Strong's G3819 · Greek

πάλαι

palai · pal'-ahee

probably another form for 3825 (through the idea of retrocession); (adverbially) formerly, or (by relatively) sometime since; (elliptically as adjective) ancient

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

πάλαι (G3819)

7 πάλαι , adv. of time, [in LXX: Is 48:5 , 7 ( מֵאָז ), etc.;] long ago , of old , in time past (denoting past time absolutely, as πρότερον relatively): Mt 11:21 , Lk 10:13 , He 1:1 , Ju 4 ; as adj., c. art., II Pe 1:9 ; of time just past, Mk 6:47 (WH, mg.), 15:44 (WH, mg., R, txt.); c. durat. praes. (RV, all this time ), II Co 12:19 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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