Revelation 22:5:28Rev.22.5.W28TAB
αἰώνων
aiónōn
“ages”
- Transliteration
- ai-Ó-nōn
- Extended
- ai-OH-nohn
- IPA
- /aiˈo.nɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- ages
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ai-Ó-nōn
- sentence
KAI NYKS ouk ES-tai E-ti KAI ouk E-khou-sin KʰREI-an phô-TOS LYKH-nou KAI PHÔS hê-LI-ou HO-ti KY-ree-os ho the-OS phô-TI-sei ep au-TOUS KAI ba-si-LEU-sou-sin eis tous ai-Ô-nas tôn ai-Ó-nōn
Exegesis
The final clause kai basileusousin eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn {καὶ βασιλεύσουσιν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων | kaí basileúsousin eis toùs ai-ô-nas tōn ai-ô-nōn} describes the people’s royal vocation with a future verb plus the prepositional phrase “into the ages of the ages,” an intensified idiom for unending duration. In translation, the coordination with “and” is preserved to maintain the cumulative rhythm, the causal hoti is rendered with “for” or “because,” and the idiomatic expression for eternity is expressed in English as “for the ages of the ages” (formal) and “forever and ever” (dynamic) to communicate both the literal image and its understood sense.
Root and etymology
aiōn-alpha–iota–omega–nu
“age, era, world-period”
In context — Revelation 22:5
And night will not be any longer, and they will not have need of the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will illumine them, and they will reign for the ages of the ages.
About this coordinate
Revelation 22:5:28 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 28 of Revelation 22:5, so the Greek word αἰώνων (aiónōn) 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.22.5.W28, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.22.5.W28.S1) and character.