Words the Bible translates as age
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- yomיוֹםday: a bounded stretch of time seen as a whole, whether the daylight hours, one date on the calendar, or a whole span of living
- aiōnαἰώνan age: a stretch of time, from a bounded era to unending duration, and the world seen as the present order running its course
- geneaγενεάgeneration: the people who belong to one stretch of time, or the stretch of time itself
- dorדּוֹרa generation: the people alive together in one stretch of time, and by extension the span of time they fill.
- hēlikiaἡλικίαage: the point a person has reached in life, counted in years, and so the stretch of life that person has been given
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- stature: how tall a person stands, and so how far a body has grown toward its full size
- gilגִּילa person's age: the stage of life someone has reached, and so the others who are at that same stage
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- the loud joy of a celebration: rejoicing that breaks out where others can see and hear it, as at a harvest, a festival, or a procession
- sevשֵׂיבagenot studied yet
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