Strong G744ἀρχαῖος
ancient
- Transliteration
- archaios
- Pronunciation
- ar-khah'-yos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G746; original or primeval: - (them of) old (time).
Detailed definition
ἀρχαῖος, -αία, -αῖον
(ἀρχή), [in LXX chiefly for קֶדֶם;]
original, ancient: Mat.5:21, 33, Luk.9:8, 19, Act.15:7, 21 21:16, 2Co.5:17, 2Pe.2:5, Rev.12:9 20:2.†
SYN.: παλαιός, old, without the reference to beginning and origin contained in ἀ. The distinction is observed in π. (MM, see word). ἀ. is the antithesis to καινός: παλ. to vέος (see Westc., He., 223; Cremer, 116) (AS)
(ἀρχή), [in LXX chiefly for קֶדֶם;]
original, ancient: Mat.5:21, 33, Luk.9:8, 19, Act.15:7, 21 21:16, 2Co.5:17, 2Pe.2:5, Rev.12:9 20:2.†
SYN.: παλαιός, old, without the reference to beginning and origin contained in ἀ. The distinction is observed in π. (MM, see word). ἀ. is the antithesis to καινός: παλ. to vέος (see Westc., He., 223; Cremer, 116) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G744 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- old7
- time3
- ago1
- thing1
First verses
- Matthew 5:21Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
- Matthew 5:27Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
- Matthew 5:33Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
- Luke 9:8And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.
- Luke 9:19They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
- Acts 15:7And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
- Acts 15:21For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
- Acts 21:16There went with us also certain of the disciples of Cesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
- 2 Peter 2:5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
- Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
- Revelation 20:2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀρχαῖος, α, ον,
(ἀρχή I) from the beginning or origin:
I mostly of things, ancient, σκότος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 106; ἐσθής 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.88; δόμοις ἐπασσάλευσαν ἀρχαῖον γάνος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 579 codices; Ζηνὸς ἀρχαίοις νόμοις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1382)]; χερὸς σῆς πίστιν ἀρχαίαν faith firm for ever, [Refs ([prev. work] 1632 codices)]
I.2 old-fashioned, antiquated, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 317 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 984, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.14)]; of literary style, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 244.)]
I.2.b simple, silly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 915, +others, 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 205; -ότερος εἶ τοῦ δέοντος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 295c, etc.)]
I.3 ancient, former, τὸ ἀ. ῥέεθον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.75; τοῦ ἀ. λόγου [prev. author] 7.160; οὐ γὰρ δὴ τό γ᾽ ἀ. δέμας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 110)]; οἱ ἀ., opposed to οἱ ὕστερον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.16; ἀ. φύσις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 281, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 53, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 193c, etc.; φύσις καὶ κατάστασις ἀ. 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 278; coupled with παλαιός, παλαιὸν δῶρον ἀρχαίου θηρός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 555, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.51, D. [prev. cited])]
I.4 old, worn out, ὑποδήματα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.14; πινάκια “BGU” 781i1 (1st c.AD).)]
II of persons, Θέμιν.. ἀρχαίαν ἄλοχον Διός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 6.5)]; ἀ. θεαί, of the Erinyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 728; Πέλοψ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1292)]; οἱ ἀ. the Ancients, name given by [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus)] to the pre-Socratics, [Refs (“Metaphorical” 1069a25, “GC” 314a6)]; in Lit. Crit., ancient, classical writers, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 15, 67; in 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus)], the philosophers down to Aristotle, [Refs (5.1.9)]; in NT, the Fathers, [NT (NT.Matt.5.21, +others)]
II.2 ancient, old, βαλὴν ἀ., of Darius, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 657 (Lyric poetry); λάτρις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 609; ἑταῖρος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.8.1)]; οἱ ἀ. κύριοι the original owners, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“BGU” 992 ii 6 (2nd c.BC))]; τὰς ἀ. πόλεις (banished from) their original cities, [Refs (Polystr. p.22)] W.; ἀ. μαθητής an original disciple, [NT (NT.Act.21.16; ἀ. μύστης “Inscription Magn.” 215 b;)] παιδαγωγὸς ἀ., i.e of old, formerly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 287, compare 853.)]
III neuter as adverb, τὸ ἀρχαῖον, Ionic dialect contraction τὠρχαῖον, anciently, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.56, 173, +others)], Attic dialect τἀρχαῖον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 326; ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.117; ἐξ ἀρχαίων 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.14.)]
