Lexical Definition

‎αἰών‎ aiṓn (ahee-ohn') an age: age G:N-M
from the same as ‎ἀεί‎

age, course, eternal, (for) ever(-more), (n-)ever, (beginning of the , while the) world (began, without end).

Usage: 5 forms in 91 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
αἰῶνοσ age Acts.3.21 • Eph.3.21 • Heb.1.8 • Jude.1.25
eternity’ Acts.15.18
of eternity 2Pet.3.18
αἰῶνασ ages Matt.6.13 • Luke.1.33 • Rom.1.25 • Rom.9.5 • Rom.11.36 • Rom.16.27 • 2Cor.11.31 • Gal.1.5 • Phil.4.20 • 1Tim.1.17 • 2Tim.4.18 • Heb.13.8 • Heb.13.21 • 1Pet.4.11 • 1Pet.5.11 • Jude.1.25 • Rev.1.6 • Rev.1.18 • Rev.4.9 • Rev.4.10 • Rev.5.13 • Rev.7.12 • Rev.10.6 • Rev.11.15 • Rev.14.11 • Rev.15.7 • Rev.19.3 • Rev.20.10 • Rev.22.5
αἰῶνα age Matt.21.19 • Mark.3.29 • Mark.11.14 • Luke.1.55 • John.4.14 • John.6.51 • John.6.58 • John.8.35 • John.8.35 • John.8.51 • John.8.52 • John.10.28 • John.11.26 • John.12.34 • John.13.8 • John.14.16 • 1Cor.8.13 • 2Cor.9.9 • Heb.1.8 • Heb.5.6 • Heb.6.20 • Heb.7.17 • Heb.7.21 • Heb.7.24 • Heb.7.28 • 1Pet.1.23 • 1Pet.1.25 • 2Pet.2.17 • 1John.2.17 • 2John.1.2 • Jude.1.13
αἰώνων ages Gal.1.5 • Eph.3.11 • Eph.3.21 • Phil.4.20 • 1Tim.1.17 • 1Tim.1.17 • 2Tim.4.18 • Heb.13.21 • 1Pet.4.11 • 1Pet.5.11 • Rev.1.6 • Rev.1.18 • Rev.4.9 • Rev.4.10 • Rev.5.13 • Rev.5.14 • Rev.7.12 • Rev.10.6 • Rev.11.15 • Rev.15.7 • Rev.19.3 • Rev.20.10 • Rev.22.5
of ages Rev.14.11
αἰωνασ ages Rev.5.14

Abbott-Smith

αἰών, -ῶνος, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for עַד עוֹלָם;]
1. in cl., like Lat. aevum (LS, MM, VGT, s.v.), a space of time, as, a lifetime, generation, period of history, an indefinitely long period; in NT of an indefinitely long period, an age, eternity, usually c. prep. (MM, VGT);
(a) of the past: ἀπ’ αἰ. (cf. Heb. מֵעוֹלָם), Lk 1:70;
(b) of the future: εἰς τ. αἰ. (cf. לְעוֹלָם), forever, Mt 21:19; id., c. neg., never, Jo 4:14; more strongly, εἰς τὸν αἰ. τοῦ αἰ., He 1:8(LXX); εἰς τοὺς αἰ., Mt 6:13; εἰς τοὺς αἰ. τῶν αἰ. (cf. Is 45:17, עַד עוֹלָם), Ro 16:27, LT; cf. also Eph 3:21, II Pe 3:18, Ju 25, Re 14:11.
2. οἱ αἰ., the worlds, the universe, "the sum of the periods of time, including all that is manifested in them": He 1:2 11:3 (cf. I Ti 1:17, where τῶν αἰ. are prob. "the ages or world-periods which when summed up make eternity".
3. the present age (Heb. הָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה): ὁ αἰ., Mt 13:22; ὁ αἰ. οὗτος, Mt 12:32; ὁ νῦν αἰ., I Ti 6:17; ὁ ἐνεστὼς αἰ., Ga 1:4; similarly, of the time after Christ's second coming (הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא), ὁ αἰ. ἐκεῖνος, Lk 20:35; ὁ αἰ. μέλλων, Mt 12:32; ὁ αἰ. ὁ ἐρχόμενος, Mk 10:30.
SYN.: κόσμος, the ordered universe, the scheme of material things; οἰκουμένη, the inhabited earth; in contrast with both of which αἰ. is the world under aspects of time (cf. Westc. on He 1:2; Tr., Syn., §lix; Thayer, s.v., αἰ.; Cremer, 74, 620; MM, VGT).

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Isaiah 45:17
Matthew 6:13 · 12:32 · 13:22 · 21:19
Mark 10:30
Luke 1:70 · 20:35
John 4:14
Romans 16:27
Galatians 1:4
Ephesians 3:21
1 Timothy 1:17 · 6:17
Hebrews 1:2 · 1:8 · 11:3
2 Peter 3:18
Jude 1:25
Revelation 14:11

Liddell-Scott-Jones

meaning of: αἰών

αἰών, ῶνος, ὁ,

Ionic dialect and Epic dialect also ἡ, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+ apocopation _accusative_ αἰῶ], like{Ποσειδῶ}, restored by Ahrens (from [Refs 4th c.BC+], compare aevum, see at {αἰεί}):—period of existence (τὸ τέλος τὸ περιέχον τὸν τῆς ἑκάστου ζωῆς χρόνον.. αἰὼν ἑκάστου κέκληται[Refs 4th c.BC+]

__I lifetime, life, ψυχή τε καὶ αἰών[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος νέος ὤλεο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰ. Αἰακιδᾶν, periphrastic for the Aeacidae, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 age, generation, αἰ. ἐς τρίτον [Refs]; ὁ μέλλων αἰών posterity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 one's life, destiny, lot, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II long space of time, age, αἰὼν γίγνεται 'tis an age, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially with Preps., ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος of old, [NT+8th c.BC+]; δι᾽ αἰῶνος perpetually, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; all one's life long, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δι᾽ αἰῶνος μακροῦ, ἀπαύστου, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸν δι᾽ αἰ. χρόνον for ever, [Refs]; εἰς ἅπαντα τὸν αἰ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τὸν αἰ. [LXX+1st c.BC+]; ἐξ αἰῶνος καὶ ἕως αἰῶνος[LXX]; ἐπ᾽ αἰ.[LXX]; ἕως αἰῶνος[LXX+4th c.BC+]; eternity, opposed to χρόνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 space of time clearly defined and marked out, epoch, age, ὁ αἰὼν οὗτος this present world, opposed to ὁ μέλλων, [NT]:—hence in plural, the ages, i.e. eternity, [LXX+1st c.BC+]; εἰς τοὺς αἰ[αἰώνων LXX.4Mac.18.24, NT.Phil.4.20, etc.">LXX+NT]; ἀπὸ τῶν αἰ., πρὸ τῶν αἰ., [NT]
__II.3 Αἰών, ὁ, personified, Αἰὼν Χρόνου παῖς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; as title of various divine beings, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II.4 [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B spinal marrow (perhaps regarded as seat of life), Hymns of Merc 42, 119, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

LSJ Scripture Refs: Luke.1.70 ☩ LXX.Gen.3.23 ☩ John.8.35 ☩ LXX.Ps.131.14* ☩ LXX.Jer.7.7 ☩ LXX.Exod.15.18 ☩ LXX.1Kgs.1.22 ☩ Matt.13.22 ☩ Rom.12.2 ☩ 1Tim.6.17 ☩ 2Tim.4.10 ☩ Rom.1.25 ☩ Phil.4.20 ☩ Eph.3.9