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Lexicon :: Strong's G109 - aēr

Aa
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)
mGNT
7x in 3 unique form(s) TR
7x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
3x in 3 unique form(s)
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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, 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: Acts 22:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Revelation 9:2; Revelation 16:17; ὁ 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 7 times in 7 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:23 - And while they were crying out, and pulling off their clothing, and sending dust into the air,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:26 - So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:9 - So if you, in using a strange tongue, say words which have no sense, how will anyone take in what you are saying? for you will be talking to the air.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:2 - In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:17 - Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:2 - And he made the great deep open and a smoke went up from it, like the smoke of a great oven; and the sun and the air were made dark because of the smoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:17 - And the seventh let what was in his vessel come out on the air; and there came out a great voice from the house of God, from the high seat, saying, It is done.
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