ΠΑΛΑΙΟΤΕΡΩΝ, παλαιοτερων
PALAIOTERŌN, palaioterōn
Sounds Like: pa-lai-o-TEH-ron
Translations: older, of older things, of older ones, more ancient, of more ancient things, of more ancient ones
From the root: ΠΑΛΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of the adjective 'palaios', meaning 'old' or 'ancient'. As a comparative adjective, 'palaioteros' means 'older' or 'more ancient'. In this genitive plural form, it typically refers to 'of older things' or 'of older people/ones', indicating possession, origin, or reference to something that is more aged or from an earlier time.
Inflection: Comparative, Genitive, Plural, All genders
Strong’s number: G3820 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Esther — 8:12g
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 8:45
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Esther — 8:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΛΑΙΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΑΛΑΙΑΝ — old, ancient, former, a former
- ΠΑΛΑΙΑΣ — old, ancient, former, of old, of ancient times
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΙ — old, ancient, former, a former
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΙΣ — old, ancient, former, of old, of ancient things
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΝ — old, ancient, former, an old thing, the old
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΣ — old, ancient, former
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΤΑΤΑ — oldest, most ancient, most antiquated, most worn out
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΤΑΤΟΝ — oldest, most ancient, the oldest, the most ancient
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΤΑΤΟΥ — (of) oldest, (of) most ancient, (of) very old
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΤΑΤΩΝ — of the oldest, of the most ancient
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΤΕΡΑ — older, more ancient, former, earlier
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΤΕΡΟΙΣ — older, more ancient, more aged, more old
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΥ — of old, of ancient, old, ancient, former
- ΠΑΛΑΙΟΥΣ — old, ancient, former, worn out
- ΠΑΛΑΙΩΝ — of old, of ancient, of former, of worn out
- ΠΑΛΕΩΣΙΝ — old, ancient, former, worn out
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