The Greek Word Aionios

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 20, 1869

The Greek Word Aionios.

DR. SIDNEY SMITH of Trinity College, Dublin, whose Greek scholarship will hardly be called in question, and whose testimony is all the more valuable as that of an opponent, says:

“There is no mystery or ambiguity about the word aionios. Like many other words in the lexicon, it has several meanings; but this creates no difficulty; the context is always sufficient to decide; the relation and genesis of its different meanings are well ascertained; and as a general definition, it may be safely held that it commonly means a continuous duration as long as the subject is capable of.”