Aionian Glossary

The Aionian Bible untranslates and instead transliterates eleven special words to help us better understand the extent of God’s love for individuals and all mankind, and the nature of afterlife destinies. The original translation is unaltered and a note is added to 64 Old Testament and 200 New Testament verses. Compare the definitions below to the Strong's Enhanced Concordance. Follow the blue links below to study the word's usage.

Abyssos

Greek: proper noun, place
Usage: 9 times in 3 books, 6 chapters, and 9 verses
Strongs: g12
Meaning:
Temporary prison for special fallen angels such as Apollyon, the Beast, and Satan.

aïdios

Greek: adjective
Usage: 2 times in Romans 1:20 and Jude 1:6
Strongs: g126
Meaning:
Lasting, enduring forever, eternal.

aiōn

Greek: noun
Usage: 129 times in 22 books, 75 chapters, and 102 verses
Strongs: g165
Meaning:
A lifetime or time period with a beginning and end, an era, an age, the completion of which is beyond human perception, but known only to God the creator of the aiōns, Hebrews 1:2. Never meaning simply endless or infinite chronological time in Koine Greek usage. Read Dr. Heleen Keizer and Ramelli and Konstan for proofs.

aiōnios

Greek: adjective
Usage: 71 times in 19 books, 45 chapters, and 69 verses
Strongs: g166
Meaning:
From start to finish, pertaining to the age, lifetime, entirety, complete, or even consummate. Never meaning simply endless or infinite chronological time in Koine Greek usage. Read Dr. Heleen Keizer and Ramelli and Konstan for proofs.

eleēsē

Greek: verb, aorist tense, active voice, subjunctive mood, 3rd person singular
Usage: 1 time in this conjugation, Romans 11:32
Strongs: g1653
Meaning:
To have pity on, to show mercy. Typically, the subjunctive mood indicates possibility, not certainty. However, a subjunctive in a purpose clause is a resulting action as certain as the causal action. The subjunctive in a purpose clause functions as an indicative, not an optative. Thus, the grand conclusion of grace theology in Romans 11:32 must be clarified. God's mercy on all is not a possibility, but a certainty. See www.ntgreek.org.

Geenna

Greek: proper noun, place
Usage: 12 times in 4 books, 7 chapters, and 12 verses
Strongs: g1067
Meaning:
Valley of Hinnom, Jerusalem's trash dump, a place of ruin, destruction, and judgment in this life, or the next, though not eternal to Jesus' audience.

Hadēs

Greek: proper noun, place
Usage: 11 times in 5 books, 9 chapters, and 11 verses
Strongs: g86
Meaning:
Synonymous with Sheol, though in New Testament usage Hadēs is the temporal place of punishment for deceased unbelieving mankind, distinct from Paradise for deceased believers.

Limnē Pyr

Greek: proper noun, place
Usage: 5 times in 1 book, 3 chapters, and 5 verses
Strongs: g3041 g4442
Meaning:
Lake of Fire, final punishment for those not named in the Book of Life, prepared for the Devil and his angels, Matthew 25:41.

Sheol

Hebrew: proper noun, place
Usage: 66 times in 17 books, 51 chapters, and 64 verses
Strongs: h7585
Meaning:
The grave or temporal afterlife world of both the righteous and unrighteous, believing and unbelieving, until the general resurrection.

Tartaroō

Greek: proper noun, place
Usage: 1 time in 2 Peter 2:4
Strongs: g5020
Meaning:
Temporary prison for particular fallen angels awaiting final judgment.