Synonym of always eternal, lasting. In Theology, the term eternal is usually left for God, who has neither had a beginning nor will have an end, and the term “everlasting” or “everlasting” for man, who has had a beginning, and will have no end.
Pedro Chico González, Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy, Editorial Bruño, Lima, Peru 2006
Source: Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy
aionios (aijwvnio”, 166), see ETERNAL under ETERNITY, B, No. 2.
Source: Vine New Testament Dictionary