ἔτος, 
-ους, [genitive plural 
ἐτῶν, cf. Buttmann, 14 (13)], 
τό, [from Homer down], Hebrew 
שָׁנַה, 
a year: 
Luke 3:1; 
Acts 7:30; 
Hebrews 1:12; 
2 Peter 3:8; 
Revelation 20:3, etc.; 
ἔτη ἔχειν, to have passed years, 
John 8:57; with 
ἐν ἀσθενειᾳ added, 
John 5:5 [cf. Winer's Grammar § 32, 6]; 
εἶναι, 
γίνεσθαι, 
γεγονέναι ἐτῶν, 
e. g. δώδεκα, to be twelve years old [cf. English (a boy) 
of twelve years]: 
Mark 5:42; 
Luke 2:42; 
Luke 3:23 [cf. Winer's Grammar, 349 (328)]; 
Luke 8:42; 
Acts 4:22; 
γεγονυῖα ἔλαττον ἐτῶν ἑξήκοντα, less than sixty years old, 
1 Timothy 5:9 [Winers Grammar, 590 (549)]; dative plural, of the space of time within which a thing is done [Winers Grammar § 31, 9 a.; Buttmann, § 133, 26], 
John 2:20; 
Acts 13:20; accusative, in answer to the questtion, 
How long?: 
Matthew 9:20; 
Mark 5:25; 
Luke 2:36; 
Luke 13:7f, 
11, 
16; 
Luke 15:29; 
Acts 7:6, 
36, 
42; 
Hebrews 3:10 (
Hebrews 3:9), 
Hebrews 3:17; 
Revelation 20:2, 
4, 
6. preceded by a preposition: 
ἀπό, 
from... on, since, Luke 8:43; 
Romans 15:23; in the same sense 
ἐκ, 
Acts 9:33; 
Acts 24:10 [A. V. of many years]; 
διά with the genitive,... 
years having intervened, i. e. after [see 
διά, II. 2]: 
Acts 24:17; 
Galatians 2:1; 
εἰς, 
for... years, Luke 12:19; 
ἐπί with the accusative (see 
ἐπί, C. II. I, p. 235
b bottom), 
for (the space of), 
Acts 19:10; 
μετά with the accusative, 
after, Galatians 1:18; 
Galatians 3:17; 
πρό with the genitive, 
before [English 
ago; cf. 
πρό, b.], 
2 Corinthians 12:2; 
κατ’ ἔτος, 
yearly, Luke 2:41. [
Synonym: cf. 
ἐνιαυτός.] 
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