2001 Translation

AIŌN, aiōn

Sounds Like: ahee-OHN

Translations: age, an age, eternity, forever, world, a world

From the root: ΑἸΩΝ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a period of time, an age, or eternity. It can also refer to the world or the universe, especially in a temporal sense, like 'this present age' or 'the age to come'. When used with a preposition, it often means 'forever' or 'for eternity'.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G0165 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 16:1

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 19 — 2:170

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 6:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Psalms — 89:8
• Enoch — 16:1

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 3 — 1:2
• Parable 4 — 1:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 4 — 3:5

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑἸΩΝ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΑἸΩΝΑ — age, an age, the age, eternity, the world
• ΑἸΩΝΑΣ — ages, eternities, worlds, times
• ΑἸΩΣΙΝ — ages, eternities, worlds, times, of ages, to ages
• ἸΩΝΩΝ — of ages, of eternities, of worlds
• ἸΩΣΙΝ — to ages, to eternities, to worlds, for ages, for ever

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