Word study · Greek
aiōnios
eternal, of the age to come
Say it: eye-OH-nee-os (approximate)
αἰώνιος
What it means
Eternal. "For eternal life" (1:16), "the King eternal" (1:17), and "take hold of the eternal life" (6:12).
Open question Debated
How to understand "eternal punishment" (25:46), as endless or as belonging to the age to come, has been debated across church history.
Range of meaning
- Of the age to comeBelonging to God's future age.
- Without endLasting forever.
In 1 Timothy
- Chapter 1
"For eternal life" (1:16).
Every verse (3)
Verses where G0166 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources