Strong G126ἀΐδιος
eternal
- Transliteration
- aidios
- Pronunciation
- ah-id'-ee-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G104; everduring (forward and backward or foward only): - eternal everlasting.
Detailed definition
ἀΐδιος, -ον
(ἀεί), [in LXX: Wis.7:26, 4Ma.10:15 *;]
everlasting (frequently in Inscr.; MM, VGT, see word): Rom.1:20, Ju 6.†
SYN.: αἰώνιος, also frequently in Inscr. (Deiss., BS, 363 J. The etymological distinction between the meanings of the two words seems not to be retained in late Greek (see Thayer, see word, αἰώνιος; cf. Cremer, 79, 611). (AS)
(ἀεί), [in LXX: Wis.7:26, 4Ma.10:15 *;]
everlasting (frequently in Inscr.; MM, VGT, see word): Rom.1:20, Ju 6.†
SYN.: αἰώνιος, also frequently in Inscr. (Deiss., BS, 363 J. The etymological distinction between the meanings of the two words seems not to be retained in late Greek (see Thayer, see word, αἰώνιος; cf. Cremer, 79, 611). (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G126 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- eternal1
- everlasting1
First verses
- Romans 1:20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
- Jude 1:6And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀΐδιος [ᾱῐδ], ον,
also η, ον, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Hymni” 10.21, +others)], (ἀεί):— everlasting, eternal, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Hymni Homerici 29.3, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 310; frequently in Prose, χρόνος 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.21; ἔχθρα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.20)]; οἴκησις, of a tomb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 11.16)]; ἡ ἀ. οὐσία eternity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 37e)]; ἀ. στρατηγία, ἀρχή, βασιλεία, perpetual.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1285a7, 1317b41, 1301b27; ἀ. βασιλεῖς, γέροντες, [prev. work] 1284b33, 1306a17)]; τὰ ἀ., opposed to τὰ γενητά and φθαρτά, [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1069a32, “EN” 1139b23, +others)]; ἐς ἀΐδιον for ever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.63)]; ad infinitum, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 640a6; ἐξ ἀϊδίου 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.1.3)]: comparative -ώτερος[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 284a17:)] —ἀ. is distinct from αἰώνιος as everlasting from timeless, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteora commentaria - pars” 146.16)]; but distinct from ἀείζωος as eternal (without beginning or end) from everliving, [Refs (Corp.Herm. 8.2)]. adverb -ίως[LXX+2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Symmachus LXX.Mic.7.18, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 1, 5th c.AD: Hierocles Platonicus Philosophus “in Carmen Aureum - FPG” 1p.419M.)]
also η, ον, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Hymni” 10.21, +others)], (ἀεί):— everlasting, eternal, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Hymni Homerici 29.3, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 310; frequently in Prose, χρόνος 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.21; ἔχθρα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.20)]; οἴκησις, of a tomb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 11.16)]; ἡ ἀ. οὐσία eternity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 37e)]; ἀ. στρατηγία, ἀρχή, βασιλεία, perpetual.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1285a7, 1317b41, 1301b27; ἀ. βασιλεῖς, γέροντες, [prev. work] 1284b33, 1306a17)]; τὰ ἀ., opposed to τὰ γενητά and φθαρτά, [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1069a32, “EN” 1139b23, +others)]; ἐς ἀΐδιον for ever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.63)]; ad infinitum, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 640a6; ἐξ ἀϊδίου 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.1.3)]: comparative -ώτερος[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 284a17:)] —ἀ. is distinct from αἰώνιος as everlasting from timeless, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteora commentaria - pars” 146.16)]; but distinct from ἀείζωος as eternal (without beginning or end) from everliving, [Refs (Corp.Herm. 8.2)]. adverb -ίως[LXX+2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Symmachus LXX.Mic.7.18, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 1, 5th c.AD: Hierocles Platonicus Philosophus “in Carmen Aureum - FPG” 1p.419M.)]