Strong's Lexicon
G109 — ἀήρ
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G109 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀήρ |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from aemi "to breathe unconsciously", i.e. respire |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 7 |
| Transliteration: | aer |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ah-ayr' |
| Meaning: | 1. "air" (as naturally surrounding) |
| KJV Renderings: | air |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀήρ, ἀέρος, ὁ (ἄημι, ἄω (cf. ἄνεμος, at the beginning)), the air (particularly the lower and denser, as distinguished from the higher and rarer ὁ αἰθήρ, cf. Homer, Iliad 14, 288), the atmospheric region: Act 22:23; 1Th 4:17; Rev 9:2; Rev 16:17; ὁ ἄρχων τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος in Eph 2:2 signifies ’the ruler of the powers (spirits, see ἐξουσία 4 c. ββ.) in the air,’ i. e. the devil, the prince of the demons that according to Jewish opinion fill the realm of air (cf. Meyer at the passage; (B. D. American edition under the word ; Stuart in Bib. Sacr. for 1843, p. 139f)). Sometimes indeed, ἀήρ denotes a hazy, obscure atmosphere (Homer, Iliad 17, 644; 3, 381; 5, 356, etc.; Polybius 18, 3, 7), but is nowhere quite equiv, to σκότος — the sense which many injudiciously assign it in Ephesians, the passage cited ἀέρα δέρειν, (cf.verberat ictibus auras, Vergil Aen. 5, 377, of pugilists who miss their aim) i. e. to contend in vain, 1Co 9:26; εἰς ἀέρα λαλεῖν (verba ventis profundere, Lucr. 4, 929 (932)) ’to speak into the air’ i. e. without effect, used of those who speak what is not understood by the hearers, 1Co 14:9.
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀήρ (air)
Acts 22:23
- KJV: And as they cried out and cast off clothes and threw dust into the air
- GK: κραζόντων δε αυτών και ριπτούντων τα ιμάτια και κονιορτόν βαλλόντων εις τον αέρα
1 Corinthians 9:26
- KJV: I therefore so run not as uncertainly so fight I not as one that beateth the air
- GK: εγώ τοίνυν ούτω τρέχω ως ουκ αδήλως ούτω πυκτεύω ως ουκ αέρα δέρων
1 Corinthians 14:9
- KJV: So likewise ye except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood how shall it be known what is spoken for ye shall speak into the air
- GK: ούτως και υμείς διά της γλώσσης εάν μη εύσημον λόγον δώτε πως γνωσθήσεται το λαλούμενον έσεσθε γαρ εις αέρα λαλούντες
Ephesians 2:2
- KJV: Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world according to the prince of the power of the air the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience
- GK: εν αις ποτέ περιεπατήσατε κατά τον αιώνα του κόσμου τούτου κατά τον άρχοντα της εξουσίας του αέρος του πνεύματος του νυν ενεργούντος εν τοις υιοίς της απειθείας
1 Thessalonians 4:17
- KJV: Then we which are alive remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord
- GK: έπειτα ημείς οι ζώντες οι περιλειπόμενοι άμα συν αυτοίς αρπαγησόμεθα εν νεφέλαις εις απάντησιν του κυρίου εις αέρα και ούτω πάντοτε συν κυρίω εσόμεθα
Revelation 9:2
- KJV: And he opened the bottomless pit and there arose a smoke out of the pit as the smoke of a great furnace and the sun and the air were darkened by reason the smoke of the pit
- GK: και ήνοιξε το φρέαρ της αβύσσου και ανέβη καπνός εκ του φρέατος ως καπνός καμίνου καιομένης και εσκοτίσθη ο ήλιος και ο αήρ εκ του καπνού του φρέατος
Revelation 16:17
- KJV: And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven from the throne saying It is done
- GK: και ο έβδομος άγγελος εξέχεε την φιάλην αυτού εις τον αέρα και εξήλθε φωνή μεγάλη από του ναού του ουρανού από του θρόνου λέγουσα γέγονε