Strong G165G165Hαἰών
an age: eternity
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 G165H appears in 58 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ever43
- evermore3
- world3
- eternal2
- never2
- begin1
- end1
First verses
- Matthew 21:19And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
- Mark 3:29But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
- Mark 11:14And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
- Luke 1:33And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
- Luke 1:55As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
- John 4:14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
- John 6:51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
- John 6:58This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
- John 8:35And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
- John 8:51Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
- John 8:52Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
- John 10:28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
- John 11:26And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
- John 12:34The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
- John 13:8Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
- John 14:16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
- Acts 3:21Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
- Acts 15:18Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
- Romans 1:25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
- Romans 9:5Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
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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.)]