πάλαι
palai
“of old”
Definition
(adverbially) formerly, or (by relatively) sometime since; (elliptically as adjective) ancient
probably another form for G3825 (πάλιν) (through the idea of retrocession);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Adverb
G:ADV
Greek Adverb
Occurrences
πάλαι appears 7 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.
But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
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