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The Greek word aion

Found in every New Testament book but First Thessalonians, Second Thessalonians, Philemon, James, and Third John, the Greek adjective “aion” is used more than 100 times by New Testament writers.  A study of this term shows that it sometimes describes our physical world (the creation).  In other cases it describes our present age.  It also describes things like the end of the world as well as eternity.

In many verses such as Mt. 12:32; Mk. 4:19; Lk. 1:70; Jn. 9:32, aion is translated “world.”  Verses like Eph. 3:11 use the word “eternal” to translate this term.  In Rev. 1:18, this adjective is translated “evermore.”