aer denotes the atmospheric space into which things are thrown, in which people meet, and which can be darkened or addressed figuratively.

The attested uses point to the atmospheric space as a setting or object: speech is directed into it, dust is flung into it, a meeting occurs there, and it can receive a poured-out bowl or be darkened by smoke. One genitive construction also identifies it as the sphere named in the phrase about the ruler of its authority.

1. Atmospheric space and its figurative extension · dominant

   Across the occurrences, the term names the space involved in concrete scenes: in 1 Corinthians 9:26 the APB renders the boxer as “not beating air,” and in Acts 22:23 it renders dust as being flung “into the air.” In 1 Thessalonians 4:17 the APB renders the meeting as occurring “in the air”; Revelation 16:17 has a bowl poured out “upon the air,” and Revelation 9:2 says that smoke darkened “the air.” In 1 Corinthians 14:9 it is the destination of unintelligible speech, while Ephesians 2:2 uses the genitive singular in the phrase rendered “the ruler of the authority of the air.”

   1 Corinthians 14:91 Corinthians 9:261 Thessalonians 4:17Acts 22:23Ephesians 2:2Revelation 16:17Revelation 9:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB repeatedly presents the term with “air,” including “into the air,” “in the air,” and “upon the air.” These renderings confirm the verse-level setting but do not by themselves fix every nuance of the Greek term.