Strong G166αἰώνιος

eternal

Transliteration
aiōnios
Pronunciation
ahee-o'-nee-os
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G165; perpetual (also used of past time or past and future as well): - eternal for ever everlasting world (began).

Detailed definition

αἰώνιος, -ον (as usual in Attic), also -α, -ον. 2Th.2:16, Heb.9:12;
(αἰών), [in LXX chiefly for עוֹלָם;]
age-long, eternal,
__(a) of that which is without either beginning or end: Rom.16:26, Heb.9:14;
__(b) of that which is without beginning: Rom.16:25, 2Ti.1:9, Tit.1:2;
__(with) of that which is without end (MM, VGT, see word): σκηναί, Luk.16:9 οἰκία, 2Co.5:1; διαθήκη, Heb.13:20; εὐαγγέλιον, Rev.14:6; παράκλησις, 2Th.2:16; λύτρωσις, Heb.9:12; κληρονομία, ib. 15; κόλασις, Mat.25:46; κρίμα, Heb.6:2; κρίσις, Mrk.3:29; ὄλεθρον, 2Th.1:9; πῦρ, Mat.18:8; frequently with ζωή, which see
SYN.: ἀΐδιος, which see (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G166 appears in 69 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • eternal42
  • everlasting25
  • begin3
  • ever1

First verses

  1. Matthew 18:8
    Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
  2. Matthew 19:16
    And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
  3. Matthew 19:29
    And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
  4. Matthew 25:41
    Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
  5. Matthew 25:46
    And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
  6. Mark 3:29
    But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
  7. Mark 10:17
    And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
  8. Mark 10:30
    But 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.
  9. Luke 10:25
    And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
  10. Luke 16:9
    And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
  11. Luke 18:18
    And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
  12. Luke 18:30
    Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
  13. John 3:15
    That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
  14. John 3:16
    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
  15. John 3:36
    He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
  16. John 4:14
    But 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.
  17. John 4:36
    And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
  18. John 5:24
    Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
  19. John 5:39
    Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
  20. John 6:27
    Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
αἰώνιος, ον,
also α, ον [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 37d, NT.Heb.9.12)]:— lasting for an age (αἰών 11), perpetual, eternal (but distinct from ἀΐδιος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.7.3), μέθη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 363d; ἀνώλεθρον.. ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ αἰώνιον [prev. author] “Lg.” 904a, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 28; αἰ. κατὰ ψυχὴν ὄχλησις [prev. author] “Nat.” 131 G.)]; κακά, δεινά, [NT+5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1251.18, “D.” 1.13; αἰ. ἀμοιβαῖς βασανισθησόμενοι [prev. work]19; τοῦ αἰ. θεοῦ NT.Rom.16.26, 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 96c; οὐ χρονίη μοῦνον.. ἀλλ᾽ αἰωνίη 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.5)]; αἰ. διαθήκη, νόμιμον, πρόσταγμα, [LXX+NT+3rd c.AD+ (LXX.Gen.9.16, LXX.Exo.27.21, LXX.Tob.1.6; ζωή NT.Matt.25.46, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 4.20)]; κόλασις [NT+6th c.AD+ (NT.Matt.25.46, 6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus “in Platonis Gorgiam commentaria - Neue Jahrbücher für Philologie, Suppl.” p.278J.; πρὸ χρόνων αἰ. NT.2Tim.1.9: opposed to πρόσκαιρος, NT.2Cor.4.18.)]
2 holding an office or title for life, perpetual, γυμνασίαρχος[Refs (“CPHerm.” 62.)]
3 = Latin saecularis, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Phlegon Trallianus Paradoxographus “Macr.” 4.)]
4 adverb -ίως eternally, νοῦς ἀκίνητος αἰ. πάντα ὤν[Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 172, compare 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Epictetum commentaria” p.77D.)]; perpetually, μισεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 338.)]
5 αἰώνιον, τό, ={ἀείζωον τὸ μέγα}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.88.)]