Strong's Lexicon
G2537 — καινός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2537 |
|---|---|
| Word: | καινός |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | of uncertain affinity |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 42 |
| Transliteration: | kainos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kai-nos' |
| Meaning: | 1. new (especially in freshness) {while G3501 is properly so with respect to age} |
| KJV Renderings: | new |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καινός, καινή, καινόν (from Aeschylus and Herodotus down); the Sept. for çÈãÈùÑ; new, i. e.
a. as respects form; recently made, fresh, recent, unused, unworn (opposed to παλαιός old, antiquated): as ἀσκός, Mat 9:11; Mar 2:22 (T omits; Tr WH brackets the clause); Luk 5:38 ἱμάτιον, Luk 5:36; πλήρωμα, Mar 2:21; μνημεῖον, Mat 27:60; with ἐν ᾧ οὐδέπω οὐδείς ἐτέθη added, Joh 19:41; καινά καί παλαιά, Mat 13:52; new, which as recently made is superior to what it succeeds: διαθήκη, Mat 26:28 (T WH omit καινά); Mar 14:24 R L; Luk 22:20 (WH reject the passage); 1Co 11:25; 2Co 3:6; Heb 8:8; Heb 8:13; Heb 9:15 (Jeremiah 38:31 ()); καινοί οὐρανοί, καινή γῆ, 2Pe 3:13; Rev 21:1 (Isa 65:17; Isa 66:22); Ἱερουσαλήμ (see Ἱεροσόλυμα, at the end), Rev 3:12; Rev 21:2; ἄνθρωπος (see the word, 1 f.), Eph 2:15; Eph 4:24 (καρδία, πνεῦμα, Eze 18:31; Eze 36:26); καινά πάντα ποιῶ, I bring all things into a new and better condition, Rev 21:5; γέννημα τῆς ἀμπέλου, Mat 26:29; Mar 14:25.
b. as respects substance; of a new kind; unprecedented, novel, uncommon, unheard of (ἑτέρα καί καινά δαιμόνια, Xenophon, mem. 1, 1, 1): διδαχή, Mar 1:27; Act 17:19; ἐντολή, given now for the first time, Joh 13:34; 1Jn 2:7; 2Jn 1:5; ὄνομα, with the added explanation ὁ οὐδείς οἶδεν (ἔγνω Rec.), Rev 2:17 (Isa 62:2; Isa 65:15); ᾠδή, Rev 5:9; Rev 14:3 (Psa 143:9 (); ὕμνος, Isa 42:10; ᾆσμα, Psa 32:3 (); (), etc.); λέγειν τί καί (ἤ L T Tr WH) ἀκούειν καινότερον, Act 17:21 (newer namely, than that which is already; (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 244 (228f))); κτίσις, Gal 6:15; καινά τά πάντα, all things are new, previously non-existent, begin to be far different from what they were before, 2Co 5:17 (L T Tr WH omit τά πάντα); μηκέτι οὔσης τῆς ἀνομίας, καινων δέ γεγονότων πάντων ὑπό κυρίου, the Epistle of Barnabas 15, 7 [ET]. γλῶσσαι (see γλῶσσα, 2): Mar 16:17 (Tr text WH text omit; Tr marginal reading brackets καινων) [SYNONYMS: καινός, νέος: νέος denotes the new primarily in reference to time, the young, recent; καινός denotes the new primarily in reference to quality, the fresh, unworn; ’νέος ad tempus refertur, καινός ad rem;’ see Trench, § lx.; Tittmann i., p. 59f; Green, ’Critical Note’ on Mat 9:17 (where the words occur together). The same distinction, in the main, holds in classic usage; cf. Schmidt ii., chapter 47.]
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
καινός (new)
Matthew 9:17
- KJV: Neither do men put new wine into old bottles else the bottles break and the wine runneth out and the bottles perish but they put new wine into new bottles and both are preserved
- GK: ουδέ βάλλουσιν οίνον νέον εις ασκούς παλαιούς ει ρήγνυνται οι ασκοί και ο οίνος εκχείται και οι ασκοί απολούνται αλλά βάλλουσιν οίνον νέον εις ασκούς καινούς και αμφότερα συντηρούνται
Matthew 13:52
- KJV: Then said he unto them Therefore every scribe instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man an householder which bringeth forth out of his treasure new and old
- GK: ο δε είπεν αυτοίς διά τούτο πας γραμματεύς μαθητευθείς εις την βασιλείαν των ουρανών όμοιός εστιν ανθρώπω οικοδεσπότη όστις εκβάλλει εκ του θησαυρού αυτού καινά και παλαιά
Matthew 26:28
- KJV: For this is my blood of the new testament which is shed for many for the remission of sins
- GK: τούτο γαρ εστι το αίμά μου το της καινής διαθήκης το περί πολλών εκχυνόμενον εις άφεσιν αμαρτιών
Matthew 26:29
- KJV: But I say unto you I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom
- GK: λέγω δε υμίν ότι ου πίω απ΄ άρτι εκ τούτου του γεννήματος της αμπέλου έως την ημέρας εκείνης όταν αυτό πίνω μεθ΄ υμών καινόν εν τη βασιλεία του πατρός μου
Matthew 27:60
- KJV: And laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn out in the rock and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre and departed
- GK: και έθηκεν αυτό εν τω καινώ αυτού μνημείω ο ελατόμησεν εν τη πέτρα και προσκυλίσας λίθον μέγαν τη θύρα του μνημείου απήλθεν
Mark 1:27
- KJV: And they were all amazed insomuch that they questioned among themselves saying What thing is this what new doctrine this for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits and they do obey him
- GK: και εθαμβήθησαν πάντες ώστε συζητείν προς εαυτούς λέγοντας τι εστι τούτο τις η διδαχή η καινή αύτη ότι κατ΄ εξουσίαν και τοις πνεύμασι τοις ακαθάρτοις επιτάσσει και υπακούουσιν αυτώ
Mark 2:21
- KJV: No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old and the rent is made worse
- GK: και ουδείς επίβλημα ράκους αγνάφου επιρράπτει επί ιματίω παλαιώ ει αίρει το πλήρωμα αυτού το καινόν του παλαιού και χείρον σχίσμα γίνεται
Mark 2:22
- KJV: And no man putteth new wine into old bottles else the new wine doth burst the bottles and the wine is spilled and the bottles will be marred but new wine must be put into new bottles
- GK: και ουδείς βάλλει οίνον νέον εις ασκούς παλαιούς ει ρήσσει ο οίνος ο νέος τους ασκούς και ο οίνος εκχείται και οι ασκοί απολούνται αλλά οίνον νέον εις ασκούς καινούς βλητέον
Mark 14:24
- KJV: And he said unto them This is my blood of the new testament which is shed for many
- GK: και είπεν αυτοίς τούτό εστι το αίμά μου το της καινής διαθήκης το περί πολλών εκχυνόμενον