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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: αἰώνιος

(Strong's #166 — Adjective — aionios — ahee-o'-nee-os )

see ETERNAL.

2: ἀΐδιος

(Strong's #126 — Adjective — aidios — ah-id'-ee-os )

denotes "everlasting" (from aei, "ever"), Romans 1:20 , RV, "everlasting," for AV, "eternal;" Jude 1:6 , AV and RV "everlasting." Aionios, should always be translated "eternal" and aidios, "everlasting." "While aionios ... negatives the end either of a space of time or of unmeasured time, and is used chiefly where something future is spoken of, aidios excludes interruption and lays stress upon permanence and unchangeableness" (Cremer).

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Everlasting'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​e/everlasting.html. 1940.
 
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