αἰών

aiṓn · Greek · Strong's G165 · 124 occurrences

The KJV renders 11 different Hebrew and Greek words as “course”

What it means

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

from the same as G104 (ἀεί);

How the KJV renders it

age, course, eternal, ever, never, beginning of the, while the world began, without end

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“course”

also renders méros (G3313), drómos (G1408), trochós (G5164), ephēmería (G2183), plóos (G4144), chălîyphâh (H2487), machlᵉqâh (H4255), machălôqeth (H4256), mayim (H4325), mᵉrûwtsâh (H4794)

“age”

also renders geneá (G1074), hēlikía (G2244), hēméra (G2250), bên (H1121), dôwr (H1755), cheled (H2465)

“never”

also renders mēdépote (G3368), oudépote (G3763), oudeís (G3762), dôwr (H1755), tâmîyd (H8548)

“eternal”

also renders aḯdios (G126), aiṓnios (G166), ʻôwlâm (H5769), qedem (H6924)

“ever”

also renders éti (G2089), aeí (G104), pántote (G3842)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

124 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Corinthians 1:20 N-GSM1 Corinthians 2:6 N-GSM1 Corinthians 2:7 N-GPM1 Corinthians 2:8 N-GSM1 Corinthians 3:18 N-DSM1 Corinthians 8:13 N-ASM1 Corinthians 10:11 N-GPM1 John 2:17 N-ASM1 Peter 1:25 N-ASM1 Peter 4:11 N-APM1 Peter 5:11 N-APM1 Timothy 1:17 N-APM1 Timothy 6:17 N-DSM2 Corinthians 4:4 N-GSM2 Corinthians 9:9 N-ASM2 Corinthians 11:31 N-APM2 John 1:2 N-ASM2 Peter 3:18 N-GSM2 Timothy 4:10 N-ASM2 Timothy 4:18 N-APMActs 3:21 N-GSMActs 15:18 N-GSMColossians 1:26 N-GPMEphesians 1:21 N-DSMEphesians 2:2 N-ASMEphesians 2:7 N-DPMEphesians 3:9 N-GPMEphesians 3:11 N-GPMEphesians 3:21 N-GPMGalatians 1:4 N-GSMGalatians 1:5 N-APMHebrews 1:2 N-APMHebrews 1:8 N-ASMHebrews 5:6 N-ASMHebrews 6:5 N-GSMHebrews 6:20 N-ASMHebrews 7:17 N-ASMHebrews 7:21 N-ASMHebrews 7:24 N-ASMHebrews 7:28 N-ASMHebrews 9:26 N-GPMHebrews 11:3 N-APMHebrews 13:8 N-APMHebrews 13:21 N-APMJohn 4:14 N-ASMJohn 6:51 N-ASMJohn 6:58 N-ASMJohn 8:35 N-ASMJohn 8:51 N-ASMJohn 8:52 N-ASMJohn 9:32 N-GSMJohn 10:28 N-ASMJohn 11:26 N-ASMJohn 12:34 N-ASMJohn 13:8 N-ASMJohn 14:16 N-ASMJude 1:13 N-ASMJude 1:25 N-APMLuke 1:33 N-APMLuke 1:55 N-ASM

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.