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GreekG0744Adjective

ἀρχαῖος

archaios

12Occurrences
G0744Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

original or primeval

from G746 (ἀρχή);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
original, ancient: .
Synonyms
παλαιός, old, without the reference to beginning and origin contained in ἀ. The distinction is observed in π. ἀ. is the antithesis to καινός: παλ. to v*έος *(see Westc., He., 223; Cremer, 116)
LXX: chiefly for קֶדֶם

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

ἀρχαῖος appears 12 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
3
Matthew
3
Luke
2
Revelation
2
2 Corinthians
1
2 Peter
1

Key Passages

2 Corinthians 5:17BSB

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

Acts 15:7BSB

After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

Acts 21:16BSB

Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to stay at the home of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple.

Luke 9:19BSB

They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that a prophet of old has arisen.”

Matthew 5:27BSB

You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.