Strong G3819πάλαι
of old
- Transliteration
- palai
- Pronunciation
- pal'-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Probably another form for G3825 (through the idea of retrocession); (adverbially) formerly or (relatively) sometime since; (elliptically as adjective) ancient: - any while a great while ago (of) old in time past.
Detailed definition
πάλαι
adv. of time, [in LXX: Isa.48:5, 7 (אָז), etc.;]
long ago, of old, in time past (denoting past time absolutely, as πρότερον relatively): Mat.11:21, Luk.10:13, Heb.1:1, Ju 4; as adj., with art., 2Pe.1:9; of time just past, Mrk.6:47 (WH, mg.), Mrk.15:44 (WH, mg., R, txt.); with durst. praes. (RV, all this time), 2Co.12:19.†
(AS)
adv. of time, [in LXX: Isa.48:5, 7 (אָז), etc.;]
long ago, of old, in time past (denoting past time absolutely, as πρότερον relatively): Mat.11:21, Luk.10:13, Heb.1:1, Ju 4; as adj., with art., 2Pe.1:9; of time just past, Mrk.6:47 (WH, mg.), Mrk.15:44 (WH, mg., R, txt.); with durst. praes. (RV, all this time), 2Co.12:19.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3819 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- old2
- great1
- long1
- time1
- while1
First verses
- Matthew 11:21Woe 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.
- Mark 15:44And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
- Luke 10:13Woe 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.
- Hebrews 1:1God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
- 2 Peter 1:9But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
- Jude 1:4For 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.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
πάλαι [ᾰ],
adverb long ago, π. οὔ τι νέον γε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.527; π. κοὐ νεωστί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1049; π. πολλὰ ἤδη ἔτη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 18b)]; π. ποτέ once upon a time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1002, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 110a: frequently with)]present of an act lasting to the present, ὁρῶ.. π. I have long seen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 5)]; ἰχνεύω π.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 20, compare “Ph.” 589, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 91a, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 257, etc.)]; but, π. ποτ᾽ ὄντες ye who were long ago, [Refs ([prev. author] “V.” 1060)]: also with perfect, τέθνηχ᾽ ὑμῖν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1030, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 998, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 556: with)]imperfect of an act lasting to a past time, ἔχεν π. had long been holding it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.871, compare 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 11; ἔχεις π. ὧν ἐπεθύμεις 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.17: with _Article_, τὸ π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.5, 7.74, 95, 142, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.5, etc.; ἀπὸ π. “BGU” 1036.24 (2nd c.AD).)]
2 like an adjective with Article and Noun, οἱ π. φῶτες men of old, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.1; Κάδμου τοῦ π. νέα τροφή 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1; τοῦ πρόσθε Κάδμου τοῦ π. τ᾽ Ἀγήνορος [prev. work] 268)]; τὰ καινὰ τοῖς π. τεκμαίρεται[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 916, compare “Tr.” 1165, “El.” 1490, etc.; τὰ π. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.276 (nisi to be read παλαί᾽))]; οἱ π. the ancients, opposed to οἱ νῦν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1069a29.)]
II before, opposed to the present, sometimes of time just past, ἠμὲν π. ἠδ᾽ ἔτι καὶ νῦν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.105, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 181)]: hence, not long ago, just now, like{ἄρτι}, οἱ π. λόγοι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 845)]; ὁ π. λόγος the reason just given, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1282a15, compare 1282b7; π. σοὶ ἔλεγον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.17, compare 18.10)]; but opposed to ἄρτι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 142a.)]
adverb long ago, π. οὔ τι νέον γε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.527; π. κοὐ νεωστί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1049; π. πολλὰ ἤδη ἔτη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 18b)]; π. ποτέ once upon a time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1002, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 110a: frequently with)]present of an act lasting to the present, ὁρῶ.. π. I have long seen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 5)]; ἰχνεύω π.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 20, compare “Ph.” 589, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 91a, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 257, etc.)]; but, π. ποτ᾽ ὄντες ye who were long ago, [Refs ([prev. author] “V.” 1060)]: also with perfect, τέθνηχ᾽ ὑμῖν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1030, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 998, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 556: with)]imperfect of an act lasting to a past time, ἔχεν π. had long been holding it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.871, compare 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 11; ἔχεις π. ὧν ἐπεθύμεις 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.17: with _Article_, τὸ π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.5, 7.74, 95, 142, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.5, etc.; ἀπὸ π. “BGU” 1036.24 (2nd c.AD).)]
2 like an adjective with Article and Noun, οἱ π. φῶτες men of old, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.1; Κάδμου τοῦ π. νέα τροφή 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1; τοῦ πρόσθε Κάδμου τοῦ π. τ᾽ Ἀγήνορος [prev. work] 268)]; τὰ καινὰ τοῖς π. τεκμαίρεται[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 916, compare “Tr.” 1165, “El.” 1490, etc.; τὰ π. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.276 (nisi to be read παλαί᾽))]; οἱ π. the ancients, opposed to οἱ νῦν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1069a29.)]
II before, opposed to the present, sometimes of time just past, ἠμὲν π. ἠδ᾽ ἔτι καὶ νῦν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.105, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 181)]: hence, not long ago, just now, like{ἄρτι}, οἱ π. λόγοι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 845)]; ὁ π. λόγος the reason just given, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1282a15, compare 1282b7; π. σοὶ ἔλεγον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.17, compare 18.10)]; but opposed to ἄρτι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 142a.)]