G165 – aion – αἰών – an eon, age; fig. eternity
- Strong’s ID:
- G165
- Greek Word:
- αἰών
- Transliteration:
- aiōn / aion
- Pronunciation:
- ahee-ohn’
- Part of Speech:
- noun masculine
- Etymology:
- from the same as G104
- Usage Count:
- 128
- Search:
- Find “aion” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) an eon (a long time period), age
2) figuratively: eternity
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from the same as G104; 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). Compare G5550.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) for ever, an unbroken age, perpetuity of time, eternity
2) the worlds, universe
3) period of time, age
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.