Strong G165G165Gαἰών
an age: age
One of the 2 senses of Strong G165
- Transliteration
- aiōn
- Pronunciation
- ahee-ohn'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Detailed definition
αἰών, -ῶνος, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for עַד,עוֹלָם;]
1. in cl., like Lat. aevum (LS, MM, VGT, see word), a space of time, as, a lifetime, generation, period of history, an indefinitely long period; in NT of an indefinitely long period, an age, eternity, usually with prep. (MM, VGT);
__(a) of the past: ἀπ᾽ αἰ. (cf. Heb. מֵעוֹלָם), Luk.1:70;
__(b) of the future: εἰς τ. αἰ. (cf. לְעוֹלָם), forever, Mat.21:19; id., with neg., never, Jhn.4:14; more strongly, εἰς τὸν αἰ. τοῦ αἰ., Heb.1:8 (LXX); εἰς τοὺς αἰ., Mat.6:13; εἰς τοὺς αἰ. τῶν αἰ. (cf. Isa.45:17, עַד־עוֹלְמֵי עַד), Rom.16:27, LT; cf. also Eph.3:21, 2Pe.3:18, Ju 25, Rev.14:11.
2. οἱ αἰ., the worlds, the universe, "the sum of the periods of time, including all that is manifested in them": He:12 11:3 (cf. 1Ti.1:17, where τῶν αἰ. are prob. "the ages or world-periods which when summed up make eternity".
3. the present age (Heb. הָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה): ὁ αἰ., Mat.13:22; ὁ αἰ. οὗτος, Mat.12:32; ὁ νῦν αἰ., 1Ti.6:17; ὁ ἐνεστὼς αἰ., Gal.1:4; similarly, of the time after Christ's second coming (הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא), ὁ αἰ. ἐκεῖνος, Luk.20:35; ὁ αἰ. μέλλων, Mat.12:32; ὁ αἰ. ὁ ἐρχόμενος, Mrk.10:30.
SYN.: κόσμος, the ordered universe, the scheme of material things; οἰκουμένη, the inhabited earth; in contrast with both of which αἰ. is the world under aspects of time (cf. Westc. on Heb.1:2; Tr., Syn., §lix; Thayer, see word, αἰ.; Cremer, 74, 620; MM, VGT). (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for עַד,עוֹלָם;]
1. in cl., like Lat. aevum (LS, MM, VGT, see word), a space of time, as, a lifetime, generation, period of history, an indefinitely long period; in NT of an indefinitely long period, an age, eternity, usually with prep. (MM, VGT);
__(a) of the past: ἀπ᾽ αἰ. (cf. Heb. מֵעוֹלָם), Luk.1:70;
__(b) of the future: εἰς τ. αἰ. (cf. לְעוֹלָם), forever, Mat.21:19; id., with neg., never, Jhn.4:14; more strongly, εἰς τὸν αἰ. τοῦ αἰ., Heb.1:8 (LXX); εἰς τοὺς αἰ., Mat.6:13; εἰς τοὺς αἰ. τῶν αἰ. (cf. Isa.45:17, עַד־עוֹלְמֵי עַד), Rom.16:27, LT; cf. also Eph.3:21, 2Pe.3:18, Ju 25, Rev.14:11.
2. οἱ αἰ., the worlds, the universe, "the sum of the periods of time, including all that is manifested in them": He:12 11:3 (cf. 1Ti.1:17, where τῶν αἰ. are prob. "the ages or world-periods which when summed up make eternity".
3. the present age (Heb. הָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה): ὁ αἰ., Mat.13:22; ὁ αἰ. οὗτος, Mat.12:32; ὁ νῦν αἰ., 1Ti.6:17; ὁ ἐνεστὼς αἰ., Gal.1:4; similarly, of the time after Christ's second coming (הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא), ὁ αἰ. ἐκεῖνος, Luk.20:35; ὁ αἰ. μέλλων, Mat.12:32; ὁ αἰ. ὁ ἐρχόμενος, Mrk.10:30.
SYN.: κόσμος, the ordered universe, the scheme of material things; οἰκουμένη, the inhabited earth; in contrast with both of which αἰ. is the world under aspects of time (cf. Westc. on Heb.1:2; Tr., Syn., §lix; Thayer, see word, αἰ.; Cremer, 74, 620; MM, VGT). (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G165G appears in 35 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- world30
- age2
- begin2
- course1
First verses
- Matthew 12:32And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
- Matthew 13:22He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
- Matthew 13:39The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
- Matthew 13:40As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
- Matthew 13:49So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
- Matthew 24:3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
- Matthew 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
- Mark 4:19And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
- Mark 10:30But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
- Luke 1:70As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
- Luke 16:8And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
- Luke 18:30Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
- Luke 20:34And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
- Luke 20:35But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
- John 9:32Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.
