an age: eternity

Greek Noun Male

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)

an age: eternity

Greek Noun Male

αἰών, ῶνος, ὁ, Ionic dialect and Epic dialect also ἡ, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+ apocopation _accusative_ αἰῶ], like{Ποσειδῶ}, restored by Ahrens (from [Refs 4th c.BC+], compare aevum, see at {αἰεί}):—period of existence (τὸ τέλος τὸ περιέχον τὸν τῆς ἑκάστου ζωῆς χρόνον. αἰὼν ἑκάστου κέκληται[Refs 4th c.BC+] I) lifetime, life, ψυχή τε καὶ αἰών[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος νέος ὤλεο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰ. Αἰακιδᾶν, periphrastic for the Aeacidae, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.2) age, generation, αἰ. ἐς τρίτον [Refs]; ὁ μέλλων αἰών posterity, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.3) one's life, destiny, lot, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) long space of time, age, αἰὼν γίγνεται 'tis an age, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially with Preps, ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος of old, [NT+8th c.BC+]; δι᾽ αἰῶνος perpetually, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; all one's life long, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δι᾽ αἰῶνος μακροῦ, ἀπαύστου, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸν δι᾽ αἰ. χρόνον for ever, [Refs]; εἰς ἅπαντα τὸν αἰ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τὸν αἰ. [LXX+1st c.BC+]; ἐξ αἰῶνος καὶ ἕως αἰῶνος[LXX]; ἐπ᾽ αἰ.[LXX]; ἕως αἰῶνος[LXX+4th c.BC+]; eternity, opposed to χρόνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) space of time clearly defined and marked out, epoch, age, ὁ αἰὼν οὗτος this present world, opposed to ὁ μέλλων, [NT]:—hence in plural, the ages, i.e. eternity, [LXX+1st c.BC+]; εἰς τοὺς αἰ[LXX+NT]; ἀπὸ τῶν αἰ, πρὸ τῶν αἰ, [NT] II.3) Αἰών, ὁ, personified, Αἰὼν Χρόνου παῖς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; as title of various divine beings, [Refs 5th c.AD+] II.4) [Refs 4th c.BC+] B) spinal marrow (perhaps regarded as seat of life), Hymns of Merc 42, 119, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

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Noun Masculine

properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future); age, course, eternal, (for) ever(-more), (n-)ever, (beginning of the , while the) world (began, without end); from the same as g104 (ἀεί)