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Strong's G2537 · Greek

καινός

kainos · kahee-nos'

of uncertain affinity; new (especially in freshness; while 3501 is properly so with respect to age


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

καινός (G2537)

42 καινός , -ή, -όν , [in LXX ( Ez 11:19 , al.) for חָדָשׁ , exc. Is 65:15 ( אַחֵר );] of that which is unused or unaccustomed, new in respect to form or quality, fresh , unused , novel : opp. to παλαιός , ἀρχαῖος , Mt 9:17 13:52 , Mk 2:21 , 22 , Lk 5:36 , 38 , II Co 5:17 , Eph 4:24 ; πλήρωμα , Mk 2:21 ; μνημεῖον , Mt 27:60 , Jo 19:41 ; διαθήκη (T, WH, R, txt., omit), Lk 22:20 , I Co 11:25 , II Co 3:6 , He 8:8 (LXX) , 13 9:15 ; οὐρανοί, γῆ , II Pe 3:13 , Re 21:1 (LXX) Ἰερουσαλήμ , Re 3:12 21:2 ; ἄνθρωπος , Eph 2:15 (cf. Ez 18:31 ); πάντα , Re 21:5 ; γέννημα τ. ἀμπέλου , Mt 26:29 , Mk 14:25 ; διδαχή , Mk 1:27 , Ac 17:19 ; ἐντολή , Jo 13:34 , I Jo 2:7 , 8 , II Jo 5 ; ὄνομα , Re 2:17 (LXX) ; ᾠδή , Re 5:9 14:3 (cf. Ps 143 (144):9 ); κτίσις , II Co 5:17 , Ga 6:15 ; γλῶσσαι , Mk 16:[17] ; compar., Ac 17:21 .† SYN. : νέος , "the new primarily in reference to time, the young, recent; κ. . . . the new primarily in reference to quality, the fresh, unworn". Cf. Tr., Syn. , § lx (the distinction, however, is less marked in late Gk.; cf. He 12:24 with He 8:8 (LXX) , 13 9:15 12:24 supr., and v. MM, Exp. , xv).

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