Strong's Lexicon
G3822 — παλαιόω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3822 |
|---|---|
| Word: | παλαιόω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G3820 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | palaioo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pal-ai-oh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to make (passively, become) worn out, or declare obsolete |
| KJV Renderings: | decay, make (wax) old |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παλαιόω, παλαιῷ: perfect πεπαλαίωκα; passive, present participle παλαιουμενος; future παλαιωθήσομαι; (παλαιός);
a. to make ancient or old, the Sept. for áÄÌìÈÌä; passive to become old, to be worn out, the Sept. for áÈÌìÈä, òÈúÇ÷: of things worn out by time and use, as βαλάντιον, Luk 12:33; ἱμάτιον, Heb 1:11 (cf. Psalm 101:27 (); Deu 29:5; Jos 9:19 (); Neh 9:21; Isa 50:9; Isa 51:6; Sir 14:17). passive τό παλαιούμενον, that which is becoming old, Heb 8:13 (Plato, symp., p. 208 b.; Tim., p. 59 c.).
b. to declare a thing to be old and so about to be abrogated: Heb 8:13 (see γηράσκω, at the end).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
παλαιόω (decay)
Luke 12:33
- KJV: Sell that ye have and give alms provide yourselves bags which wax not old a treasure in the heavens that faileth not where no thief approacheth neither moth corrupteth
- GK: πωλήσατε τα υπάρχοντα υμών και δότε ελεημοσύνην ποιήσατε εαυτοίς βαλάντια μη παλαιούμενα θησαυρόν ανέκλειπτον εν τοις ουρανοίς όπου κλέπτης ουκ εγγίζει ουδέ σης διαφθείρει
Hebrews 1:11
- KJV: They shall perish but thou remainest and they all shall wax old as doth a garment
- GK: αυτοί απολούνται συ δε διαμένεις και πάντες ως ιμάτιον παλαιωθήσονται
Hebrews 8:13
- KJV: In that he saith A new he hath made the first old Now that which decayeth and waxeth old ready to vanish away
- GK: εν τω λέγειν καινήν πεπαλαίωκε την πρώτην το δε παλαιούμενον και γηράσκον εγγύς αφανισμόυ