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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 44 times in 38 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:17 - “Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:52 - Then He said to them, “Therefore every scribe instructed concerning[fn] the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:28 - “For this is My blood of the new[fn] covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:29 - “But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:60

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:60 - and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:27 - Then they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority[fn] He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:21 - “No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; or else the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:22 - “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:24 - And He said to them, “This is My blood of the new[fn] covenant, which is shed for many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:25 - “Assuredly, I say to you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:17 - “And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:36 - Then He spoke a parable to them: “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one;[fn] otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:38 - “But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:20 - Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:34 - “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:41 - Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:19 - And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:21 - For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:25 - In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6 - who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit;[fn] for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:17 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:15 - For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:15 - having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:24 - and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:8 - Because finding fault with them, He says: “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:13 - In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:15 - And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:13 - Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:7 - Brethren,[fn] I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:8 - Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Jo 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:5 - And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:17 - “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:12 - “He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:9 - And they sang a new song, saying:

“You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And have redeemed us to God by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:3 - They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:1 - Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:2 - Then I, John,[fn] saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:5 - Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me,[fn] “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”
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