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παλαιός

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παλαιός G3820
Pronunciation palaiós

What does παλαιός (palaiós) mean in the Bible?

παλαιός (palaiós) is a Greek word meaning "old". παλαιός, -ά, -όν (πάλαι), [in LXX: Lev.

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Meaning

old
Extended definition

Worn out or obsolete by age or use, contrasting with new or fresh; often theological.

(πάλαι), [in LXX: Lev.25:22 26:10, Sng.7:13 (14) (יָשֵׁן), יָשֵׁן), Jos.9:4-5, Jer.38:11 (בָּלֶה), etc. ;] old, ancient; opposite to νέος, καινός: οἶνος, Luk.5:3; διαθήκη, 2Co.3:14; ἐντολή, 1Jn.2:7; ζύμη, 1Co.5:7-8; ὁ π. ἄςθρωπος (for similar phrases, see Westc., Eph., 68), Rom.6:6, Eph.4:22, Col.3:9; neut. pl., καινὰ καὶ π., Mat.13:52; of things not merely old, but worn by use (as Jo, l.with, LXX), Mat.9:16-17, Mrk.2:21-22, Luk.5:36-37.

Synonymssee: ἀρχαῖος
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 5:39 · Rom 6:6 2×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine 1 John 2:7 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Mark 2:21 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine 2 Cor 3:14 1×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 9:16 · Luke 5:36 2×
Dative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 5:8 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 9:17 · Mark 2:22 · Luke 5:37 3×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 5:39 · Eph 4:22 · Col 3:9 3×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Mark 2:21 · Luke 5:36 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 5:7 · 1 John 2:7 2×
19 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Witnesses
Luke 5:33–39 παλαιός palaiós
Old
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

καινός · παλαιός G2537, G3820
new and old
παλαιός · ἄνθρωπος G3820, G444
old person, old humanity, old self
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Colossians 3 — Raised with Christ: Putting Off the Old Life and Putting On the New Ephesians 4 — Walking Worthy: Unity, Maturity, and the New Life in Christ Matthew 13 — The Kingdom in Parables: Hearing, Hiddenness, Growth, Worth, and Judgment Romans 6 — Dead to Sin and Alive to God in Christ Jesus

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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