What does αἰών · ἔρχομαι mean in the Bible?
αἰών · ἔρχομαι is a Greek phrase meaning "coming age".
Greek · G165, G2064
αἰῶνι τῷ ἐρχομένῳ
An age: age · to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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αἰών G165 an age: age
Pronunciation aiṓn
An age or era; theologically, either the present evil age or the future eternal age to come.
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ἔρχομαι G2064 to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Pronunciation érchomai
Movement with emphasis on arrival or outcome; distinct from πορεύομαι's focus on the journey itself.
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What does αἰῶνι τῷ ἐρχομένῳ (aiōni tō erchomenō) mean in the Bible?
αἰών · ἔρχομαι is a Greek phrase meaning "coming age".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G165, G2064?
G165, G2064 is connected to 122 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. coming age
Source Gloss
coming age
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 6 Aligned forms 122 Case pattern Accusative (60) Number pattern Singular (64)
Genitive · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 2:7 · 1 Cor 10:11 · Gal 1:5 · Eph 3:9 · Eph 3:11 · Eph 3:21 · Phil 4:20 · Col 1:26 · 1 Tim 1:17 · 2 Tim 4:18 · Heb 9:26 · 1 Pet 4:11 · 1 Pet 5:11 · Rev 1:6 · Rev 1:18 · Rev 4:9 28×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 13:22 · Matt 13:39 · Matt 13:40 · Matt 13:49 · Matt 24:3 · Matt 28:20 · Mark 4:19 · Luke 1:70 · Luke 16:8 · Luke 20:34 · Luke 20:35 · John 9:32 · Acts 3:21 · Acts 15:18 · 1 Cor 1:20 · 1 Cor 2:6 25×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 12:32 · Mark 10:30 · Luke 18:30 · Rom 12:2 · 1 Cor 3:18 · Eph 1:21 · 1 Tim 6:17 · Titus 2:12 8×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Eph 2:7 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 21:19 · Mark 3:29 · Mark 11:14 · Luke 1:55 · John 4:14 · John 6:51 · John 6:58 · John 8:35 · John 8:51 · John 8:52 · John 10:28 · John 11:26 · John 12:34 · John 13:8 · John 14:16 · 1 Cor 8:13 31×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 1:33 · Rom 1:25 · Rom 9:5 · Rom 11:36 · 2 Cor 11:31 · Gal 1:5 · Phil 4:20 · 1 Tim 1:17 · 2 Tim 4:18 · Heb 1:2 · Heb 11:3 · Heb 13:8 · Heb 13:21 · 1 Pet 4:11 · 1 Pet 5:11 · Jude 1:25 29×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 628 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 356 present 216 future 21 perfect 20 imperfect 8 pluperfect 7
Voice
active 383 middle 245
Mood
indicative 354 participle 156 infinitive 51 subjunctive 47 imperative 20
NT Occurrences
Matthew 2:11 ἐλθόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 2:2 ἤλθομεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 2:23 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 2:8 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 2:9 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 3:11 ἐρχόμενος present middle participle participle Matthew 3:14 ἔρχῃ present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 3:16 ἐρχόμενον present middle participle participle Matthew 3:7 ἐρχομένους present middle participle participle Matthew 4:13 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 5:17 ἦλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 5:17 ἦλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 5:24 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 6:10 ἐλθέτω aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 7:15 ἔρχονται present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 7:25 ἦλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 7:27 ἦλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 8:14 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 8:28 ἐλθόντος aorist active participle participle Matthew 8:29 ἦλθες aorist active indicative completed Matthew 8:7 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 8:9 Ἔρχου present middle imperative imperative Matthew 8:9 ἔρχεται present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 9:1 ἦλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 9:10 ἐλθόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:13 ἦλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 9:15 ἐλεύσονται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 9:18 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:18 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:23 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:28 ἐλθόντι aorist active participle participle Matthew 10:13 ἐλθάτω aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 10:23 ἔλθῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 10:34 ἦλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 10:34 ἦλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 10:35 ἦλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 11:14 ἔρχεσθαι present middle infinitive infinitive Matthew 11:18 ἦλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 11:19 ἦλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 11:3 ἐρχόμενος present middle participle participle
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Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
αἰῶνι τῷ ἐρχομένῳ is built from this root:
ἀεί G104
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain