Words the Bible translates as eternal
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- aiōnαἰώνan age: a stretch of time, from a bounded era to unending duration, and the world seen as the present order running its course
- olamעוֹלָםthe farthest horizon of time a speaker can see: the remotest past, the unending future, or simply forever, with the direction and the distance set by what is being talked about
- aiōniosαἰώνιοςbelonging to the age to come, and so without end: everlasting, eternal
- aidiosἀΐδιοςeternalnot studied yet
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