“properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future)”
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
pr. a period of time of significant character; life; an era; an age: hence, a state of things marking an age or era; the present order of nature; the natural condition of man, the world; ὁ αἰών, illimitable duration, eternity; as also, οἱ αἰῶνες, ὁ αἰῶν τῶν αἰώνων, οἱ αἰῶνες τῶν αἰώνων; by an Aramaism οἱ αἰῶνες, the material universe, Heb. 1:2
Translated in KJV as
Etymology
from the same as G104 (ἀεί);
Related Words
Chain Links
Walk this word's occurrences one verse at a time. Use ← / → or j / k to jump to adjacent occurrences.