age-during

English

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek αἰώνιος (aiṓnios, “eternal, everlasting, endless”), which is composed of αἰών (aiṓn, “age, eon”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix). First used in Young's Literal Translation.

Adjective

age-during (not comparable)

  1. (biblical) Eternal, everlasting.

Usage notes

This word is used strictly in Biblical hermeneutics and in translations of the Bible that aim to emphasize the root word αἰών in αἰώνιος.

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