Eis tous aiwnas twn aiwnwn

[Der Pilger]

I'm interested in learning the various ways this phrase has been translated and understood in the past. I'm aware of the passages in the NT in which it occurs, but knowing how it has been interpreted and translated in other texts would be helpful. Does anyone happen to have or know of a list of quotations using this phrase?

EDIT: I'm particularly interested in learning when it is translated "forever" and when it might be translated in other ways.

 

[CharlieJ]

Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, ????

This is the complete LSJ lexicon, and II gives the range of meanings closest to "forever".

 

[rbcbob]

There is a phrase study at
Forever and ever.

 

[fredtgreco]

You could run a search at Perseus and see ancient texts that have that. You could probably also run a search in Bibleworks in the Classics modules (Plato, Xenophon, etc.) that are available as add ons. I don't have the time right now to do that, but my 20+ years of Classical Greek tells me that it is almost always translated "forever" in Attic texts.

 

[Der Pilger]

Thank you for the responses, everyone.