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Lexicon :: Strong's G3819 - palai

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πάλαι
Transliteration
palai (Key)
Pronunciation
pal'-ahee
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably another form for πάλιν (G3825) (through the idea of retrocession)
mGNT
7x in 1 unique form(s) TR
6x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
3x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:717,769

Strong’s Definitions

πάλαι pálai, pal'-ahee; probably another form for G3825 (through the idea of retrocession); (adverbially) formerly, or (by relatively) sometime since; (elliptically as adjective) ancient:—any while, a great while ago, (of) old, in time past.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G3819 in the following manner: long ago (1x), any while (1x), a great while ago (1x), old (1x), in time past (1x), of old (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G3819 in the following manner: long ago (1x), any while (1x), a great while ago (1x), old (1x), in time past (1x), of old (1x).

  1. of old, former

  2. long ago

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πάλαι pálai, pal'-ahee; probably another form for G3825 (through the idea of retrocession); (adverbially) formerly, or (by relatively) sometime since; (elliptically as adjective) ancient:—any while, a great while ago, (of) old, in time past.
STRONGS G3819:
πάλαι, adverb of time, from Homer down;
1. of old; Hebrews 1:1; (as adjective) former, 2 Peter 1:9. (πάλαι properly designates the past not like πρίν and πρότερον relatively, i. e. with a reference, more or less explicit, to some other time (whether past, present, or future), but simply and absolutely.)
2. long ago: Matthew 11:21; Luke 10:13; Jude 1:4; so also of time just past, Mark 15:44 (A. V. any while) (where L Tr text WH text ἤδη); 2 Corinthians 12:19 L T Tr WH (R. V. all this time) (so in Homer, Odyssey 20, 293; Josephus, Antiquities 14, 15, 4).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
11:21
Mark
15:44
Luke
10:13
2 Corinthians
12:19
Hebrews
1:1
2 Peter
1:9
Jude
1:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3819 matches the Greek πάλαι (palai),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:21 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago G3819 in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:44 - And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while G3819 dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:13 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago G3819 repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:1 - God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past G3819 unto the fathers by the prophets,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:9 - But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old G3819 sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:4 - For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old G3819 ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
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