Greek · G5207, G165, G3778

οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου

Son · an age: age · this/he/she/it

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υἱός G5207 son

Pronunciation huiós

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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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οὗτος G3778 this/he/she/it

Pronunciation hoûtos

Demonstrates proximity or immediacy; contrasts with ἐκεῖνος (that) as near versus distant.

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What does οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου (hoi huioi tou aiōnos toutou) mean in the Bible?

υἱός · αἰών · οὗτος is a Greek phrase meaning "sons of this age".

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Questions this entry answers

What does υἱός · αἰών · οὗτος mean in the Bible?

υἱός · αἰών · οὗτος is a Greek phrase meaning "sons of this age".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5207, G165, G3778?

G5207, G165, G3778 is connected to 375 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. sons of this age

Strong's G5207, G165, G3778

Lexical occurrences 375 verses Word forms 10 forms 375 references

Source Gloss

sons of this age

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

This word appears as a noun across 10 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 10 Aligned forms 375 Case pattern Nominative (191) Number pattern Singular (304)

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:20 · Matt 3:17 · Matt 4:3 · Matt 4:6 · Matt 7:9 · Matt 8:20 · Matt 9:6 · Matt 10:23 · Matt 11:19 · Matt 11:27 · Matt 12:8 · Matt 12:23 · Matt 12:40 · Matt 13:37 · Matt 13:41 · Matt 13:55 159×

Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 5:9 · Matt 5:45 · Matt 8:12 · Matt 9:15 · Matt 12:27 · Matt 13:38 · Matt 17:26 · Matt 20:21 · Matt 23:31 · Mark 2:19 · Mark 3:17 · Mark 10:35 · Luke 6:35 · Luke 11:19 · Luke 16:8 · Luke 20:34 32×

Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:1 · Matt 12:32 · Matt 23:35 · Matt 24:27 · Matt 24:30 · Matt 24:37 · Matt 24:39 · Matt 28:19 · Luke 6:22 · Luke 17:22 · Luke 17:26 · Luke 21:36 · John 3:18 · John 5:25 · John 6:53 · Rom 1:3 35×

Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 17:25 · Matt 20:20 · Matt 27:9 · Matt 27:56 · Luke 1:16 · Acts 5:21 · Acts 7:16 · Acts 9:15 · Rom 8:19 · Rom 9:27 · Heb 7:5 · Heb 11:21 · Heb 11:22 · Rev 2:14 · Rev 7:4 · Rev 21:12 17×

Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 21:9 · Matt 21:15 · Matt 22:2 · Luke 12:53 · Luke 18:31 · John 3:36 · John 4:5 · John 5:22 · John 5:26 · John 14:13 · Heb 1:2 · Heb 7:3 · 1 John 2:24 · 1 John 5:11 · 1 John 5:20 15×

Dative · Plural · Masculine Mark 3:28 · Acts 7:37 · Acts 10:36 · Eph 2:2 · Eph 3:5 · Heb 12:5 · Heb 12:7 7×

Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:21 · Matt 1:23 · Matt 1:25 · Matt 2:15 · Matt 10:37 · Matt 11:27 · Matt 16:13 · Matt 16:28 · Matt 17:15 · Matt 21:5 · Matt 21:37 · Matt 21:38 · Matt 23:15 · Matt 24:30 · Matt 26:64 · Mark 8:31 85×

Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 26:37 · Luke 5:10 · Luke 5:34 · Luke 15:11 · Luke 16:8 · Acts 7:23 · Acts 7:29 · 2 Cor 3:7 · 2 Cor 3:13 · 2 Cor 6:18 · Gal 4:22 · Eph 5:6 · Col 3:6 · Heb 2:10 14×

Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:29 · Matt 9:27 · Mark 5:7 · Mark 10:47 · Mark 10:48 · Luke 8:28 · Luke 18:38 · Luke 18:39 · Acts 13:10 · Heb 12:5 10×

Vocative · Plural · Masculine Acts 13:26 1×

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