Greek · Age · Era · Time
αἰών
aion
Often translated as: Eternal · age · world
An age, era, world-order, or enduring dimension of time.
Translation range
age · eternity · world · era
Beneath the translation
Aion sometimes refers to a long span of time, sometimes to an entire age of the world, sometimes to a quality of life that belongs to God's realm.
Why this matters
Reading aion only as endless clock-time can flatten what Scripture is actually pointing toward — a kind of life that begins now.
Reflection
What if 'eternal' sometimes speaks less like a stopwatch and more like an age beyond ordinary time?
For contemplation
Aion is not a stopwatch. It is a quality of time, an age, a way of being alive that belongs to God. Eternal life, in this sense, is not endless hours. It is a kind of life that has already begun.
Questions to sit with
- 01
Have you imagined eternity mostly as length, or as depth?
- 02
What in this present hour already feels like it belongs to God's age?
- 03
If eternal life begins now, what part of you is being invited to live in it today?
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