Strong G109ἀήρ
air
- Transliteration
- aēr
- Pronunciation
- ah-ayr'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From ἄημι aēmi (to breathe unconsciously that is respire; by analogy to blow); air (as naturally circumambient): - air. Compare G5594 .
Detailed definition
ἀήρ, ἀέρος, ὁ,
[in LXX: 2Ki.22:12 (= Psa.17(18):11 שׁחק), Wi.8;]
in Hom., Hes., the lower air which surrounds the earth, as opposite to the purer αἰθήρ of the higher regions; generally, air (MM, VGT, see word): Act.22:23, 1Th.4:17, Rev.9:2 16:17; of the air as the realm of demons, Eph.2:2; ἀ. δέρειν, of striving to no purpose, 1Co.9:26; εἰς ἀ. λαλεῖν, of speaking without effect, not being understood, 1Co.14:9.†
(AS)
[in LXX: 2Ki.22:12 (= Psa.17(18):11 שׁחק), Wi.8;]
in Hom., Hes., the lower air which surrounds the earth, as opposite to the purer αἰθήρ of the higher regions; generally, air (MM, VGT, see word): Act.22:23, 1Th.4:17, Rev.9:2 16:17; of the air as the realm of demons, Eph.2:2; ἀ. δέρειν, of striving to no purpose, 1Co.9:26; εἰς ἀ. λαλεῖν, of speaking without effect, not being understood, 1Co.14:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G109 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- air7
First verses
- Acts 22:23And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
- 1 Corinthians 9:26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
- 1 Corinthians 14:9So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
- Ephesians 2:2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
- 1 Thessalonians 4:17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
- Revelation 9:2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
- Revelation 16:17And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀήρ, ἀέρος,
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ἀήρ, ἠέρος)]; Ionic dialect nominative ἠήρ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 6, +others, 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 2.3)]; Aeolic dialect αὐήρ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.52)]; Doric dialect ἀβήρ (i.e. ἀϜήρ) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus:— _feminine_ in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus (except “Op.” 549), 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus cited in 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 30; from Hdt downwards _masculine_ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.776, 8.50, “hymnus ad Cererem” 383 cannot be quoted for the _masculine_ usage, since there πουλύς and βαθύς need not be _masculine_):—in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus)] always mist, haze, not (as [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus))] lower air (opposed to αἰθήρ, which see); [ἐλάτη] μακροτάτη πεφυυῖα δι᾽ ἠέρος αἰθέρ᾽ ἵκανεν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.288, compare 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 1, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 264sq.; περὶ δ᾽ ἠέρα πουλὺν ἔχευεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.776, compare 3.381, 8.50; ἠέρα μὲν σκέδας εν καὶ ἀπῶσεν ὀμί χλην 17.649; τρὶς δ᾽ ἠέρα τύψε βαθεῖαν 20.446)]; rare in Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus [prev. cited])]
2 later, generally, air, Anaxim.1, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 17.18, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 87, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 187, 694, etc.)]; πρὸς τὸν ἀέρα διατρίβειν in the open air, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 198, compare 3rd c.BC: Teles Philosophus p.11.3 H., 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 24; τὸν ἀέρ᾽ ἕλκειν καθαρόν 5th c.BC: Philyllius Comicus 20, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 119; ἔσπασας τὸν ἀ. τὸν κοινόν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 531.7; ἀέρα δέρειν NT.1Cor.9.26; εἰς ἀέρᾳ λαλεῖν [prev. work] 14.9:—in _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 98c, 98d)]; climates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” at Title Page, cf. Men.Rh.p.383 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]; of mephitic exhalations, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.4.5.)]
3 personified, ὦ δέσποτ᾽ ἄναξ ἀμέτρητ᾽ Ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 264; Ἀ. ὃν ἄν τις ὀνομάσειε καὶ Δία 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 91.4, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 126.6.)]
II hot-air room in baths, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.14.)]
II.2 volume, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “*Stereom.” 57, +others)]
III a pigment, sky-blue or grey, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aut.” 28.3)]. [ᾱ, except in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 642, 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea [108].])]
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ἀήρ, ἠέρος)]; Ionic dialect nominative ἠήρ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 6, +others, 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 2.3)]; Aeolic dialect αὐήρ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.52)]; Doric dialect ἀβήρ (i.e. ἀϜήρ) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus:— _feminine_ in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus (except “Op.” 549), 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus cited in 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 30; from Hdt downwards _masculine_ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.776, 8.50, “hymnus ad Cererem” 383 cannot be quoted for the _masculine_ usage, since there πουλύς and βαθύς need not be _masculine_):—in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus)] always mist, haze, not (as [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus))] lower air (opposed to αἰθήρ, which see); [ἐλάτη] μακροτάτη πεφυυῖα δι᾽ ἠέρος αἰθέρ᾽ ἵκανεν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.288, compare 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 1, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 264sq.; περὶ δ᾽ ἠέρα πουλὺν ἔχευεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.776, compare 3.381, 8.50; ἠέρα μὲν σκέδας εν καὶ ἀπῶσεν ὀμί χλην 17.649; τρὶς δ᾽ ἠέρα τύψε βαθεῖαν 20.446)]; rare in Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus [prev. cited])]
2 later, generally, air, Anaxim.1, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 17.18, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 87, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 187, 694, etc.)]; πρὸς τὸν ἀέρα διατρίβειν in the open air, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 198, compare 3rd c.BC: Teles Philosophus p.11.3 H., 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 24; τὸν ἀέρ᾽ ἕλκειν καθαρόν 5th c.BC: Philyllius Comicus 20, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 119; ἔσπασας τὸν ἀ. τὸν κοινόν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 531.7; ἀέρα δέρειν NT.1Cor.9.26; εἰς ἀέρᾳ λαλεῖν [prev. work] 14.9:—in _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 98c, 98d)]; climates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” at Title Page, cf. Men.Rh.p.383 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]; of mephitic exhalations, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.4.5.)]
3 personified, ὦ δέσποτ᾽ ἄναξ ἀμέτρητ᾽ Ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 264; Ἀ. ὃν ἄν τις ὀνομάσειε καὶ Δία 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 91.4, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 126.6.)]
II hot-air room in baths, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.14.)]
II.2 volume, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “*Stereom.” 57, +others)]
III a pigment, sky-blue or grey, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aut.” 28.3)]. [ᾱ, except in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 642, 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea [108].])]