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Lexicon :: Strong's G2537 - kainos

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καινός
Transliteration
kainos (Key)
Pronunciation
kahee-nos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:447,388

Trench's Synonyms: lx. νέος, καινός.

Strong’s Definitions

†καινός kainós, kahee-nos'; of uncertain affinity; new (especially in freshness; while G3501 is properly so with respect to age:—new.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's G2537 in the following manner: new (44x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's G2537 in the following manner: new (44x).

  1. new

    1. as respects form

      1. recently made, fresh, recent, unused, unworn

    2. as respects substance

      1. of a new kind, unprecedented, novel, uncommon, unheard of

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†καινός kainós, kahee-nos'; of uncertain affinity; new (especially in freshness; while G3501 is properly so with respect to age:—new.
STRONGS G2537:
καινός, καινή, καινόν (from Aeschylus and Herodotus down); the Sept. for חָדָשׁ; new, i. e.
a. as respects form; recently made, fresh, recent, unused, unworn (opposed to παλαιός old, antiquated): as ἀσκός, Matthew 9:11; Mark 2:22 (T omits; Tr WH brackets the clause); Luke 5:38 ἱμάτιον, Luke 5:36; πλήρωμα, Mark 2:21; μνημεῖον, Matthew 27:60; with ἐν ᾧ οὐδέπω οὐδείς ἐτέθη added, John 19:41; καινά καί παλαιά, Matthew 13:52; new, which as recently made is superior to what it succeeds: διαθήκη, Matthew 26:28 (T WH omit καινά); Mark 14:24 R L; Luke 22:20 (WH reject the passage); 1 Corinthians 11:25; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Hebrews 8:8, 13; Hebrews 9:15 (Jeremiah 38:31 (Jer. 31:31)); καινοί οὐρανοί, καινή γῆ, 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1 (Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22); Ἱερουσαλήμ (see Ἱεροσόλυμα, at the end), Revelation 3:12; Revelation 21:2; ἄνθρωπος (see the word, 1 f.), Ephesians 2:15; Ephesians 4:24 (καρδία, πνεῦμα, Ezekiel 18:31; Ezekiel 36:26); καινά πάντα ποιῶ, I bring all things into a new and better condition, Revelation 21:5; γέννημα τῆς ἀμπέλου, Matthew 26:29; Mark 14:25.
b. as respects substance; of a new kind; unprecedented, novel, uncommon, unheard of (ἑτέρα καί καινά δαιμόνια, Xenophon, mem. 1, 1, 1): διδαχή, Mark 1:27; Acts 17:19; ἐντολή, given now for the first time, John 13:34; 1 John 2:7; 2 John 1:5; ὄνομα, with the added explanation ὁ οὐδείς οἶδεν (ἔγνω Rec.), Revelation 2:17 (Isaiah 62:2; Isaiah 65:15); ᾠδή, Revelation 5:9; Revelation 14:3 (Psalm 143:9 (Ps. 144:9); ὕμνος, Isaiah 42:10; ᾆσμα, Psalm 32:3 (Ps. 33:3); Psalms 39:4 (Ps. 40:4), etc.); λέγειν τί καί (ἤ L T Tr WH) ἀκούειν καινότερον, Acts 17:21 (newer namely, than that which is already; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 244 (228f))); κτίσις, Galatians 6:15; καινά τά πάντα, all things are new, previously non-existent, begin to be far different from what they were before, 2 Corinthians 5:17 (L T Tr WH omit τά πάντα); μηκέτι οὔσης τῆς ἀνομίας, καινων δέ γεγονότων πάντων ὑπό κυρίου, the Epistle of Barnabas 15, 7 [ET]. γλῶσσαι (see γλῶσσα, 2): Mark 16:17 (Tr text WH text omit; Tr marginal reading brackets καινων)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
32:3; 33:3; 39:4; 40:4; 143:9; 144:9
Isaiah
42:10; 62:2; 65:15; 65:17; 66:22
Jeremiah
31:31
Ezekiel
18:31; 36:26
Matthew
9:11; 13:52; 26:28; 26:29; 27:60
Mark
1:27; 2:21; 2:22; 14:24; 14:25; 16:17
Luke
5:36; 5:38; 22:20
John
13:34; 19:41
Acts
17:19; 17:21
1 Corinthians
11:25
2 Corinthians
3:6; 5:17
Galatians
6:15
Ephesians
2:15; 4:24
Hebrews
8:8; 8:13; 9:15
2 Peter
3:13
1 John
2:7
2 John
1:5
Revelation
2:17; 3:12; 5:9; 14:3; 21:1; 21:2; 21:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2537 matches the Greek καινός (kainos),
which occurs 48 times in 44 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:5 - The officers shall say to the army: “Has anyone built a new house and not yet begun to live in it? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else may begin to live in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:8 - When you build a new house, make a parapet around your roof so that you may not bring the guilt of bloodshed on your house if someone falls from the roof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:17 - They sacrificed to false gods, which are not God— gods they had not known, gods that recently appeared, gods your ancestors did not fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:13 - And these wineskins that we filled were new, but see how cracked they are. And our clothes and sandals are worn out by the very long journey.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:8 - God chose new leaders when war came to the city gates, but not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:13 - “Agreed,” they answered. “We will only tie you up and hand you over to them. We will not kill you.” So they bound him with two new ropes and led him up from the rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:11 - He said, “If anyone ties me securely with new ropes that have never been used, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12 - So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them. Then, with men hidden in the room, she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” But he snapped the ropes off his arms as if they were threads.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:7 - “Now then, get a new cart ready, with two cows that have calved and have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:15 - While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that[fn] Saul had come out to take his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:16 - And Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:18 - The two of them made a covenant before the LORD. Then Jonathan went home, but David remained at Horesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:19 - The Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:3 - They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:29 - About that time Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, and Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh met him on the way, wearing a new cloak. The two of them were alone out in the country,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:30 - and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:20 - “Bring me a new bowl,” he said, “and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:7 - They moved the ark of God from Abinadab’s house on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:5 - Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the temple of the LORD in the front of the new courtyard

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:20 - My glory will not fade; the bow will be ever new in my hand.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:3 - Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:3 - He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:1 - Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:1 - A psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:9 - I will sing a new song to you, my God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:1 - Praise the LORD.[fn] Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of his faithful people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:10 - Is there anything of which one can say, “Look! This is something new”? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:1 - The LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:15 - “See, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:9 - See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:10 - Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who live in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:19 - See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:6 - You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not admit them? “From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknown to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:2 - The nations will see your vindication, and all kings your glory; you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:15 - You will leave your name for my chosen ones to use in their curses; the Sovereign LORD will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:17 - “See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:22 - “As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,” declares the LORD, “so will your name and descendants endure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:10 - When the officials of Judah heard about these things, they went up from the royal palace to the house of the LORD and took their places at the entrance of the New Gate of the LORD’s house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - How long will you wander, unfaithful Daughter Israel? The LORD will create a new thing on earth— the woman will return to[fn] the man.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:31 - “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - From the room of Gemariah son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper courtyard at the entrance of the New Gate of the temple, Baruch read to all the people at the LORD’s temple the words of Jeremiah from the scroll.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:19 - I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:31 - Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:26 - I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
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