What does συντέλεια · αἰών mean in the Bible?
συντέλεια · αἰών is a Greek phrase meaning "completion or consummation of the ages".
Greek · G4930, G165
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 phrase meaning "completion or consummation of the ages".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4930, G165?
G4930, G165 is connected to 6 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. completion or consummation of the ages
Source Gloss
completion or consummation of the ages
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 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 3 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Dative (3) Number pattern Singular (6)
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×
Word Origins
συντελείᾳ τῶν αἰώνων is built from this root:
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