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

  1. 01

    Have you imagined eternity mostly as length, or as depth?

  2. 02

    What in this present hour already feels like it belongs to God's age?

  3. 03

    If eternal life begins now, what part of you is being invited to live in it today?

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