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αἰών

aion

ahee-ohn'

Strong's 1890 spelling: aiṓn

properly, an age

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future)

Rendered in the KJV as

age, course, eternal, (for) ever(-more), (n-)ever, (beginning of the , while the) world (began, without end).

  • 121
    occurrencesin the New Testament
  • 22 of 27
    New Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 20
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 121 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 20

  • αἰῶνας21
  • αἰῶνος18
  • αἰώνων,13
  • αἰῶνα12
  • αἰώνων9
  • αἰῶνι8
  • αἰῶνα.7
  • αἰῶνας,7
  • αἰῶνα.¶6
  • αἰῶνα,4
  • αἰώνων.¶3
  • αἰῶνα·2

and 8 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 16

  • age36
  • ages31
  • ages,16
  • age.14
  • ages.6
  • age,4
  • age;3
  • ages!3
  • [old] age1
  • [the] age1
  • age —1
  • age:1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 6

  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular31
  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural29
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural27
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular25
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular8
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • N-ASM · 31
  • N-APM · 29
  • N-GPM · 27
  • N-GSM · 25
  • N-DSM · 8
  • N-DPM · 1

All 121, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Revelation carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Matthew8 occurrences
Mark4 occurrences
Luke7 occurrences
John13 occurrences
Acts2 occurrences
Romans4 occurrences
1 Corinthians8 occurrences
2 Corinthians3 occurrences
Galatians3 occurrences
Ephesians7 occurrences
Philippians2 occurrences
Colossians1 occurrence
1 Timothy4 occurrences
2 Timothy3 occurrences
Titus1 occurrence
Hebrews15 occurrences
1 Peter4 occurrences
2 Peter1 occurrence
1 John1 occurrence
2 John1 occurrence
Jude3 occurrences
Revelation26 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).