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αἰώνιος

aiōnioseternalHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentAdjective70 occurrences19 books68 verses

Definition

αἰώνιος, -ον (as usual in Attic), also -α, -ον. 2 Thessalonians 2:16, Hebrews 9:12;

(αἰών), [in LXX chiefly for עוֹלָם ;]

age-long, eternal,

(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;

(with) of that which is without end (MM, VGT, see word): 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, ib. 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, which see

Synonyms: ἀΐδιος, which see

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

70 total
  1. Matthew 18:8αἰώνιον · eternal
    If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
  2. Matthew 19:16αἰώνιον · eternal
    Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”
  3. Matthew 19:29αἰώνιον · eternal
    And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
  4. Matthew 25:41αἰώνιον · eternal
    Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
  5. Matthew 25:46αἰώνιον · eternal; αἰώνιον · eternal
    And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
  6. Mark 3:29αἰωνίου · [of] eternal
    But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.”
  7. Mark 10:17αἰώνιον · eternal
    As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
  8. Mark 10:30αἰώνιον · eternal
    …will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.
  9. Luke 10:25αἰώνιον · eternal
    One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
  10. Luke 16:9αἰωνίους · eternal
    I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
  11. Luke 18:18αἰώνιον · eternal
    Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
  12. Luke 18:30αἰώνιον · eternal
    …will fail to receive many times more in this age—and in the age to come, eternal life.”
  13. John 3:15αἰώνιον · eternal
    …that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
  14. John 3:16αἰώνιον · eternal
    For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
  15. John 3:36αἰώνιον · eternal
    Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
  16. John 4:14αἰώνιον · eternal
    But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
  17. John 4:36αἰώνιον · eternal
    Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
  18. John 5:24αἰώνιον · eternal
    Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
  19. John 5:39αἰώνιον · eternal
    You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
  20. John 6:27αἰώνιον · eternal
    Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
  21. John 6:40αἰώνιον · eternal
    For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
  22. John 6:47αἰώνιον · eternal
    Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
  23. John 6:54αἰώνιον · eternal
    Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
  24. John 6:68αἰωνίου · of eternal
    Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
  25. John 10:28αἰώνιον · eternal
    I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
  26. John 12:25αἰώνιον · eternal
    Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
  27. John 12:50αἰώνιός · eternal
    And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”
  28. John 17:2αἰώνιον · eternal
    For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
  29. John 17:3αἰώνιος · eternal
    Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
  30. Acts 13:46αἰωνίου · of eternal
    Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
  31. Acts 13:48αἰώνιον · eternal
    When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
  32. Romans 2:7αἰώνιον · [He will give] eternal
    To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
  33. Romans 5:21αἰώνιον · eternal
    …so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  34. Romans 6:22αἰώνιον · [is] eternal
    But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
  35. Romans 6:23αἰώνιος · [is] eternal
    For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  36. Romans 16:25αἰωνίοις · for ages past
    Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
  37. Romans 16:26αἰωνίου · eternal
    …but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—
  38. 2 Corinthians 4:17αἰώνιον · an eternal
    For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
  39. 2 Corinthians 4:18αἰώνια · [is] eternal
    So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
  40. 2 Corinthians 5:1αἰώνιον · an eternal
    For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
  41. Galatians 6:8αἰώνιον · eternal
    The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
  42. 2 Thessalonians 1:9αἰώνιον · of eternal
    They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
  43. 2 Thessalonians 2:16αἰωνίαν · eternal
    Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
  44. 1 Timothy 1:16αἰώνιον · eternal
    But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
  45. 1 Timothy 6:12αἰωνίου · eternal
    Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
  46. 1 Timothy 6:16αἰώνιον · eternal
    He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
  47. 2 Timothy 1:9αἰωνίων · began
    He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
  48. 2 Timothy 2:10αἰωνίου · eternal
    For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
  49. Titus 1:2αἰωνίου · of eternal
    …in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.