- 1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
- 1 Corinthians 2:6Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
- 1 Corinthians 2:7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
- 1 Corinthians 2:8Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
- 1 Corinthians 3:18Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
αἰών, ῶνος, ὁ,
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect also ἡ, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.186, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1484:) apocopation _accusative_ αἰῶ], like{Ποσειδῶ}, restored by Ahrens (from [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 363) in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 350: (properly αἰϝών)], compare aevum, see at {αἰεί}):—period of existence (τὸ τέλος τὸ περιέχον τὸν τῆς ἑκάστου ζωῆς χρόνον.. αἰὼν ἑκάστου κέκληται[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 279a25):)]
I lifetime, life, ψυχή τε καὶ αἰών[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.453; ἐκ δ᾽ αἰ. πέφαται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.27; μηδέ τοι αἰ. φθινέτω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.160; λείπει τινά 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.685)]; ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος νέος ὤλεο [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((4th-3rd c.BC: Zenodotus Grammaticus νέον) 24.725; τελευτᾶν τὸν αἰῶνα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, etc.; αἰῶνος στερεῖν τινά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 862; αἰῶνα διοιχνεῖν [prev. author] “Eu.” 315; συνδιατρίβειν 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 1)]; αἰ. Αἰακιδᾶν, periphrastic for the Aeacidae, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 645 assuming variant; ἀπέπνευσεν αἰῶνα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 801; ἐμὸν κατ᾽ αἰῶνα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 219.)]
I.2 age, generation, αἰ. ἐς τρίτον [Refs ([prev. work] 744)]; ὁ μέλλων αἰών posterity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.199, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 370c.)]
I.3 one's life, destiny, lot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 34, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1215, “fragment” 30, etc.)]
II long space of time, age, αἰὼν γίγνεται 'tis an age, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 536.5)]; especially with Preps., ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος of old, [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 609, NT.Luke.1.70; οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰ. Ῥωμαῖοι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 63.20)]; δι᾽ αἰῶνος perpetually, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 26, “Eu.” 563)]; all one's life long, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1024)]; δι᾽ αἰῶνος μακροῦ, ἀπαύστου, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 582, 574)]; τὸν δι᾽ αἰ. χρόνον for ever, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 554)]; εἰς ἅπαντα τὸν αἰ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 106, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.62)]; εἰς τὸν αἰ. [LXX+1st c.BC+ (LXX.Gen.3.23, +others, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 21.17, NT.John.8.35, Ps.- 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philopatr.” 17; εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος LXX.Psa.131(132).14)]; ἐξ αἰῶνος καὶ ἕως αἰῶνος[LXX (LXX.Jer.7.7)]; ἐπ᾽ αἰ.[LXX (LXX.Exo.15.18)]; ἕως αἰῶνος[LXX+4th c.BC+ (LXX.1Ki.1.22, +others:— without a _preposition_, τὸν ἅπαντα αἰ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 279a22; τὸν αἰῶνα 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 62, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.8U.)]; eternity, opposed to χρόνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 37d, compare 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “fragment” 37, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.496, 619, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.7.5, etc.; τοὺς ὑπὲρ τοῦ αἰῶνος φόβους 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 20.)]
II.2 space of time clearly defined and marked out, epoch, age, ὁ αἰὼν οὗτος this present world, opposed to ὁ μέλλων, [NT (NT.Matt.13.22, cf. NT.Rom.12.2; ὁ νῦν αἰ. NT.1Tim.6.17, NT.2Tim.4.10)]:—hence in plural, the ages, i.e. eternity, [LXX+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3 “fragment” 84; εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰ. LXX.Tob.13.4)]; εἰς τοὺς αἰ[LXX+NT ([prev. work]. LXX.Sir.45.24, +others, NT.Rom.1.25, etc.; εἰς τοὺς αἰ. τῶν αἰώνων LXX.4Mac.18.24, NT.Phil.4.20, etc.)]; ἀπὸ τῶν αἰ., πρὸ τῶν αἰ., [NT (NT.Eph.3.9, 1 “Cor.” 2.7; τὰ τέλη τῶν αἰ. [prev. work]10.11.)]
II.3 Αἰών, ὁ, personified, Αἰὼν Χρόνου παῖς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 900 (Lyric poetry), compare “Corpus Hermeticum” 11, etc.)]; as title of various divine beings, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 151, +others; especially=Persian Zervan, 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see at {Ἡρασκος}.)]
