Eternity

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Mar 19 14:36:44 EST 1999


At 1:00 PM -0600 3/19/99, Bill Ross wrote:
>{Carl}
>I'm not quite sure what you're saying about the Jude passage above when you
>say  "AIWNIOU 'represents' eternity"; AIWNIOU is an adjective here in
>agreement with PUROS, the whole phrase PUROS AIWNIOU dependent on DIKHN,
>which is the object of hUPECOUSAI; 'upholding the judgment of everlasting
>fire."
>
>{Bill}
>I thought AIWNIOU literally meant "of ages" and only context dictated
>whether or not it was "endless?"

Louw & Nida:
67.96 AIDIOS,ON; AIWNIOS,ON: pertaining to an unlimited duration of time -
'eternal.'13
67.133 EK TOU AIWNOS, APO TWN AIWNWN, PRO PANTOS TOU AIWNOS; PRO CRONWN
AIWNIWN WN; CRONOIS AIWNIOIS:  an exceedingly long period of time from an
assumed beginning up to the present - 'since all time, from all ages past,
from the beginning of time.'

This is, of course, not the forum for discussion of pre-millennial,
millennial, or post-millennial eschatological notions. Certainly, I suppose
that those who wish can understand AIWNIOS to refer to duration over a long
period of time rather than forever.

Carl W. Conrad
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