aei · always

What it means

aei (ἀεί) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “always”.

Ever, continually.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. At all times, without ceasing.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Acts×1
• 2 Corinthians×2
• Titus×1
• Hebrews×1
• 1 Peter×1
• 2 Peter×1

• Acts 7:51

  Stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, you do also.

• 2 Corinthians 4:11

  For we who are alive are always being handed over to death for the sake of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

• 2 Corinthians 6:10

  as grieving yet always rejoicing; as poor yet making many rich; as having nothing and yet possessing everything.

• Titus 1:12

  One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

• Hebrews 3:10

  for forty years. Therefore I was angry with this generation, and I said: Always they go astray in their heart, and they did not know my ways.

• 1 Peter 3:15

  but sanctify the Messiah as Lord in your hearts, always ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you;

• 2 Peter 1:12

  Therefore I will always be ready to remind you of these things, though you know them and are made firm in the present truth.