Strong's Lexicon aiónios: Eternal, everlasting, forever Original Word: αἰώνιος Word Origin: Derived from αἰών (aiṓn), meaning "an age" or "eternity." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - עֹולָם (olam) - Strong's H5769: Often translated as "everlasting" or "eternal," used to describe God's eternal nature and covenant promises. Usage: The Greek word "aiónios" is used in the New Testament to describe something that is eternal or everlasting. It often refers to the nature of God, the life promised to believers, and the duration of divine judgment. The term emphasizes the concept of timelessness and perpetuity, transcending the temporal limitations of the earthly realm. Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of eternity was often associated with the divine and the afterlife. The Jewish understanding of eternity, as reflected in the Old Testament, was rooted in the eternal nature of God and His covenant promises. The New Testament writers, influenced by both Jewish and Hellenistic thought, used "aiónios" to convey the eternal realities of God's kingdom, salvation, and judgment. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 166 aiṓnios (an adjective, derived from 165 /aiṓn ("an age, having a particular character and quality") – properly, "age-like" ("like-an-age"), i.e. an "age-characteristic" (the quality describing a particular age); (figuratively) the unique quality (reality) of God's life at work in the believer, i.e. as the Lord manifests His self-existent life (as it is in His sinless abode of heaven). "Eternal (166 /aiṓnios) life operates simultaneously outside of time, inside of time, and beyond time – i.e. what gives time its everlasting meaning for the believer through faith, yet is also time-independent. See 165 (aiōn). [166 (aiṓnios) does not focus on the future per se, but rather on the quality of the age (165 /aiṓn) it relates to. Thus believers live in "eternal (166 /aiṓnios) life" right now, experiencing this quality of God's life now as a present possession. (Note the Gk present tense of having eternal life in Jn 3:36, 5:24, 6:47; cf. Ro 6:23.)] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom aión Definition agelong, eternal NASB Translation eternal (66), eternity (1), forever (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 166: αἰώνιοςαἰώνιος, , and (in 2 Thessalonians 2:16; Hebrews 9:12; Numbers 25:13; Plato, Tim., p. 38 b. (see below); Diodorus 1:1; (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 157; Winers Grammar, 69 (67); Buttmann, 26 (23))) αἰώνιος, αἰώνια, αἰώνιον (αἰών); 1. without beginning or end, that which always has been and always will be: Θεός, Romans 16:26 (ὁ μόνος αἰώνιος, 2 Macc. 1:25); πνεῦμα, Hebrews 9:14. 2. without beginning: χρόνοις αἰωνίοις, Romans 16:25; πρό χρόνων αἰωνίων, 2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 1:2; εὐαγγέλιον, a gospel whose subject-matter is eternal, i. e., the saving purpose of God adopted from eternity, Revelation 14:6. 3. without end, never to cease, everlasting: 2 Corinthians 4:18 (opposed to πρόσκαιρος); αἰώνιον αὐτόν, joined to thee forever as a sharer of the same eternal life, Philcmon 1:15; βάρος δόξης, 2 Corinthians 4:17; βασιλεία, 2 Peter 1:11; δόξα, 2 Timothy 2:10; 1 Peter 5:10; ζωή (see ζωή, 2 b.); κληρονομία, Hebrews 9:15; λύτρωσις, Hebrews 9:12; παράκλησις, 2 Thessalonians 2:16; σκηναί, abodes to be occupied forever, Luke 16:9 (the habitations of the blessed in heaven are referred to, cf. John 14:2 (also,dabo eis tabernacula aeterna, quae praeparaveram illis, 4 Esdras (Fritzsche, 5 Esdr.) From aion; perpetual (also used of past time, or past and future as well) -- eternal, for ever, everlasting, world (began). see GREEK aion Englishman's Concordance Matthew 18:8 Adj-ANSGRK: πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον NAS: and be cast into the eternal fire. KJV: to be cast into everlasting fire. INT: fire eternal Matthew 19:16 Adj-AFS Matthew 19:29 Adj-AFS Matthew 25:41 Adj-ANS Matthew 25:46 Adj-AFS Matthew 25:46 Adj-AFS Mark 3:29 Adj-GFS Mark 10:17 Adj-AFS Mark 10:30 Adj-AFS Mark 16:20 Adj-GFS Luke 10:25 Adj-AFS Luke 16:9 Adj-AFP Luke 18:18 Adj-AFS Luke 18:30 Adj-AFS John 3:15 Adj-AFS John 3:16 Adj-AFS John 3:36 Adj-AFS John 4:14 Adj-AFS John 4:36 Adj-AFS John 5:24 Adj-AFS John 5:39 Adj-AFS John 6:27 Adj-AFS John 6:40 Adj-AFS John 6:47 Adj-AFS John 6:54 Adj-AFS Strong's Greek 166 |
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