ΚΑΙΝΟΤΕΡΑ, καινοτερα
KAINOTERA, kainotera
Sounds Like: kai-no-TEH-rah
Translations: newer, more recent, more novel, more fresh, more unusual
From the root: ΚΑΙΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the comparative form of the adjective 'ΚΑΙΝΟΣ' (kainos), meaning 'new' or 'fresh'. As a comparative adjective, 'ΚΑΙΝΟΤΕΡΑ' means 'newer' or 'more novel'. It describes something that is more recent, more unusual, or of a different kind than what has come before. It can be used to compare two or more things, indicating which one possesses the quality of 'newness' to a greater degree.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine; or Plural, Nominative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G2537 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 9 — 12:250
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
- ΚΑΙΝΟΝ — new, fresh, a new, a fresh
- 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
- 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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