2001 Translation

PALAIAN, palaian

Sounds Like: pa-LAI-an

Translations: old, ancient, former, a former

From the root: ΠΑΛΑΙΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word describes something as old, ancient, or belonging to a former time. It is used to qualify nouns, indicating their age or past nature. For example, it can refer to an old city, an ancient custom, or a former glory.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G3820 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Corinthians — 5:7
• 1 John — 2:7

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 15:322
• Book 14 — 6:93
• Book 18 — 6:188

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Four — 8:20
• Book Seven — 7:19

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• 1 Corinthians — 5:7
• 1 John — 2:7

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.

• 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
• ΠΑΛΑΙΟΤΕΡΩΝ — older, of older things, of older ones, more ancient, of more ancient things, of more ancient ones
• 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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