ἔκπαλαι
ékpalai · G1597 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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long ago, of long ago
Pertaining to a point of time preceding another point of time, with an interval of considerable length
Examples2 Peter 3:5 For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
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since a long time, for a long time
An extensive period of time from a point in the past
Examples2 Peter 2:3 and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὐρανόςheaven, sky 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 1 word
- νῦν nŷn · G3568 · now, just now, presently
- Greek temporal adverb denoting the present moment, 'now,' the natural temporal opposite of ἔκπαλαι 'long ago,' contrasting remote past with immediate present
In the other Testament 1 word
- קֶדֶם qedem · H6924 · in front, east, eastern
- Hebrew noun used adverbially (often with preposition) to denote 'of old,' 'in ancient times,' or 'long ago,' a standard equivalent for temporal expressions of remote past like ἔκπαλαι
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Since a long time, for a long time67.132
- Reflects the durative sense of the adverb, closely related to its use in 2 Peter 3:5 of the heavens existing long ago by the word of God.
- Long ago, of long ago67.24
- Used in 2 Peter 2:3, where the judgment of the false teachers from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon adverb (from ἐκ and πάλαι, formed like ἐκτοτε (cf. Winers Grammar, 24 (23); 422 (393);…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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