αἰώνιοςaiṓnios

age-long, eternal

Greek (New Testament) · G166

Meanings

(a) of that which is without either beginning or end: Romans 16:26, Hebrews 9:14

(b) of that which is without beginning: Romans 16:25, 2 Timothy 1:9, Titus 1:2

(c) of that which is without end: σκηναί, Luke 16:9 οἰκία, 2 Corinthians 5:1; διαθήκη, Hebrews 13:20; εὐαγγέλιον, Revelation 14:6; παράκλησις, 2 Thessalonians 2:16; λύτρωσις, Hebrews 9:12; κληρονομία, Hebrews 9:15; κόλασις, Matthew 25:46; κρίμα, Hebrews 6:2; κρίσις, Mark 3:29; ὄλεθρον, 2 Thessalonians 1:9; πῦρ, Matthew 18:8; frequently with ζωή, see that word

Synonyms

ἀΐδιος, see that word

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 68 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 18:8 So if your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one hand or one foot than to be thrown into eternal fire with both of your hands and feet.
  • Matthew 19:16 Someone came to Jesus with this question: “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?”
  • Matthew 19:29 And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will inherit eternal life.
  • Matthew 25:41 “Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons.
  • Matthew 25:46 “And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.”
  • Mark 3:29 but anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. This is a sin with eternal consequences.”
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.