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op 21 Mar 2003 12:38:24 schreef Qohelet:
aiôn (bron: Liddel-Scott)
1. one's lifetime, existence Hom. and Att. poets
2. an age, generation, Aesch.
- ho mellôn aiôn, posterity, Dem.
3. a long space of time, an age
. ap' aiônos, of old, Hes., N.T.
4. a definite space of time, era, epoch, age, period
. ho aiôn houtos, this present world, N.T.
. hence its usage in pl., eis tous aiônas, for evert, Ib.
`LM (bron: Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Phenician `LM
Aramic `oLMâH
Nabatean `LMH
Arabic `a'LaM creation, world, etc.
acc. to Thes al. from `LM, the hidden (E. König)
cp. quadril. `'LM primitive waters (P. de Lagrade)
cp. Ethiopic `aLaTe, time
cp. Assyrian ullûti, ullâ, remote time (J. Barth)
`oWLâM long duration, antiquity, futurity
1. of past time:
a. ancient time:
- "days of old", Is. 63, 9 etc
- ancient people, Is 44, 7
- ancient gates, Ps 24, 7.9
- "from of old", Is 64, 3 etc.
b. the long dead, Ps. 143, 3; Lam 3, 6
c. of God:
- former acts, Is 46, 9
- love, Ps 25, 6
- judgment, Ps 119, 52
- existence, Ps 93, 2
d. of things:
- ancient hills, Gen 49, 26
e. (pl.)
- shenôth `alamîm, years of ancient times, Ps 77, 6
- dôrôth `alamîm, in olden times, Is. 51, 9
2.
a. indef. futurity, with prep. for ever, always
- `èvèd `ôlâm, slave for ever, Dt 15, 7
- ge'ullath `ôlâm, redemption at any time, Lv 25, 32
- herath `ôlâm, ever pregnant, Je 20, 17
- yechiy le`ôlâm, may the king live alway, 1 K 1,31
b. continuous existence
(1) of things
- the earth, Ec 1, 4
- ruined cities, Is 25, 2
- "for a witness forever", Is 30, 8
(2) of nations, Is 47, 7; Jo 4, 20
(3) families, Ps 49, 12; 1 S 13, 13; 1 S 2, 30
(4) national relations
- continual enmity, Ez 25, 15
- perpetual reproach, Ps 78, 66
c. of divine existence
- 'êl `ôlâm, eternal God, Gn 21, 33
- 'êlohê `ôlâm, eternal God, Is 40, 28
- attributes of God: Ps 89, 2; Ps 100, 5; Ps 136, 1 etc. etc.
d. of God's covenant
- berîth `ôlâm, Gn 9, 16; 17, 7.13.19 etc.
e. of God's laws
- dabar[îm] `ôlâm, Ps 119, 89 etc.
f. of God's promises, Is 40, 8; Ps 18, 51; 89, 5 etc. etc.
g. of relations between God and his people, 1 Ch 29, 18; Ps 45, 18; 103, 9; etc.
h. of Messianic dynasty and king: Ps 110, 4; 45, 7; 72, 17 etc.
i. = indefinite, unending future, Gn 3, 22; Zc 1, 5; Ps 49, 9; Ezr 9, 12
j. after deatch: Je 51, 39.57; Dn 12, 2
k. = age (duration) of the world, Ec. 3, 11
l. pl. intens. everlastingness, eternity, Is. 45, 17; Dn 9, 24; Is 26, 4; Ps 145, 13
m. special phrase
- mi`lam `ad `olam from ever lasting to everlasting, Ps 90, 2; 103, 17 etc.
- ma`athah wa`ad `olam from now and for ever, Ps 115, 18; Ps 121, 8 etc.