αἰώνιος aiōnios

Greek word for “eternal” · Strong’s G166 · used 70 times in 68 verses

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Meaning

αἰώνιος, -ον (as usual in Attic), also -α, -ον.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for aiōnios in context, with how often each is used:

• eternal 66
• eternal? 1
• ages 1
• eternally 1
• everlasting 1

Where it is used

Also in 7 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

John 6 (5), John 3 (3), Hebrews 9 (3), 1 John 5 (3), Matthew 19 (2), Matthew 25 (2), Mark 10 (2), Luke 18 (2), John 4 (2), John 5 (2)

Forms

• αἰώνιον 45
• αἰωνίου 14
• αἰώνιος 3
• αἰωνίαν 2
• αἰωνίων 2
• αἰωνίους 1
• αἰώνιός 1
• αἰωνίοις 1
• αἰώνια 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with aiōnios more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ζωή zōē “life” 44
• πιστεύω pisteuō “to trust (in)” 9
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 9
• κληρονομέω klēronomeō “to inherit” 4
• ἀγαθός agathos “good” 5
• αἰών aiōn “an age” 5
• υἱός uhios “son” 7
• χάρις charis “grace” 5
• δόξα doxa “glory” 5
• διδάσκαλος didaskalos “teacher” 4
• πατήρ patēr “father” 6
• ἀπολλύω apolluō “to destroy” 4

Key verses

The verses using aiōnios that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 25:41 — Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
• John 5:39 — Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
• John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the…
• John 10:28 — And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
• John 17:3 — And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
• Romans 2:7 — To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
• 2 Thessalonians 2:16 — Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
• Titus 1:2 — In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
• Hebrews 9:14 — How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the…
• Hebrews 13:20 — Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
• 1 Peter 5:10 — But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish,…
• 1 John 5:20 — And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.