αἰώνιος | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

αἰώνιος, -ον

Definition

eternal

Erasmian

Modern

Root

αἰωνιο

Frequency

173

Mnemonics

God says, "I own it all, eternally.

Mnemonic Singing

Our Shelter from the stormy blast,
and our eternal home.

Song

Notes

αἰώνιος illustrates another kind of adjective. αἰώνιος can be either masculine or feminine. Context will show if a specific form is masculine or feminine. αἰώνιον is neuter. It is a "2 - 2" pattern because the masculine and feminine follow the second declension; the neuter also follows the second declension but with some variation. In our nomenclature, these adjectives are classified as "a-3," specifically a-3b(1). See MBG for the full paradigm.

Biblical Concordance

John 10:28	and I give them eternal (aiōnion \| αἰώνιον \| acc sg fem) life. They will never perish, and no one will ever snatch them out of my hand.
John 12:25	The one who loves his life loses it, and the one who hates his life in this world preserves it for eternal (aiōnion \| αἰώνιον \| acc sg fem) life.
John 12:50	And I know that his command is eternal (aiōnios \| αἰώνιος \| nom sg fem) life. So whatever I say, I speak just as the Father has told me.”
John 17:2	since you have given him authority over all flesh, that he should give eternal (aiōnion \| αἰώνιον \| acc sg fem) life to those you have given to him.
John 17:3	And this is eternal (aiōnios \| αἰώνιος \| nom sg fem) life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you sent.
Acts 13:46	Both Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal (aiōniou \| αἰωνίου \| gen sg fem) life, we are now turning to the Gentiles.
Acts 13:48	When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal (aiōnion \| αἰώνιον \| acc sg fem) life believed.
Romans 2:7	to those who by patiently doing good works seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal (aiōnion \| αἰώνιον \| acc sg fem) life;
Romans 5:21	so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness leading to eternal (aiōnion \| αἰώνιον \| acc sg fem) life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:22	But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification, and its outcome, eternal (aiōnion \| αἰώνιον \| acc sg fem) life.
Romans 6:23	For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal (aiōnios \| αἰώνιος \| nom sg fem) life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 16:25	Now to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that has been kept secret for long ages (aiōniois \| αἰωνίοις \| dat pl masc) past,
Romans 16:26	but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal (aiōniou \| αἰωνίου \| gen sg masc) God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith;
2 Corinthians 4:17	For our momentary lightness of affliction is producing for us an eternal (aiōnion \| αἰώνιον \| acc sg neut) weight of glory far beyond all comparison,
2 Corinthians 4:18	as we look not on what can be seen, but on the unseen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal (aiōnia \| αἰώνια \| nom pl neut).
2 Corinthians 5:1	For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal (aiōnion \| αἰώνιον \| acc sg fem), in the heavens.
Galatians 6:8	For the one who sows to his own flesh, from the flesh will reap corruption; but the one who sows to the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal (aiōnion \| αἰώνιον \| acc sg fem) life.
2 Thessalonians 1:9	They will experience the punishment of eternal (aiōnion \| αἰώνιον \| acc sg masc) destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power
2 Thessalonians 2:16	Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal (aiōnian \| αἰωνίαν \| acc sg fem) encouragement and good hope by grace,
1 Timothy 1:16	But for this reason I was shown mercy: so that in me as foremost Christ Jesus might display his complete patience as an illustration for those who were to believe in him for eternal (aiōnion \| αἰώνιον \| acc sg fem) life.
1 Timothy 6:12	Fight the good fight of the faith. Seize hold of the eternal (aiōniou \| αἰωνίου \| gen sg fem) life, to which you were called and about which you confessed the good confession before many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:16	the only one having immortality, the one dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no person has seen or is able to see, to him be honor and might forever (aiōnion \| αἰώνιον \| nom sg neut), Amen.
2 Timothy 1:9	who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time eternal (aiōniōn \| αἰωνίων \| gen pl masc),
2 Timothy 2:10	On account of this I am enduring all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may experience the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal (aiōniou \| αἰωνίου \| gen sg fem) glory.
Titus 1:2	for the sake of the hope of eternal (aiōniou \| αἰωνίου \| gen sg fem) life, which God, who does not lie, promised before times eternal (aiōniōn \| αἰωνίων \| gen pl masc),