What does αἰών · πονηρός mean in the Bible?
αἰών · πονηρός is a Greek phrase meaning "properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future)".
Greek · G165, G4190
τοῦ αἰῶνος τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος πονηροῦ
An age: age · evil/bad
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αἰών G165 an age: age
Pronunciation aiṓn
An age or era; theologically, either the present evil age or the future eternal age to come.
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πονηρός G4190 evil/bad
Pronunciation ponērós
Moral or physical badness; notably used for Satan as "the evil one" in spiritual warfare contexts.
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What does τοῦ αἰῶνος τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος πονηροῦ (tou aiōnos tou enestōtos ponērou) mean in the Bible?
αἰών · πονηρός is a Greek phrase meaning "properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future)".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G165, G4190?
G165, G4190 is connected to 122 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future)
Source Gloss
properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future)
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 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 6 Aligned forms 122 Case pattern Accusative (60) Number pattern Singular (64)
Genitive · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 2:7 · 1 Cor 10:11 · Gal 1:5 · Eph 3:9 · Eph 3:11 · Eph 3:21 · Phil 4:20 · Col 1:26 · 1 Tim 1:17 · 2 Tim 4:18 · Heb 9:26 · 1 Pet 4:11 · 1 Pet 5:11 · Rev 1:6 · Rev 1:18 · Rev 4:9 28×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 13:22 · Matt 13:39 · Matt 13:40 · Matt 13:49 · Matt 24:3 · Matt 28:20 · Mark 4:19 · Luke 1:70 · Luke 16:8 · Luke 20:34 · Luke 20:35 · John 9:32 · Acts 3:21 · Acts 15:18 · 1 Cor 1:20 · 1 Cor 2:6 25×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 12:32 · Mark 10:30 · Luke 18:30 · Rom 12:2 · 1 Cor 3:18 · Eph 1:21 · 1 Tim 6:17 · Titus 2:12 8×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Eph 2:7 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 21:19 · Mark 3:29 · Mark 11:14 · Luke 1:55 · John 4:14 · John 6:51 · John 6:58 · John 8:35 · John 8:51 · John 8:52 · John 10:28 · John 11:26 · John 12:34 · John 13:8 · John 14:16 · 1 Cor 8:13 31×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 1:33 · Rom 1:25 · Rom 9:5 · Rom 11:36 · 2 Cor 11:31 · Gal 1:5 · Phil 4:20 · 1 Tim 1:17 · 2 Tim 4:18 · Heb 1:2 · Heb 11:3 · Heb 13:8 · Heb 13:21 · 1 Pet 4:11 · 1 Pet 5:11 · Jude 1:25 29×
Word Origins
τοῦ αἰῶνος τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος πονηροῦ 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