IPA
aɪjon
Aion
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Language
Aionian
Translation
Αἰών
Definition
Lifetime, life.
Generation, race.
An undefined, relatively long period of time - an eon, an epoch, an age.
An undefined, relatively long period of time - as countable things: an eternity, a perpetuity.
Forever [nominal sense, for adverbial sense see ἀεί]
Remote past.
The current world, current age.
World, space.
Very long stretch of time ahead.
A world to come, a future age.
In Judaism and Christianity: Messianic age.
Grammar
Noun
Proper noun
Reference
Ancient Greek
Affix
N/A
Translation
Eon
Definition
Eternity, the duration of the universe.
An immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time.
A long period of time.
In astronomy, geology: A period of one billion [short scale, i.e. 1,000,000,000] years.
In geology: the longest geochronologic unit, being a period of hundreds of millions of years; subdivided into eras.
In Gnosticism, usually spelled aeon or æon: a spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
Grammar
Noun
Reference
English
Affix
N/A
Canon
Yes