GreekG3819Adverb

πάλαι

palai

7Occurrences
G3819Strong's #
AdverbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

(adverbially) formerly, or (by relatively) sometime since; (elliptically as adjective) ancient

probably another form for G3825 (πάλιν) (through the idea of retrocession);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
adv. of time, long ago, of old, in time past (denoting past time absolutely, as *πρότερον *relatively) : ,; as adj., with art.; of time just past,; with durst. praes. (RV, all this time).
LXX: (אָז), etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adverb

Morphology Code

G:ADV

Full Description

Greek Adverb

Occurrences

πάλαι appears 7 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Corinthians
1
2 Peter
1
Hebrews
1
Jude
1
Luke
1
Matthew
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

2 Corinthians 12:19BSB

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.

2 Peter 1:9BSB

But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.

Hebrews 1:1BSB

On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.

Jude 1:4BSB

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.

Luke 10:13BSB

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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