αἰών
aiṓn
properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future)
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as G104 (ἀεί);
properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future)
- properly, an age
- by extension, perpetuity (also past)
- by implication, the world
- specially, (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: age, course, eternal, (for) ever(-more), (n-)ever, (beginning of the , while the) world (began, without end)
Usage
129 occurrences · 0 OT · 129 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- ever51 · 40%
- world21 · 16%
- and ever21 · 16%
- of the world7 · 5%
- never7 · 5%
- evermore4 · 3%
- the world3 · 2%
- the world began3 · 2%
- the beginning of the world2 · 2%
- while the world standeth1 · 1%
- the course1 · 1%
- the ages1 · 1%
- the eternal1 · 1%
- without end1 · 1%
- ages1 · 1%
- eternal1 · 1%
- the worlds1 · 1%
- that the worlds1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.