Strong’s G126 · Greek

ἀΐδιος
aḯdios

Definition

everduring (forward and backward, or forward only)

Etymology

from G104 (ἀεί);

Where the KJV renders it

  • eternal
  • everlasting

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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