"air, atmosphere"
Definition and meaning
air, atmosphere
In the original Greek the word is written: ἀήρ
Historical context
The Roman Empire provided infrastructure no previous civilization had built — roads, sea routes, a common language in Greek, and relative peace across the Mediterranean. Jewish synagogues existed in every major city, giving Paul a starting point everywhere he traveled. The early church had no buildings, no political power, no social standing — and spread faster than any movement in ancient history.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of aer (G109) across the King James Bible.
And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
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Common questions
Strong's G109 (aer) is a Greek word that means: air, atmosphere It appears 7 times in the King James Bible.
The word aer (G109) appears 7 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G109 is aer, a Greek word defined as: air, atmosphere. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
aer is a Greek word found in the New Testament.