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GreekG0165Noun (Masculine)

αἰών

aiōn

101Occurrences
G0165Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future)

from the same as G104 (ἀεί);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.in cl., like Lat. aevum, a space of time, a lifetime, generation, period of history, an indefinitely long period; in NT of an indefinitely long period, an age, eternity, usually with prep.
(a)of the past
(b)of the future
2.οἱ αἰ., the worlds, the universe, "the sum of the periods of time, including all that is manifested in them"
3.the present age (Heb. הָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה)
Synonyms
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 .
LXX: chiefly for עַד,עוֹלָם

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

αἰών appears 101 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
14
Hebrews
13
John
12
Matthew
9
1 Corinthians
7
Ephesians
7
Luke
7
1 Peter
4

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:20BSB

Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

2 Timothy 4:10BSB

because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

Hebrews 6:5BSB

who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—

Jude 1:25BSB

to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity.Amen.

Mark 4:19BSB

but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.