Of or involving the cells of an organization or movement: The assessment of opposition to any totalitarian regime ... is notoriously difficult, for any effective movement must be secretive and cellular (Anthony Sampson). 4. Of or relating to a cellular telephone.
In the past, a human generation has been considered to be 20-25 years. Older genealogical documents will use these numbers. However, genealogical studies have revealed that this is too simplistic and can result in large inaccuracies during statistical calculation.
So, when we read âgenerationâ in the Bible, we have to consider the context. Usually, a generation in the Bible is roughly thirty years long or the people living during that time, the same as what we understand a generation to be in everyday talk. But there are times when generation is used poetically to refer to a class of people demarked by something other than age.