2001 Translation

KAINĒS, kainēs

Sounds Like: kai-NES

Translations: of new, of a new, of fresh, of a fresh, of recent, of a recent, of unprecedented, of an unprecedented

From the root: ΚΑΙΝΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word describes something as new, fresh, or unprecedented, often in quality or kind rather than merely in time. It implies something that is superior or different from what came before, rather than just recently made. It is used to modify a feminine singular noun in the genitive case.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G2537 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:7

Codex Sinaiticus

• Sirach — 23:11
• Jeremiah — 33:10, 43:10
• 2 Corinthians — 3:6
• Hebrews — 9:15

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 28:255

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Five — 5:63, 8:1

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 11:3, 118:3, 122:5

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 2 Chronicles — 20:5
• 2 Maccabees — 2:29
• Jeremiah — 33:10, 43:10

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• 2 Corinthians — 3:6
• Hebrews — 9:15
• Revelation — 3:12

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
• 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
• 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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