What does καινός · παλαιός mean in the Bible?
καινός · παλαιός is a Greek phrase meaning "new and old".
Greek · G2537, G3820
καινὰ καὶ παλαιά
New (especially in freshness; while is properly so with respect to age · old
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καινός G2537 new (especially in freshness; while is properly so with respect to age
Pronunciation kainós
New in quality and freshness rather than merely recent in time; emphasizes novelty of form or character
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παλαιός G3820 old
Pronunciation palaiós
Worn out or obsolete by age or use, contrasting with new or fresh; often theological.
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What does καινὰ καὶ παλαιά (kaina kai palaia) mean in the Bible?
καινός · παλαιός is a Greek phrase meaning "new and old".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2537, G3820?
G2537, G3820 is connected to 42 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. new and old
Source Gloss
new and old
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 42 Case pattern Accusative (20) Number pattern Singular (30)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Mark 1:27 · Luke 22:20 · Acts 17:19 · 1 Cor 11:25 · 2 Cor 5:17 · Gal 6:15 6×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Mark 2:21 · John 19:41 2×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter 2 Cor 5:17 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine 2 Cor 3:6 · Heb 9:15 · Rev 3:12 3×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Luke 5:36 2×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 27:60 1×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Mark 16:17 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine John 13:34 · Heb 8:8 · Heb 8:13 · 2 Pet 3:13 · 1 John 2:7 · 1 John 2:8 · 2 John 1:5 · Rev 5:9 · Rev 14:3 · Rev 21:1 · Rev 21:2 11×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 26:29 · Mark 14:25 · Luke 5:36 · Rev 2:17 · Rev 3:12 5×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 9:17 · Mark 2:22 · Luke 5:38 · 2 Pet 3:13 4×
Word Origins
καινὰ καὶ παλαιά is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain