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Strong's #109 - ἀήρ

Transliteration
aḗr
Phonetics
ah-ayr'
Origin
from aemi (to breathe unconsciously, i.e. respire by analogy, to blow)
Parts of Speech
noun, masculine
TDNT
1:165,25
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ἀθανασία
Definition   
Thayer's
  1. the air, particularly the lower and denser air as distinguished from the higher and rarer air
  2. the atmospheric region
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 7834 ‑ שַׁחַק (shakh'‑ak);  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (7)
Acts 1
1 Corinthians 2
Ephesians 1
1 Thessalonians 1
Revelation 2
NAS (7)
Acts 1
1 Corinthians 2
Ephesians 1
1 Thessalonians 1
Revelation 2
HCS (7)
Acts 1
1 Corinthians 2
Ephesians 1
1 Thessalonians 1
Revelation 2
BSB (7)
Acts 1
1 Corinthians 2
Ephesians 1
1 Thessalonians 1
Revelation 2
ESV (7)
Acts 1
1 Corinthians 2
Ephesians 1
1 Thessalonians 1
Revelation 2
WEB (7)
Acts 1
1 Corinthians 2
Ephesians 1
1 Thessalonians 1
Revelation 2
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀήρ, ἀέρος, Hom. ἀήρ, ἠέρος; Ion. nom. ἠήρ Hp. Aër. 6,al., Aret. CA 2.3; Aeol. αὐήρ Sch. Pi. P. 2.52; Dor. ἀβήρ (i.e. ἀϜήρ) Hsch.: fem. in Hom. and Hes. (exc. Op. 549), Anaxag. ap. Thphr. Sens. 30; from Hdt downwds. masc. (Il. 5.776, 8.50, h.Cer. 383 cannot be quoted for the masc. usage, since there πουλύς and βαθύς need not be masc.):

I

1. in Hom. and Hes. always mist, haze, not (as Aristarch.) lower air (opp. αἰθήρ, q.v.); [ἐλάτη] μακροτάτη πεφυυῖα δι' ἠέρος αἰθέρ' ἵκανεν Il. 14.288, cf. Anaxag. 1, Ar. Nu. 264s q.; περὶ δ' ἠέρα πουλὺν ἔχευεν Il. 5.776, cf. 3.381, 8.50; ἠέρα μὲν σκέδας εν καὶ ἀπῶσεν ὀμί χλην 17.649; τρὶς δ' ἠέρα τύψε βαθεῖαν 20.446; rare in Prose, Hp. l.c.

2. later, generally, air, Anaxim.1, Emp. 17.18, S. El. 87, Ar. Av. 187, 694, etc.; πρὸς τὸν ἀέρα διατρίβειν in the open air, Ar. Nu. 198, cf. Teles p.11.3 H., Luc. Anach. 24; τὸν ἀέρ' ἕλκειν καθαρόν Philyll. 20, cf. Philem. 119; ἔσπασας τὸν ἀ. τὸν κοινόν Men. 531.7; ἀέρα δέρειν 1 Corinthians 9:26; εἰς ἀέρᾳ λαλεῖν ib. 14.9: in pl., Pl. Phd. 98c, 98d; climates, Hp. Aër. tit., cf. Men.Rh.p.383 S.; of mephitic exhalations, Str. 5.4.5.

3. personified, ὦ δέσποτ' ἄναξ ἀμέτ ρητ' Ἀ. Ar. Nu. 264; Ἀ. ὃν ἄν τις ὀνομάσειε καὶ Δία Philem. 91.4, cf. Diph. 126.6.

II

1. hot-air room in baths, Gal. 11.14.

2. volume, Hero *Stereom. 57,al.

III a pigment, sky-blue or grey, Id. Aut. 28.3. [ , except in Arist. Fr. 642, Ps.-Phoc. [108].]

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἀήρ, ἀέρος, (ἄημι, ἄω (cf. ἄνεμος, at the beginning)), the air (particularly the lower and denser, as distinguished from the higher and rarer αἰθήρ, cf. Homer, Iliad 14, 288), the atmospheric region: Acts 22:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Revelation 9:2; Revelation 16:17; ἄρχων τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος in Ephesians 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, 1 Corinthians 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, 1 Corinthians 14:9.


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀήρ , ἀέρος , ,

[in LXX: 2 Kings 22:12 (= Psalms 18:11, H7834), Wisdom of Solomon 8:1-21;]

in Hom., Hes., the lower air which surrounds the earth, as opp. to the purer αἰθήρ of the higher regions; generally, air (MM, VGT, s.v.): Acts 22:23, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, Revelation 9:2; Revelation 16:17; of the air as the realm of demons, Ephesians 2:2; . δρεινέ of striving to no purpose, 1 Corinthians 9:26; εἰς ἀ λαλεῖν , of speaking without effect, not being understood, 1 Corinthians 14:9.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

A very late (vi/A.D.) citation may be made from an illiterate document which fairly proves the word in continued vernacular use : P Lond 991.10 ( = III. p. 258) ἀπὸ θημελίου ἕως ἀέρως. Vettius Valens p. 330.19 has ὅ τε περικεχυμένος ἀὴρ ἄφθαρτος ὑπάρχων καὶ διήκων εἰς ἡμᾶς ἀπόρροιαν καιρικὴν ἀθανασίας ἀπονέμει κτλ. In Wünsch AF 4.37 (iii/A.D.) we have ἀέρος τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἔχοντα Ωη Ἰάω εεαφ —but in syncretic documents of this kind a reminiscence of Ephesians 2:2 is not excluded. Add P Leid Wxviii. 38 ὁ ἀέρα βλέπων. In BGU IV. 1207.6 (B.C. 28) we find some gauzy fabrics described as ἀεροε ̣[ι ]δ ̣ ̣. The noun survives in MGr.

[Supplemental from 1930 edition]

ἀήρ, perhaps metaphorical in P Oxy XIV. 1672.15 (A.D. 37–41), see the editors’ note. The word = ";wind"; in ib. 1682.4 (iv/A.D.).

 


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List of Word Forms
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