KJV
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; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
1 Chronicles 7:4 Old Testament, KJV
And with them, by their generations, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
1 Chronicles 8:28 Old Testament, KJV
These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 9:9 Old Testament, KJV
And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
1 Chronicles 9:34 Old Testament, KJV
These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 26:31 Old Testament, KJV
Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations 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.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8435, grouped by book.

Genesis 13 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 13 usages, Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 9 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H8435 FAQ

What does toledah (תּוֹלְדָה) mean?

Toledah (Strong's H8435) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "birth". towldah (to-led-aw') (or toldah {to-led-aw'}) n-f. 1. (plural only) descent, i.e. family 2. (figuratively) history

How many times is toledah (תּוֹלְדָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 39 linked usages for Strong's H8435 across 5 books.

Where can I study toledah (תּוֹלְדָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8435 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate toledah (תּוֹלְדָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as generations, are, their, and birth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.