παλαιός palaios

Greek word for “old” · Strong’s G3820 · used 19 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

παλαιός, -ά, -όν; (πάλαι);

How it is translated

Glosses given for palaios in context, with how often each is used:

• old 18
• old wine 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 5 (3), Matthew 9 (2), Mark 2 (2), 1 Corinthians 5 (2), Matthew 13 (1), Romans 6 (1), 2 Corinthians 3 (1), Ephesians 4 (1), Colossians 3 (1), 1 John 2 (1)

Forms

• παλαιούς 3
• παλαιὸν 3
• παλαιῷ 2
• παλαιά 2
• παλαιόν 2
• παλαιὸς 2
• παλαιὰν 2
• παλαιοῦ 1
• παλαιᾷ 1
• παλαιᾶς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with palaios more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• καινός kainos “new” 6
• νέος neos “new” 5
• ἐπίβλημα epiblēma “patch” 3
• ἀσκός askos “wineskin” 3
• οὐδείς oudeis “none” 6
• ῥήγνυμι rhēgnumi “to throw violently” 3
• γέ ge “indeed” 3
• οἶνος oinos “wine” 3
• ῥάκος rhakos “a cloth” 2
• ἄγναφος agnaphos “unshrunk” 2
• ἱμάτιον himation “clothing” 3
• εἰ ei “if” 5

Key verses

The verses using palaios that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 9:16 — No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
• Matthew 9:17 — Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles,…
• Matthew 13:52 — Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth…
• Mark 2:21 — No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
• Mark 2:22 — And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine…
• Romans 6:6 — Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
• 1 Corinthians 5:7 — Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
• 1 Corinthians 5:8 — Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
• 2 Corinthians 3:14 — But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
• Ephesians 4:22 — That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
• Colossians 3:9 — Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
• 1 John 2:7 — Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.