II.4 [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus, = 10, “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 59.)]
B spinal marrow (perhaps regarded as seat of life), Hymns of Merc 42, 119, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 111, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.122; perhaps also 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.27.)]
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect also ἡ, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.186, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1484:) apocopation _accusative_ αἰῶ], like{Ποσειδῶ}, restored by Ahrens (from [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 363) in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 350: (properly αἰϝών)], compare aevum, see at {αἰεί}):—period of existence (τὸ τέλος τὸ περιέχον τὸν τῆς ἑκάστου ζωῆς χρόνον.. αἰὼν ἑκάστου κέκληται[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 279a25):)]
I lifetime, life, ψυχή τε καὶ αἰών[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.453; ἐκ δ᾽ αἰ. πέφαται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.27; μηδέ τοι αἰ. φθινέτω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.160; λείπει τινά 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.685)]; ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος νέος ὤλεο [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((4th-3rd c.BC: Zenodotus Grammaticus νέον) 24.725; τελευτᾶν τὸν αἰῶνα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, etc.; αἰῶνος στερεῖν τινά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 862; αἰῶνα διοιχνεῖν [prev. author] “Eu.” 315; συνδιατρίβειν 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 1)]; αἰ. Αἰακιδᾶν, periphrastic for the Aeacidae, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 645 assuming variant; ἀπέπνευσεν αἰῶνα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 801; ἐμὸν κατ᾽ αἰῶνα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 219.)]
I.2 age, generation, αἰ. ἐς τρίτον [Refs ([prev. work] 744)]; ὁ μέλλων αἰών posterity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.199, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 370c.)]
I.3 one's life, destiny, lot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 34, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1215, “fragment” 30, etc.)]
II long space of time, age, αἰὼν γίγνεται 'tis an age, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 536.5)]; especially with Preps., ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος of old, [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 609, NT.Luke.1.70; οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰ. Ῥωμαῖοι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 63.20)]; δι᾽ αἰῶνος perpetually, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 26, “Eu.” 563)]; all one's life long, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1024)]; δι᾽ αἰῶνος μακροῦ, ἀπαύστου, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 582, 574)]; τὸν δι᾽ αἰ. χρόνον for ever, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 554)]; εἰς ἅπαντα τὸν αἰ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 106, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.62)]; εἰς τὸν αἰ. [LXX+1st c.BC+ (LXX.Gen.3.23, +others, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 21.17, NT.John.8.35, Ps.- 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philopatr.” 17; εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος LXX.Psa.131(132).14)]; ἐξ αἰῶνος καὶ ἕως αἰῶνος[LXX (LXX.Jer.7.7)]; ἐπ᾽ αἰ.[LXX (LXX.Exo.15.18)]; ἕως αἰῶνος[LXX+4th c.BC+ (LXX.1Ki.1.22, +others:— without a _preposition_, τὸν ἅπαντα αἰ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 279a22; τὸν αἰῶνα 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 62, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.8U.)]; eternity, opposed to χρόνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 37d, compare 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “fragment” 37, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.496, 619, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.7.5, etc.; τοὺς ὑπὲρ τοῦ αἰῶνος φόβους 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 20.)]
II.2 space of time clearly defined and marked out, epoch, age, ὁ αἰὼν οὗτος this present world, opposed to ὁ μέλλων, [NT (NT.Matt.13.22, cf. NT.Rom.12.2; ὁ νῦν αἰ. NT.1Tim.6.17, NT.2Tim.4.10)]:—hence in plural, the ages, i.e. eternity, [LXX+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3 “fragment” 84; εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰ. LXX.Tob.13.4)]; εἰς τοὺς αἰ[LXX+NT ([prev. work]. LXX.Sir.45.24, +others, NT.Rom.1.25, etc.; εἰς τοὺς αἰ. τῶν αἰώνων LXX.4Mac.18.24, NT.Phil.4.20, etc.)]; ἀπὸ τῶν αἰ., πρὸ τῶν αἰ., [NT (NT.Eph.3.9, 1 “Cor.” 2.7; τὰ τέλη τῶν αἰ. [prev. work]10.11.)]
II.3 Αἰών, ὁ, personified, Αἰὼν Χρόνου παῖς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 900 (Lyric poetry), compare “Corpus Hermeticum” 11, etc.)]; as title of various divine beings, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 151, +others; especially=Persian Zervan, 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see at {Ἡρασκος}.)]
II.4 [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus, = 10, “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 59.)]
B spinal marrow (perhaps regarded as seat of life), Hymns of Merc 42, 119, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 111, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.122; perhaps also 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.27.)]