Revelation 19:3:12Rev.19.3.W12TAB
αἰῶνας
aiônas
“ages”
- Transliteration
- ai-Ô-nas
- Extended
- ai-OH-nahs
- IPA
- /aiˈɔː.nas/
Meaning by language
- English
- ages
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ai-Ô-nas
- sentence
KAI DEU-te-ron EI-rē-kan hal-lē-lou-i-A KAI ho kap-NOS au-TÊS a-na-BAI-nei eis tous ai-Ô-nas tôn ai-Ō-nōn
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase eis tous aionas ton aionon {εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων | eis toús ai-ô-nas tôn ai-ô-nōn} is an intensified idiom: the plural “ages” plus the genitive “of the ages” stacks temporal terms to express unending duration. In translation, the first clause is rendered with explicit quotation to preserve the reported speech, and the second clause is cast as a simple declarative sentence that keeps the present-progressive sense (“rises” / “keeps rising”), while the idiom is captured by “forever and ever” / “for all eternity” to communicate the force of the Greek construction.
Root and etymology
aionalpha–iota–omega–nu
“age, epoch, world-period”
In context — Revelation 19:3
And a second time they said, “Hallelujah !” And the smoke of her rises forever and ever.
About this coordinate
Revelation 19:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Revelation 19:3, so the Greek word αἰῶνας (aiônas) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rev.19.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.19.3.W12.S1) and character.