What does πάλαι (pálai) mean in the Bible?
πάλαι (pálai) is a Greek word meaning "of old".
Greek · G3819
πάλαι
Of old
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πάλαι G3819
Pronunciation pálai
What does πάλαι (pálai) mean in the Bible?
πάλαι (pálai) is a Greek word meaning "of old".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3819?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include long ago (3), . . . (1), {On many} past (1), all along (1), past (1).
Where does πάλαι (pálai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 11:21. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), 2 Peter (1), Hebrews (1), Jude (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It long ago 3× Matthew 11:21, Luke 10:13, Jude 1:4
. . . 1× Mark 15:44
{On many} past 1× Hebrews 1:1
all along 1× 2 Corinthians 12:19
past 1× 2 Peter 1:9
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 11:21
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 7
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 1 2 Corinthians 1 Hebrews 1 2 Peter 1 Jude 1
Source forms
πάλαι 6x palai Matthew 11:21, Mark 15:44, Luke 10:13, Hebrews 1:1
Πάλαι 1x Palai 2 Corinthians 12:19
Parsing patterns
Adverb 7x Matthew 11:21, Mark 15:44, Luke 10:13, 2 Corinthians 12:19
Evidence Summary
Greek word. of old
Strong's G3819
Lexical occurrences 7 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 1 form 7 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
of old
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 11:21 Adverb
πάλαι palai
of old, long ago
Read verse Mark 15:44 Adverb
πάλαι palai
of old, long ago
Read verse Luke 10:13 Adverb
πάλαι palai
of old, long ago
Read verse Hebrews 1:1 Adverb
πάλαι palai
of old, long ago
Read verse 2 Peter 1:9 Adverb
πάλαι palai
of old, long ago
Read verse Jude 1:4 Adverb
πάλαι palai
of old, long ago
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 7
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 11:21 · Mark 15:44 · Luke 10:13 · 2 Cor 12:19 · Heb 1:1 · 2 Pet 1:9 · Jude 1:4 7×
Word Origins
πάλαι is built from this root:
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