eternity

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: e=ter=ni=ty
• COUNT in NET: 2 in 2 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses) (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

eternity, n. [F. éternité, L. aeternitas, fr. aeternus. See Etern.].

•  Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time.  [1913 Webster]

  "The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity."  [1913 Webster]
•  Condition which begins at death; immortality.  [1913 Webster]

  "Thou know'st 't is common; all that lives must die,
  Passing through nature to eternity."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

eternity, n. (pl. -ies)
1 infinite or unending (esp. future) time.
2 Theol. endless life after death.
3 the state of being eternal.
4 colloq. (often prec. by an) a very long time.
5 (in pl.) eternal truths.

Idiom

eternity ring a finger-ring set with gems all round, usu. given as a token of lasting affection.

Etymology

ME f. OF eternit{eacute} f. L aeternitas -tatis f. aeternus: see ETERNAL

THESAURUS

eternity

Beulah, Beulah Land, Heaven, Land of Beulah, Paradise, a better place, aeon, afterlife, age, ages, all-comprehensiveness, all-inclusiveness, an eternity, better world, blue moon, boundlessness, ceaselessness, century, coeternity, constancy, continualness, continuance, countlessness, datelessness, durability, endless time, endlessness, eternal home, eternalness, ever-duringness, everlasting moment, everlastingness, everness, exhaustlessness, forever, foreverness, glory, happy hunting ground, heaven above, heavenly kingdom, high heaven, holiness, illimitability, immeasurability, immensity, immortality, immutability, incalculability, incessancy, incomprehensibility, indestructibility, inexhaustibility, infinite duration, infinite goodness, infinite justice, infinite love, infinite mercy, infinite power, infinite wisdom, infiniteness, infinitude, infinity, innumerability, interminability, kingdom come, kingdom of God, kingdom of glory, kingdom of heaven, light, limitlessness, long, long time, long while, majesty, measurelessness, month of Sundays, never-endingness, neverness, no time, numberlessness, omnipotence, omnipotency, omnipresence, omniscience, omnisciency, otherworld, perdurability, perenniality, perennialness, permanence, perpetualness, perpetuity, presence of God, realm of light, right smart spell, sempiternity, sovereignty, stability, termlessness, the Promised Land, the happy land, the world above, time without end, timelessness, ubiquity, unceasingness, unity, universality, unmeasurability, world without end, years, years on end

ROGET THESAURUS

eternity

Perpetuity

N perpetuity, eternity, everness, aye, sempiternity, immortality, athanasia, interminability, agelessness, everlastingness, perpetuation, continued existence, uninterrupted existence, perennity, permanence (durability), perpetual, eternal, everduring, everlasting, ever-living, ever- flowing, continual, sempiternal, coeternal, endless, unending, ceaseless, incessant, uninterrupted, indesinent, unceasing, endless, unending, interminable, having no end, unfading, evergreen, amaranthine, neverending, never-dying, never-fading, deathless, immortal, undying, imperishable, perpetually, always, ever, evermore, aye, for ever, for aye, till the end of the universe, forevermore, forever and a day, for ever and ever, in all ages, from age to age, without end, world without end, time without end, in secula seculorum, to the end of time, to the crack of doom, to the 'last syllable of recorded time', till doomsday, constantly, esto perpetuum, labitur et labetur in omne volubilis oevum, but thou shall flourish in immortal youth, Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought, her immortal part with angels lives, ohne Rast ora e sempre.

Deity

N deity, Divinity, Godhead, Godship, Omnipotence, Providence, Heaven (metonymically), divineness, divinity, God, Lord, Jehovah, Jahweh, Allah, The Almighty, The Supreme Being, The First Cause, the Prime Mover, Ens Entium, Author of all things, Creator of all things, Author of our being, Cosmoplast, El, The Infinite, The Eternal, The All-powerful, The All-wise, The All- merciful, The All-holy, infinite power, infinite wisdom, infinite goodness, infinite justice, infinite truth, infinite mercy, omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, unity, immutability, holiness, glory, majesty, sovereignty, infinity, eternity, The Trinity, The Holy Trinity, The Trinity in Unity, The Triune God, God the Father Son and Holy Ghost, God the Father, The Maker, The Creator, The Preserver, creation, preservation, divine government, Theocracy, Thearchy, providence, ways of Providence, dealings of Providence, dispensations of Providence, visitations of Providence, God the Son, Jesus, Christ, The Messiah, The Anointed, The Saviour, the Redeemer, The Mediator, The Intercessor, The Advocate, The Judge, The Son of God, The Son of Man, The Son of David, The Lamb of God, The Word, Logos, Emmanuel, Immanuel, The King of Kings and Lord of Lords, The King of Glory, The Prince of Peace, The Good Shepherd, The Way, The Truth, The Life, The Bread of Life, The Light of the World, The Lord our, The Sun of Righteousness, The Pilot of the Galilean lake, The Incarnation, The Hypostatic Union, salvation, redemption, atonement, propitiation, mediation, intercession, judgment, God the Holy Ghost, The Holy Spirit, Paraclete, The Comforter, The Spirit of Truth, The Dove, inspiration, unction, regeneration, sanctification, consolation, eon, aeon, special providence, deus ex machina, avatar, almighty, holy, hallowed, sacred, divine, heavenly, celestial, sacrosanct, all-knowing, all-seeing, all-wise, omniscient, superhuman, supernatural, ghostly, spiritual, hyperphysical, unearthly, theistic, theocratic, anointed, soterial, Adj, jure divino, by divine right, Domine dirige nos, en Dieu est ma fiance, et sceleratis sol oritur, He mounts the storm and walks upon the wind, Thou great First Cause, least understood, sans Dieu rien.