adverb
aei
Strong’sG104
always
stem aei-7 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 booksnever changes form
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀεί, adv.,
[in LXX: Is 42:14 (מֵעוֹלָם) 51:13 (תָּמִיד), Ps 94 (95):10, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G104 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidah-eye'
"ever," by qualification regularly; by implication, earnestly
Fromfrom an obsolete primary noun (apparently meaning continued duration);
King Jamesalways, ever.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
adverb ever, always, Refs 8th c.BC+; with other specifications of time, ἐμμενὲς αἰείRefs 8th c.BC+; ἀ. καθ᾽ ἡμέραν, καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ἀ., ἀ. καὶ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν, ἀ. κατ᾽ ἐνιαυτόν, ἀ. διὰ βίου, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+; δεῦρ᾽ ἀεί until now, Refs 5th c.BC+; αἰεί κοτε, ποτε from of old, Refs 5th c.BC+; compare εἰσαεί:—with the Article, ὁ ἀ. χρόνος eternity, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ ἀ. ὄντες the immortals, Refs 5th c.BC+ —but ὁ αἰ. βασιλεύων the king for the time being, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ αἰ. ἐντὸς γιγνόμενος every one as he got inside, Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῖσι τούτων αἰ. ἐκγόνοισι to their descendants for ever, Refs 5th c.BC+, Et.Gud.z):
1 αἰεί, Epic dialect, Ionic dialect, poetical, and Early Attic dialect Refs 4th c.BC+
2 ἀεί [ᾰ three times in Refs 8th c.BC+, ᾱ?~X Attic dialect] normal in Attic dialect Inscrr. from Refs 4th c.BC+
3 αἰέν, Refs 8th c.BC+
4 Doric dialect αἰές, Refs 5th c.BC+; also ἀές, Refs
5 Aeolic dialect αἶι(ν), ἄιν, Hdn.Gr.[same place];Refs
6 αἰέ, Hdn.Gr. [prev. cited]
7 ἀέ, Refs 5th c.BC+ (ᾰἐ); compare ἀέ-ναος.
8 Boeotian dialect ἠί, Refs 2nd c.AD+
9 Tarentum dialect αἰή, Refs
II τὸ ἀ. eternity, τὸ ἀ. τοῦτο οὐκ αἰώνιόν ἐστιν ἀλλὰ χρονικόνRefs 1st c.AD+ = ἕως in Attic dialect is based on misinterpretation of such phrases as ἐς τόνδε αἰ. τὸν πόλεμονRefs 5th c.BC+, cf. Latin aevum.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
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Acts 7:51… aperitmētoir kardiai kai tei ouei, vis aei te pneume te hagie antipiptavō, hōs …… with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as …
2 Corinthians 4:11aei gar nis tois zōarōntois eis thanaton …For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake …
2 Corinthians 6:10hōs luporōntois aei de chairarōntois, hōs ptōchois polloin de …sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich …
Titus 1:12… ek autoiu, idios autoiu profētos, Krētois aei pseustois, kakoseim thēreim, gastrais argais;… own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
1 Peter 3:15… hagiazavar en tai kardiai vu, hetoimois aei pros apologian panto to aitarōnto vin …… your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense …
2 Peter 1:12Dio mellami aei vin hupomimnēskarō peri houteiu, kaiper horarēntoin …Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even …
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Hebrews 3:10… prosochthizama ta genea houta kai legama; Aei planolō ta kardia; autois de ouk …… and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not …