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Lexicon :: Strong's G109 - aēr

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ἀήρ
Transliteration
aēr (Key)
Pronunciation
ah-ayr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From aemi (to breathe unconsciously, i.e. respire; by analogy, to blow)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:165,25

Strong’s Definitions

ἀήρ aḗr, ah-ayr'; from ἄημι áēmi (to breathe unconsciously, i.e. respire; by analogy, to blow); "air" (as naturally circumambient):—air. Compare G5594.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G109 in the following manner: air (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G109 in the following manner: air (7x).
  1. the air, particularly the lower and denser air as distinguished from the higher and rarer air

  2. the atmospheric region

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀήρ aḗr, ah-ayr'; from ἄημι áēmi (to breathe unconsciously, i.e. respire; by analogy, to blow); "air" (as naturally circumambient):—air. Compare G5594.
STRONGS G109:
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 Air; 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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
22:23
1 Corinthians
9:26; 14:9
Ephesians
2:2
1 Thessalonians
4:17
Revelation
9:2; 16:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G109 matches the Greek ἀήρ (aēr),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - He made darkness around him his canopy,
thick clouds, a gathering of water.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:12 - And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the son of Aher.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him,
thick clouds dark with water.
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