III.2 regular adverb ἀρχαίως in olden style, καινὰ ἀ. λέγειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 267b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.8, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.48; ἀ. καὶ σεμνῶς 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.183.)]
IV irregular comparative ἀρχαιέστερος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 45 (on ἀρχέστατος see entry.))]; usual comparative -ότερος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 469)]: superlative -ότατος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.105, etc.)]
V as substantive, τὸ ἀρχαῖον, of money, prime cost, πλέον τοῦ ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 3.2)]; principal, mostly in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1156, etc.; τἀρχαῖα ἀποδιδόναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.26, etc.)]; τῶν ἀρχαίων ἀπέστησαν lost their capital, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.15: opposed to ἔργον, [prev. author] 27.10)]; opposed to πρόσοδοι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.38.)]
V.2 ἀρχαίη, ἡ, ={ἀρχή}, [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 475.1, etc.)]
(ἀρχή I) from the beginning or origin:
I mostly of things, ancient, σκότος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 106; ἐσθής 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.88; δόμοις ἐπασσάλευσαν ἀρχαῖον γάνος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 579 codices; Ζηνὸς ἀρχαίοις νόμοις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1382)]; χερὸς σῆς πίστιν ἀρχαίαν faith firm for ever, [Refs ([prev. work] 1632 codices)]
I.2 old-fashioned, antiquated, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 317 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 984, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.14)]; of literary style, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 244.)]
I.2.b simple, silly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 915, +others, 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 205; -ότερος εἶ τοῦ δέοντος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 295c, etc.)]
I.3 ancient, former, τὸ ἀ. ῥέεθον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.75; τοῦ ἀ. λόγου [prev. author] 7.160; οὐ γὰρ δὴ τό γ᾽ ἀ. δέμας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 110)]; οἱ ἀ., opposed to οἱ ὕστερον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.16; ἀ. φύσις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 281, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 53, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 193c, etc.; φύσις καὶ κατάστασις ἀ. 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 278; coupled with παλαιός, παλαιὸν δῶρον ἀρχαίου θηρός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 555, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.51, D. [prev. cited])]
I.4 old, worn out, ὑποδήματα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.14; πινάκια “BGU” 781i1 (1st c.AD).)]
II of persons, Θέμιν.. ἀρχαίαν ἄλοχον Διός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 6.5)]; ἀ. θεαί, of the Erinyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 728; Πέλοψ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1292)]; οἱ ἀ. the Ancients, name given by [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus)] to the pre-Socratics, [Refs (“Metaphorical” 1069a25, “GC” 314a6)]; in Lit. Crit., ancient, classical writers, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 15, 67; in 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus)], the philosophers down to Aristotle, [Refs (5.1.9)]; in NT, the Fathers, [NT (NT.Matt.5.21, +others)]
II.2 ancient, old, βαλὴν ἀ., of Darius, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 657 (Lyric poetry); λάτρις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 609; ἑταῖρος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.8.1)]; οἱ ἀ. κύριοι the original owners, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“BGU” 992 ii 6 (2nd c.BC))]; τὰς ἀ. πόλεις (banished from) their original cities, [Refs (Polystr. p.22)] W.; ἀ. μαθητής an original disciple, [NT (NT.Act.21.16; ἀ. μύστης “Inscription Magn.” 215 b;)] παιδαγωγὸς ἀ., i.e of old, formerly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 287, compare 853.)]
III neuter as adverb, τὸ ἀρχαῖον, Ionic dialect contraction τὠρχαῖον, anciently, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.56, 173, +others)], Attic dialect τἀρχαῖον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 326; ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.117; ἐξ ἀρχαίων 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.14.)]
III.2 regular adverb ἀρχαίως in olden style, καινὰ ἀ. λέγειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 267b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.8, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.48; ἀ. καὶ σεμνῶς 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.183.)]
IV irregular comparative ἀρχαιέστερος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 45 (on ἀρχέστατος see entry.))]; usual comparative -ότερος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 469)]: superlative -ότατος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.105, etc.)]
V as substantive, τὸ ἀρχαῖον, of money, prime cost, πλέον τοῦ ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 3.2)]; principal, mostly in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1156, etc.; τἀρχαῖα ἀποδιδόναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.26, etc.)]; τῶν ἀρχαίων ἀπέστησαν lost their capital, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.15: opposed to ἔργον, [prev. author] 27.10)]; opposed to πρόσοδοι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.38.)]
V.2 ἀρχαίη, ἡ, ={ἀρχή}, [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 475.1, etc.)]