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Comparative Concordance of Eon and Eonian in Various Versions
Comparative Concordance of Eon and Eonian in Various Versions
Comparative Concordance of Eon and Eonian in Various Versions
Note: This article is for information and study. Harold Lovelace does not necessarily
agree with doctrinal statements made in this document.
THE EONS
A concordance of every New Testament occurrence of the Greek terms aion (noun; meaning eon,
or age; erroneously translated forever, eternity, etc. in KJV) and aionios (adjective; meaning
eonian; erroneously translated eternal, everlasting, etc. in KJV);
Visually presented, showing the layout of the five eons revealed in Scripture, and to which eon
each specific usage of the term applies;
Also showing those Cataclysmic and Judgmental Crises which mark the beginning and end of
each of the eons.
[THE BEGINNING]
[creation of the Heaven & Earth] (the 1st Heaven and Earth)]
Gen 1:1 2 Pet 3:5-7
ALL THE EONS
(all of the eons, 5 revealed in Scripture)
Jude 25
THE EONS
(all or part of the eons)
Eph 3:11 Heb 1:2 Jude 25 1 Tim 1:17 Heb 11:3
FROM THE EONS
(into the distant past, as far as the eons go, beyond history)
Eph 3:9 Col 1:26
[THE DISRUPTION]
[the disruption - casting down the previous world, as foundation for the present one]
Gen 1:2
cf 2 Pet 3:6 and Eph 2:2
[CREATION OF MAN]
[the "7 days of creation" - Gen 1:3,ff; the present Heaven & Earth (the 2nd Heavne &
Earth) - 2 Pet 2:5]
OUT OF THE EON
(from the distant past, before this eon)
Jn 9:32
FROM THE EON
(from the distant past, before this eon)
Lk 1:70 Acts 15:18 Acts 3:21
[THE DELUGE]
[of Noah's day]
cf 2 Pet 2:5 and Eph 2:2
(The conclusion of God's purpose of universal reconciliation, Christ Jesus turns over to His God
and Father the reconciled universe for which He died.)
THE ADJECTIVE EONIAN
In ALL cases "eonian" refers to either the eons in general or to a particular eon, as pertaining to
an eon or the eons in general, or characterized by a particular eon.
As each eon is a specific period of time, with a beginning and an end, (though in some cases the
beginning or end is not in view), the adjective "eonian" DOES NOT exceed in scope the noun from
which it is derived.