Strong's Lexicon
G3819 — πάλαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3819 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πάλαι |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Etymology: | probably another form for G3825 (through the idea of retrocession) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 7 |
| Transliteration: | palai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pal'-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. (adverbially) formerly 2. (by relatively) sometime since 3. (elliptically as adjective) ancient |
| KJV Renderings: | any while, a great while ago, (of) old, in time past |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πάλαι, adverb of time, from Homer down;
1. of old; Heb 1:1; (as adjective) former, 2Pe 1:9. (πάλαι properly designates the past not like πρίν and πρότερον relatively, i. e. with a reference, more or less explicit, to some other time (whether past, present, or future), but simply and absolutely.)
2. long ago: Mat 11:21; Luk 10:13; Jud 1:4; so also of time just past, Mar 15:44 (A. V. any while) (where L Tr text WH text ἤδη); 2Co 12:19 L T Tr WH (R. V. all this time) (so in Homer, Odyssey 20, 293; Josephus, Antiquities 14, 15, 4).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πάλαι (any while)
Matthew 11:21
- KJV: Woe unto thee Chorazin woe unto thee Bethsaida for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes
- GK: ουαί σοι Χοραζίν ουαί σοι Βηθσαϊδά ότι ει εν Τύρω και Σιδώνι εγένοντο αι δυνάμεις αι γενόμεναι εν υμίν πάλαι αν εν σάκκω και σποδώ μετενόησαν
Mark 15:44
- KJV: And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead and calling the centurion he asked him whether he had been any while dead
- GK: ο δε Πιλάτος εθαύμασεν ει ήδη τέθνηκε και προσκαλεσάμενος τον κεντυρίωνα επηρώτησεν αυτόν ει πάλαι απέθανεν
Luke 10:13
- KJV: Woe unto thee Chorazin woe unto thee Bethsaida for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which have been done in you they had a great while ago repented sitting in sackcloth and ashes
- GK: ουαί σοι Χωραζίν ουαί σοι Βηθσαϊδά ότι ει εν Τύρω και Σιδώνι εγένοντο αι δυνάμεις αι γενόμεναι εν υμίν πάλαι αν εν σάκκω και σποδώ καθήμεναι μετενόησαν
Hebrews 1:1
- KJV: God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets
- GK: πολυμερώς και πολυτρόπως πάλαι ο θεός λαλήσας τοις πατράσιν εν τοις προφήταις
2 Peter 1:9
- KJV: But he that lacketh these things is blind and cannot see afar off and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins
- GK: ω γαρ μη πάρεστι ταύτα τυφλός εστι μυωπάζων λήθην λαβών του καθαρισμού των πάλαι αυτού αμαρτιών
Jude 1:4
- KJV: For there are certain men crept in unawares who were before of old ordained to this condemnation ungodly men turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness and denying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ
- GK: παρεισέδυσαν γαρ τινες άνθρωποι οι πάλαι προγεγραμμένοι εις τούτο το κρίμα ασεβείς την του θεού ημών χάριν μετατιθέντες εις ασέλγειαν και τον μόνον δεσπότην θεόν και κύριον ημών Ιησούν χριστόν αρνούμενοι
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