For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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αἰών
Vocabulary form:
aijwvn, -w:noV, oJ
Definition:
age, eternity
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
122
GK:
172
Root:
aijwn
Mnemonics:
In heaven, I own ages of eternity.
Mnemonic Singing:
Lord Sabaoth His name,
from age to age the same,
and He must win the battle.
Notes:
Cognate noun of the adjective aijwvnioV The idioms eijV to;n aijw:na and eijV tou;V aijwvnaV tw:n aijwvnwn both mean "forever."
Biblical Concordance
| Matthew 12:32 | And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, neither in this age (aiōni | αἰῶνι | dat sg masc) nor in the age (aiōni | αἰῶνι | dat sg masc) to come. |
| Matthew 13:22 | As for the one who was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the message, but worldly (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc) anxiety and the deception of wealth choke the message and it becomes unfruitful. |
| Matthew 13:39 | and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; and the harvest is the end of the age (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc); and the harvesters are the angels. |
| Matthew 13:40 | Therefore just as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc). |
| Matthew 13:49 | So it will be at the end of the age (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc); the angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous |
| Matthew 21:19 | And seeing a fig tree by the road, he went over to it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” (aiōna | αἰῶνα | acc sg masc) And at once the fig tree withered away. |
| Matthew 24:3 | And when he was seated on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when are these things to take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and the consummation of the age?” (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc) |
| Matthew 28:20 | teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc) |
| Mark 3:29 | but whoever but blasphemes against the Holy Spirit Holy will never have forgiveness but is guilty of an eternal sin” |
| Mark 4:19 | but the cares of the world (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc), the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for many other things desires come in and choke the word, and it becomes barren. it becomes |
| Mark 10:30 | who will not receive one hundredfold now in this present time — houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, with persecutions — and in the coming age (aiōni | αἰῶνι | dat sg masc), eternal life. |
| Mark 11:14 | So in response he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” And his disciples were listening. |
| Luke 1:33 | He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” |
| Luke 1:55 | as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.” |
| Luke 1:70 | just as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc), |
| Luke 16:8 | The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the sons of this world (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc) are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light. |
| Luke 18:30 | who will not receive many times as much in this age and, in the age (aiōni | αἰῶνι | dat sg masc) to come, eternal life.” |
| Luke 20:34 | And Jesus said to them, “The sons of this age (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc) marry and are given in marriage, |
| Luke 20:35 | but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc) and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. |
| John 4:14 | but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water gushing up to eternal life.” |
| John 6:51 | I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; (aiōna | αἰῶνα | acc sg masc) and the bread that I will give is my flesh — given on behalf of the world.” |
| John 6:58 | This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like that which your fathers ate and died. The one who feeds on this bread will live forever.” (aiōna | αἰῶνα | acc sg masc) |
| John 8:35 | A slave does not remain in the house forever, (aiōna | αἰῶνα | acc sg masc) but a son remains forever. |
| John 8:51 | I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.” |
| John 8:52 | The Jews therefore said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’ |
| John 9:32 | Not since time (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc) began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. |
| John 10:28 | and I give them eternal life. They will never perish, and no one will ever snatch them out of my hand. |
| John 11:26 | and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” |
| John 12:34 | The crowd responded, “We have heard from the law that the Christ is to remain forever; so how is it that you are saying that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?” |
| John 13:8 | Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus replied, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” |
| John 14:16 | And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Paraclete, to be with you forever, |
| Acts 3:21 | whom heaven must receive until the time of restoration of all things, which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago. |
| Acts 15:18 | known from long (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc) ago.’ |
| Romans 1:25 | They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. |
| Romans 9:5 | To them belong the patriarchs, and from them by human descent came the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen. |
| Romans 11:36 | For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever! (aiōnas | αἰῶνας | acc pl masc) Amen. |
| Romans 12:2 | And do not be conformed to this world (aiōni | αἰῶνι | dat sg masc), but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. |
| Romans 16:27 | to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. (aiōnas | αἰῶνας | acc pl masc) Amen. |
| 1 Corinthians 1:20 | Where is the wise Where is the scholar? Where is the brilliant debater of this age (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc)? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? |
| 1 Corinthians 2:6 | However, we do speak wisdom among those who are mature, although it is not the wisdom of this age (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc) or of the rulers of this age (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc), who are doomed to perish. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:7 | Rather, we speak the wisdom of God; a wisdom that was hidden in mystery and that God had determined before the ages (aiōnōn | αἰώνων | gen pl masc) for our glory. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:8 | None of the rulers of this age (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc) understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. |
| 1 Corinthians 3:18 | Let no one deceive himself. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age (aiōni | αἰῶνι | dat sg masc), let him become foolish so that he may become wise. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:13 | Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, again I will never eat meat, lest I cause one of them to stumble. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:11 | Now these events happened to them as examples, but were written down as warnings for us, on whom the end of the ages (aiōnōn | αἰώνων | gen pl masc) has come. |
| 2 Corinthians 4:4 | in whose case the god of this world (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc) has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. |
| 2 Corinthians 9:9 | As it is written, “He has distributed generously, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.” |
| 2 Corinthians 11:31 | The God and Father of our Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. |
| Galatians 1:4 | who gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from this present evil age (aiōnos | αἰῶνος | gen sg masc), according to the will of our God and Father, |
| Galatians 1:5 | to whom be glory forever and ever! Amen. |
Mnemonics
I own my age- I may look like
I own my age- I may look like 21, but I'm an eternity old!
aiwv => aeon(eon) => age,
aiwv => aeon(eon) => age, eternity
I own ages of eternity
I own ages of eternity
aion
Sounds like 'eon' or time period.