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συντελείᾳ τῶν αἰώνων

Consummation · an age: age

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συντέλεια G4930 consummation
Pronunciation syntéleia
End of the age when God's plan reaches its appointed completion and fulfillment
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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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What does συντελείᾳ τῶν αἰώνων (synteleia tōn aiōnōn) mean in the Bible?

συντέλεια · αἰών is a Greek word meaning "completion or consummation of the ages".

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Meaning

completion or consummation of the ages
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 13:39 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 24:3 · Matt 28:20 2×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 13:40 · Matt 13:49 · Heb 9:26 3×
6 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Galatians 1 — No Other Gospel: Paul’s Apostolic Authority and Gospel Defense John 14 — The Way, the Truth, and the Life, the Father Revealed in the Son, and the Promise of the Spirit Luke 20 — The Rejected Son, the Questioned Authority, and the Lord Who Silences His Opponents Mark 10 — The Way of the Servant King: Marriage, Children, Wealth, Cross, Ransom, and Sight Matthew 12 — The Lord of the Sabbath, the Servant of the Lord, and the Crisis of Unbelief Matthew 13 — The Kingdom in Parables: Hearing, Hiddenness, Growth, Worth, and Judgment Matthew 24 — The Olivet Discourse: Temple Desolation, Coming Judgment, the Son of Man, and Watchful Readiness Matthew 28 — The Resurrection of Jesus and the Great Commission of the Risen King Romans 12 — Living Sacrifices, Renewed Minds, Humble Service, and Love Without Hypocrisy Romans 16 — Gospel Partnership, Holy Greeting, False-Teacher Warning, and Doxology to the God Who Establishes

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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