ΚΑΙΝΟΝ, καινον
KAINON, kainon
Sounds Like: KAI-non
Translations: new, fresh, a new, a fresh
From the root: ΚΑΙΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is new in quality, fresh, or unprecedented, rather than new in terms of time (which would be 'neos'). It refers to something that is superior, different, or of a new kind. It can be used to describe new creations, new covenants, or new teachings.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G2537 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 5:7
Clement of Alexandria
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judith — 16:13
- 1 Maccabees — 4:47
- Psalms — 32:3, 39:4, 95:1, 97:1, 149:1
- Ecclesiastes — 1:10
- Wisdom — 1:11
- Sirach — 29:9
- Isaiah — 29:8, 42:10, 45:18, 62:2
- Jeremiah — 6:29
- Mark — 2:21, 14:25
- Luke — 5:36, 20:10, 20:11
- John — 19:41
- 2 Corinthians — 6:1
- Ephesians — 2:15, 4:24
- Revelation — 2:17, 3:12
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 20:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 1:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Kings — 12:24
- Ezra (Alpha) — 6:8
- Judith — 16:13
- 1 Maccabees — 4:47, 4:53
- Psalms — 32:3, 39:4, 95:1, 97:1, 149:1
- Psalms of Solomon — 15:5
- Ecclesiastes — 1:10
- Isaiah — 42:10, 62:2, 65:15
- Ezekiel — 11:19, 18:31, 36:26
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 26:29
- Mark — 2:21, 14:25
- Luke — 5:36
- John — 19:41
- Ephesians — 2:15, 4:24
- Revelation — 2:17, 3:12, 21:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΙΝΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΙΝ — new, fresh, unprecedented, unheard of
- ΚΑΙΝΑ — new, a new, fresh, unprecedented, new things
- ΚΑΙΝΑΙ — new, fresh, a new, a fresh
- ΚΑΙΝΑΙΣ — new, fresh, unprecedented
- ΚΑΙΝΑΣ — new, fresh, unprecedented, new things, new ones
- ΚΑΙΝΕ — new, fresh, unheard of, strange, to burn, to kindle
- ΚΑΙΝΗ — new, fresh, a new, a fresh
- ΚΑΙΝΗΝ — new, a new
- ΚΑΙΝΗΣ — of new, of a new, of fresh, of a fresh, of recent, of a recent, of unprecedented, of an unprecedented
- ΚΑΙΝΟ — new, fresh, unprecedented, unheard of, a new
- ΚΑΙΝΟΙ — new, fresh, unprecedented, unheard of
- ΚΑΙΝΟΙΣ — new, fresh, unused
- ΚΑΙΝΟΝΔΕ — new, fresh, unprecedented, but new, and new
- ΚΑΙΝΟΝΤΗΣ — new, fresh, unused, a new, a fresh, an unused
- ΚΑΙΝΟΣ — new, fresh, a new, an new
- ΚΑΙΝΟΤΑΤΟΝ — newest, most new, most recent, most unprecedented, most unusual
- ΚΑΙΝΟΤΕΡΑ — newer, more recent, more novel, more fresh, more unusual
- ΚΑΙΝΟΤΕΡΑΝ — newer, a newer, more recent, a more recent, more novel, a more novel
- ΚΑΙΝΟΤΕΡΑΣ — newer, more recent, more novel, more fresh, more unusual, more strange
- ΚΑΙΝΟΤΕΡΟΙΣ — (to) newer, (to) more new, (to) fresher, (to) more fresh, (to) different, (to) more different
- ΚΑΙΝΟΤΕΡΟΝ — newer, more new, stranger, more unusual, a newer, a stranger
- ΚΑΙΝΟΤΕΡΟΥ — newer, more new, of a newer, of a more new
- ΚΑΙΝΟΤΕΡΩΝ — of newer, of more recent, of more novel
- ΚΑΙΝΟΤΗΤΑ — newness, a newness, renewal
- ΚΑΙΝΟΥ — of new, of fresh, of unprecedented
- ΚΑΙΝΟΥΣ — new, fresh, unprecedented
- ΚΑΙΝΩΝ — new, of new, of new things, of new people
- ΚΑΙΝΩΣ — newly, anew, in a new way, recently
- ΚΑΙΝ‾Η‾ — new, fresh, unprecedented, a new, an unprecedented
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