αἰώνων

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 αἰώνων

   ai-Ō-nōn

   ages
2. sentence🔊 καὶ ἓν ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ζῴων ἔδωκεν τοῖς ἑπτὰ ἀγγέλοις ἑπτὰ φιάλας χρυσᾶς γεμούσας τοῦ θυμοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων

   KAI HEN ek tôn tes-SA-rōn DZŌ-i-ōn E-dō-ken tois hep-TA an-GE-lois hep-TA phi-A-las khry-SAS ge-MOU-sas tou thy-MOU tou the-OU tou DZŌN-tos eis tous ai-Ō-nas tôn ai-Ō-nōn

   and one from the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven bowls golden full of the wrath of the God of the living into the ages of the ages

Exegesis

The closing prepositional phrase eis tous aionas tōn aionōn {εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων | eis toùs aiṓnas tōn aiṓnōn} is an idiomatic way of affirming endless duration, often rendered “forever and ever.” In translation, the Greek word order is slightly adjusted to keep the subject and verb together in natural English rhythm, while preserving the partitive nuance (“one of the four”) and the distributive sense of the bowls by clarifying “full of” or “each filled with.” The genitive chain is rendered as “the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever,” taking zōntos as a relative clause referring back to God and expressing the theological emphasis on His enduring, living reality behind the eschatological wrath.

Root and etymology

aiōn🔊 αἰώνalpha–iota–omega–nu

“age, epoch”

• 🔊 αἰώνιοςaiōnioseternalJohn 3:16
• 🔊 εἰς τοὺς αἰῶναςeis tous aiōnasforeverHebrews 13:8