Difference between revisions of "Age"

<div> <span> A — 1: <a> αἰών </a> </span> <div> <button> ► </button> </div> <span> ( <a> Strong's #165 </a> — [[Noun]] [[Masculine]] — aion — ahee-ohn' </span> ) </div> <p> "an age, era" (to be connected with aei, "ever," rather than with ao, "to breathe"), signifies a period of indefinite duration, or time viewed in relation to what takes place in the period. The force attaching to the word is not so much that of the actual length of a period, but that of a period marked by spiritual or moral characteristics. This is illustrated in the use of the adjective [see [[Note]] (1) below] in the phrase "life eternal," in <span> [[John]] 17:3 </span> , in respect of the increasing knowledge of God. </p> <span> Hebrews 5:6 </span> <a> COURSE </a> <a> ETERNAL </a> <a> WORLD. </a> <span> 2 Corinthians 4:18 </span> <span> [[Romans]] 16:26 </span> <span> 1 [[Timothy]] 6:16 </span> <span> 1 [[Peter]] 5:10 </span> <span> Hebrews 9:14 </span> <span> Hebrews 9:12 </span> <span> John 3:16 </span> <span> 2 Corinthians 5:1 </span> <span> 2 Peter 1:11 </span> <span> [[Luke]] 1:33 </span> <span> [[Mark]] 3:29 </span> <span> Hebrews 6:2 </span> <span> [[Matthew]] 18:8 </span> <span> 25:41 </span> <span> [[Jude]] 1:7 </span> <a> ETERNAL </a> <a> EVERLASTING. </a> <span> [[Revelation]] 15:3 </span> <span> [[Jeremiah]] 10:7 </span> <div> <span> A — 2: <a> γενεά </a> </span> <div> <button> ► </button> </div> <span> ( <a> Strong's #1074 </a> — Noun [[Feminine]] — genea — ghen-eh-ah' </span> ) </div> <p> connected with ginomai, "to become," primarily signifies "a begetting, or birth;" hence, that which has been begotten, a family; or successive members of a genealogy, <span> Matthew 1:17 </span> , or of a race of people, possessed of similar characteristics, pursuits, etc., (of a bad character) <span> Matthew 17:17 </span> ; <span> Mark 9:19 </span> ; <span> Luke 9:41 </span> ; <span> 16:8 </span> ; <span> Acts 2:40 </span> ; or of the whole multitude of men living at the same time, <span> Matthew 24:34 </span> ; <span> Mark 13:30 </span> ; <span> Luke 1:48 </span> ; <span> 21:32 </span> ; <span> Philippians 2:15 </span> , and especially of those of the [[Jewish]] race living at the same period, <span> Matthew 11:16 </span> , etc. [[Transferred]] from people to the time in which they lived, the word came to mean "an age," i.e., a period ordinarily occupied by each successive generation, say, of thirty or forty years, <span> Acts 14:16 </span> ; <span> 15:21 </span> ; <span> Ephesians 3:5 </span> ; <span> Colossians 1:26 </span> ; see also, e.g., <span> [[Genesis]] 15:16 </span> . [[In]] <span> Ephesians 3:21 </span> genea is combined with aion in a remarkable phrase in a doxology: "Unto Him be the glory in the church and in [[Christ]] Jesus, unto all generations for ever and ever (wrongly in AV 'all ages, world without end')." The word genea is to be distinguished from aion, as not denoting a period of unlimited duration. [[See]] <a> GENERATION </a> , <a> NATION </a> , <a> TIME. </a> </p> <div> <span> A — 3: <a> ἡλικία </a> </span> <div> <button> ► </button> </div> <span> ( <a> Strong's #2244 </a> — Noun Feminine — helikia — hay-lik-ee'-ah </span> ) </div> <p> primarily "an age," as a certain length of life, came to mean (a) "a particular time of life," as when a person is said to be "of age," <span> John 9:21,23 </span> , or beyond a certain stage of life, <span> Hebrews 11:11 </span> ; (b) elsewhere only "of stature," e.g., <span> Matthew 6:27 </span> ; <span> Luke 2:52 </span> ; <span> 12:25 </span> ; <span> 19:3 </span> ; <span> Ephesians 4:13 </span> . Some regard <span> Matthew 6:27 </span> ; <span> Luke 12:25 </span> as coming under (a). It is to be distinguished from aion and genea, since it has to do simply with matters relating to an individual, either his time of life or his height. See <a> STATURE. </a> </p> <div> <span> A — 4: <a> ἡμέρα </a> </span> <div> <button> ► </button> </div> <span> ( <a> Strong's #2250 </a> — Noun Feminine — hemera — hay-mer'-ah </span> ) </div> <p> "a day," is rendered "age" in <span> Luke 2:36 </span> , "of a great age" (lit., "advanced in many days"). In <span> Luke 3:23 </span> there is no word in the original corresponding to age. The phrase is simply "about thirty years." See <a> DAY </a> , <a> JUDGMENT </a> , <a> TIME </a> , <a> YEAR. </a> </p> <div> <span> B — 1: <a> ὑπέρακμος </a> </span> <div> <button> ► </button> </div> <span> ( <a> Strong's #5230 </a> — [[Adjective]] — huperakmos — hoop-er'-ak-mos </span> ) </div> <p> in <span> 1 Corinthians 7:36 </span> is rendered "past the flower of her age;" more lit., "beyond the bloom or flower (acme) of life." </p> <div> <span> B — 2: <a> τέλειος </a> </span> <div> <button> ► </button> </div> <span> ( <a> Strong's #5046 </a> — Adjective — teleios — tel'-i-os </span> ) </div> <p> "complete, perfect," from telos, "an end," is translated "of full age" in <span> Hebrews 5:14 </span> , AV (RV, "fullgrown man"). </p> <span> Mark 5:42 </span> <span> Luke 2:36 </span> <a> STRICKEN. </a> <span> [[Galatians]] 1:14 </span> <a> EQUAL </a>

<p> <translit> āj </translit> : A period of time or a dispensation. [[In]] the above sense the word occurs only once in the [[King]] [[James]] Version, in the sing, as the translation of <span> דּור </span> , <i> <translit> dor </translit> </i> , which means, properly, a "revolution" or "round of time," "a period," "an age" or "generation of man's life"; almost invariable translated "generation," "generations" ( <span> [[Job]] 8:8 </span> , "Inquire, I pray thee, of the former age"); we have the plural as the translation of <i> <translit> aiō̇n </translit> </i> , properly "duration," "the course or flow of time," "an age or period of the world," "the world" ( <span> Ephesians 2:7 </span> , "in the ages to come"; <span> Colossians 1:26 </span> , "the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations," the [[English]] [[Revised]] Version, "from all ages," etc., the [[American]] Revised Version, margin, of <i> <translit> geneaı́ </translit> </i> , "generations" ( <span> Ephesians 3:5 </span> "generations," <span> Ephesians 3:21 </span> , "unto all generations for ever and ever," [[Greek]] margin, "all the generations of the age of the ages"). "Ages" is given in margin of the King James [[Version]] ( <span> [[Psalm]] 145:13 </span> ; <span> [[Isaiah]] 26:4 </span> , "the rock of ages"). </p> <p> We have "age" in the above sense (2 [[Esdras]] 3:18; [[Tobit]] 14:5; <i> <translit> aiōn </translit> </i> ) "ages," <i> <translit> aiōn </translit> </i> (1 Esdras 4:40 (of Truth) "she is the strength," etc., "of all ages"), <span> γενεα </span> , <i> <translit> genea </translit> </i> , the Revised Version (British and American), "generation" (The [[Wisdom]] of [[Solomon]] 7:27; 1 Macc 2:61); [[Ecclesiasticus]] 24:33, <i> <translit> eis geneás aionō̇n </translit> </i> , "generations of ages"; The Wisdom of Solomon 14:6, "generations" ( <i> <translit> genéseōs </translit> </i> ). </p> <p> Revised Version has "age" for "world" ( <span> Hebrews 6:5 </span> ); "ages" for "worlds" (the Revised Version, margin <span> Hebrews 1:2 </span> ; the American Revised Version, margin; compare <span> 1 [[Timothy]] 1:17 </span> ) (margin, "unto the ages of the ages"), "ages" for "world" ( <span> 1 Corinthians 10:11 </span> ; <span> Hebrews 9:26 </span> ). the English Revised Version has "all ages" for "the beginning of the world" ( <span> Ephesians 3:9 </span> , the American [[Standard]] Revised Version "for ages"); "king of the ages" for "king of saints" ( <span> [[Revelation]] 15:3 </span> , corrected text; margin, many ancient authorities read "nations"; <span> [[Jeremiah]] 10:7 </span> ). [[See]] <a> EVERLASTING </a> . </p>