What does ἀΐδιος (aḯdios) mean in the Bible?
ἀΐδιος (aḯdios) is a Greek word meaning "everduring (forward and backward, or forward only)".
Greek · G126
ἀΐδιος
Everduring (forward and backward, or forward only)
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ἀΐδιος G126
Pronunciation aḯdios
What does ἀΐδιος (aḯdios) mean in the Bible?
ἀΐδιος (aḯdios) is a Greek word meaning "everduring (forward and backward, or forward only)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G126?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include eternal (1), in eternal (1).
Where does ἀΐδιος (aḯdios) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 1:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Jude (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It eternal 1× Romans 1:20
in eternal 1× Jude 1:6
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 1:20
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Romans 1 Jude 1
Source forms
ἀϊδίοις 1x aidiois Jude 1:6
ἀΐδιος 1x aidios Romans 1:20
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural 1x Jude 1:6
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Romans 1:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. everduring (forward and backward, or forward only)
Strong's G126
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
everduring (forward and backward, or forward only)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(ἀεί), [in LXX: Wis.7:26, 4Ma.10:15 * ;] everlasting (frequently in Inscr.; MM, VGT, see word): Rom.1:20, Ju 6.
Synonymsαἰώνιος, also frequently in Inscr. (Deiss., BS, 363 J. The etymological distinction between the meanings of the two words seems not to be retained in late Greek (see Thayer, see word, αἰώνιος; cf. Cremer, 79, 611).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 1:20 Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀΐδιος aidiov
eternal
Read verse Jude 1:6 Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
ἀϊδίοις aidioiv
eternal
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Dative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rom 1:20 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Jude 1:6 1×
Word Origins
ἀΐδιος is built from this root:
ἀεί G104
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain