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        ^{1 BDAG, p. 32–33; Thayer, p. 18–20}

Case - Singular - Plural
Nominative - ὁ αἰών - οἱ αἰῶνες
Genitive - τοῦ αἰῶνος - τῶν αἰώνων
Dative - τῷ αἰῶνι - τοῖς αἰῶσι(ν)
Accusative - τὸν αἰῶνα - τοὺς αἰῶνας
Vocative - αἰών - αἰῶνες

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        ^{2 Ibid.
        3 BDAG, p. 839, on ποιέω, (1): “to produce something material, make, manufacture, produce.”}

In the Greek Septuagint, the Greek word «αἰών» was used to translate the Hebrew word עוֹלָם (olam).⁴ In writing to Jews, the author of the epistle to the Hebrews was referring to the creation of the manifold worlds which the Jews believed existed according to their tradition. By “worlds,” I mean not other galaxies, but rather, the Jews divided the world we inhabit into different parts.

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        ^{4 Thayer, p. 19, §2}

For example, in the Jewish commentary Tzeror ha-Mor (צרור המור), Avraham ben Yaʿakov Saba refers to הג' עולמות (“the three worlds”):⁵

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        ^{5 Folio 3a}

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        ^{6 Folio 79a, 90a}

³ By faith, we discern the worlds to have been prepared by the word⁷ of God, so that visible things did not come into existence out of things that appear.⁸

 ^Γʹ Πίστει νοοῦμεν κατηρτίσθαι τοὺς αἰῶνας ῥήματι θεοῦ εἰς τὸ μὴ ἐκ φαινομένων τά βλεπόμενα γεγονέναι ^{TR, 1550}

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        ^{7 or “decree”
        8 or “phenomena”}

In Midrash Bereshit Rabba, it is also written, מלמד שהיה בורא עולמות ומחריבן, “This teaches us that [God] created worlds and destroyed them.”⁹

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        ^{9 Parsha 3.7}

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        ^{10 Delitzsch, Vol. 1, p. 43}

References

Arndt, William; Bauer, Walter; Danker, Frederick William. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2000.

Avraham ben Yaʿakov Saba (עברהם בן יעקוב סבע). Tzeror ha-Mor (צרור המור). Venice: Cavalli, 1567.

Midrash Rabba (מדרש רבה).

Wilke, Christian Gottlob. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Being Grimm Wilke’s Clavis Novi Testamenti. Trans. Thayer, Joseph Henry. Ed. Grimm, Carl Ludwig Wilibald. Rev. ed. New York: American Book, 1889.

Yaʿakov ben Yitzchak Luzzatto (יעקב בן יצחק לוזאטו). Sefer Kavonot Ha-Agudot (ספר כונות העגדות), also known as Kaftor veFerach (כפתור ופרח). Amsterdam: Asher Anshel ben Eliʿezer Chazan, 1709.

In the Greek Septuagint, the Greek word «αἰών» was used to translate the Hebrew word עוֹלָם (olam).⁴ In writing to Jews, the author of the epistle to the Hebrews was referring to the creation of the manifold worlds which the Jews believed existed according to their tradition. By “worlds,” I mean not other galaxies, but rather, the Jews divided the world we inhabit into different parts.

For example, in the Jewish commentary Tzeror ha-Mor (צרור המור), Avraham ben Yaʿakov Saba refers to הג' עולמות (“the three worlds”):⁵

³ By faith, we discern the worlds to have been prepared by the word⁷ of God, so that visible things did not come into existence out of things that appear.<sup>8 

Γʹ</sup> Πίστει νοοῦμεν κατηρτίσθαι τοὺς αἰῶνας ῥήματι θεοῦ εἰς τὸ μὴ ἐκ φαινομένων τά βλεπόμενα γεγονέναι ^{TR, 1550}

In Midrash Bereshit Rabba, it is also written, מלמד שהיה בורא עולמות ומחריבן, “This teaches us that [God] created worlds and destroyed them.”⁹

The noun αἰών declines as follows:

In the Greek Septuagint, the Greek word «αἰών» was used to translate the Hebrew word עוֹלָם [olam].⁴ In writing to Jews, the author of the epistle to the Hebrews was referring to the creation of the manifold worlds which the Jews believed existed according to their tradition. By “worlds,” I mean not other galaxies, but rather, the Jews divided the world we inhabit into different parts.

For example, in the Jewish commentary Tzeror ha-Mor (צרור המור), Avraham ben Yaʿakov Saba refers to הג' עולמות (“the three worlds”):⁵

The same three worlds (הג' עולמות) are mentioned by Yaʿakov Luzzatto in ספר כונות האגדות (Sefer Kavonot ha-Agudot).⁶

Franz Delitzsch concurs, thus commenting,⁹

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¹ BDAG, p. 32-33; Thayer, p. 18-20
² Ibid.
³ BDAG, p. 839, on ποιέω, (1): “to produce something material, make, manufacture, produce.”
⁴ Thayer, p. 19, §2
⁵ Folio 3b
⁶ Folio 79a, 90a
⁷ or “decree”
⁸ or “phenomena”
⁹ p. 43

References

Yaʿakov ben Yitzchak Luzzatto (יעקב בן יצחק לוזאטו). Sefer Kavonot Ha-Agudot (ספר כונות העגדות), also known as Kaftor veFerach (כפתור ופרח). Amsterdam: Asher Anshel ben Eliʿezer Chazan, 1709.

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        ^{1 BDAG, p. 32–33; Thayer, p. 18–20}

The noun αἰών declines as follows:

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        ^{2 Ibid.
        3 BDAG, p. 839, on ποιέω, (1): “to produce something material, make, manufacture, produce.”}

In the Greek Septuagint, the Greek word «αἰών» was used to translate the Hebrew word עוֹלָם (olam).⁴ In writing to Jews, the author of the epistle to the Hebrews was referring to the creation of the manifold worlds which the Jews believed existed according to their tradition. By “worlds,” I mean not other galaxies, but rather, the Jews divided the world we inhabit into different parts.

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        ^{4 Thayer, p. 19, §2}

For example, in the Jewish commentary Tzeror ha-Mor (צרור המור), Avraham ben Yaʿakov Saba refers to הג' עולמות (“the three worlds”):⁵

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        ^{5 Folio 3a}

The same three worlds (הג' עולמות) are mentioned by Yaʿakov Luzzatto in ספר כונות האגדות (Sefer Kavonot ha-Agudot).⁶

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        ^{6 Folio 79a, 90a}

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        ^{7 or “decree”
        8 or “phenomena”}

In Midrash Bereshit Rabba, it is also written, מלמד שהיה בורא עולמות ומחריבן, “This teaches us that [God] created worlds and destroyed them.”⁹

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        ^{9 Parsha 3.7}

Franz Delitzsch concurs, thus commenting,¹⁰

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         ^{10 Delitzsch, Vol. 1, p. 43}

References

Arndt, William; Bauer, Walter; Danker, Frederick William. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2000.

Avraham ben Yaʿakov Saba (עברהם בן יעקוב סבע). Tzeror ha-Mor (צרור המור). Venice: Cavalli, 1567.

Midrash Rabba (מדרש רבה).

Wilke, Christian Gottlob. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Being Grimm Wilke’s Clavis Novi Testamenti. Trans. Thayer, Joseph Henry. Ed. Grimm, Carl Ludwig Wilibald. Rev. ed. New York: American Book, 1889.

Yaʿakov ben Yitzchak Luzzatto (יעקב בן יצחק לוזאטו). Sefer Kavonot Ha-Agudot (ספר כונות העגדות), also known as Kaftor veFerach (כפתור ופרח). Amsterdam: Asher Anshel ben Eliʿezer Chazan, 1709.