Word

παλαιός

palaiós · G3820 · Greek · 19 occurrences

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Meanings

old

Pertaining to having existed continuously for a relatively long time

Examples
Matthew 13:52 And Jesus said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings out of his treasure new things and old.”
Mark 2:22 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.”
1 John 2:7 Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.
old

Pertaining to that which is old, obsolete, and hence inferior

Examples
Mark 2:21 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results.
Mark 2:22 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.”
Luke 5:36 And He was also telling them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the patch from the new garment will not match the old.
long ago, of long ago

Pertaining to a point of time preceding another point of time, with an interval of considerable length

Examples
2 Corinthians 3:14 But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ.
1 John 2:7 Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.
old self, old pattern of life

(An idiom, literally: old person, or: former person) The old or former pattern of behavior, in contrast with a new pattern of behavior which people should conform to

Examples
Romans 6:6 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;
Ephesians 4:22 that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,
Colossians 3:9 Do not lie to one another, since you stripped off the old self with its evil practices,

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐκβάλλωto cast out, to drive out 1
πίνωto drink 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

χρηστόςkind, good 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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In the other Testament 1 word

עַתִּיק ʻattîyq · H6268 · ancient: עַתִּיק (ʻattîyq, H6268) and παλαιός (palaiós, G3820) both denote age or antiquity, with the Greek term specifically emphasizing the worn or outdated quality of something old while the Hebrew term neutrally marks something as ancient or of long standing.

Semantic domains 4 entries

Old self, old pattern of life41.43: This domain covers παλαιός naming one's former, unregenerate identity, as Paul describes the believer's union with Christ: “knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin.” (Romans 6:6)
Old58.75: Here παλαιός names something aged or worn, as Jesus teaches on new and old garments: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment.” (Luke 5:36)
Long ago, of long ago67.24: This domain covers παλαιός marking a distant past time, as John describes the commandment his readers have long possessed: “Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.” (1 John 2:7)
Old67.97: Here παλαιός describes an aged quality preferred over what is new, as Jesus concludes His teaching on wineskins: “And no one, after drinking old wine wants new; for he says, ‘The old is fine.’” (Luke 5:39)

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

πάλαι pálai · G3819 · long ago, of long ago, all this time · 7×παλαιόςpalaiós · G3820παλαιόω palaióō · G3822 · to make old, to make out of date, to become old · 4×ἔκπαλαι ékpalai · G1597 · long ago, of long ago, since a long time · 2×παλαιότης palaiótēs · G3821 · oldness, old, being obsolete · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon παλαιά, παλαιόν (πάλαι, which see), from Homer down; 1. old, ancient (the Sept. several…

παλαιά, παλαιόν (πάλαι, which see), from Homer down;
1. old, ancient (the Sept. several times for יָשָׁן and עַתִּיק): οἶνος παλαιός (opposed to νέος), Lk 5:39 (but WH in brackets) (Homer Odyssey 2, 340; Sir. 9:10); διαθήκη, 2 Cor 3:14; ἐντολή (opposed to καινή), given long since, 1 Jn 2:7; ζύμη (opposed to νέον φύραμα), 1 Cor 5:7f; neuter plural παλαιά (opposed to καινά), old things, Mt 13:52 (which seems to allude to such articles of food as are fit for use only after having been kept some time (others consider clothing, jewels, etc., as referred to; cf. θησαυρός, 1 c.); dropping the fig, old and new commandments; cf. Sir. 24:23; Heb 5:12ff); ὁ παλαιός ἡμῶν ἄνθρωπος (opposed to ὁ νέος). our old man, i. e. we, as we were before our mode of thought, feeling, action, had been changed, Rom 6:6.; Eph 4:22; (Col 3:9).
2. no longer new, worn by use, the worse for wear, old (for בָּלֶה, Josh 9:10f (4f)): ἱμάτιον, ἀσκός, Mt 9:16; Mk 2:21; Lk 5:39f. (Synonym: see ἀρχαῖος, at the end.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 4 entries

Particular Patterns of Behavior3 occurrences New, Old [primarily non-temporal]14 occurrences A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After2 occurrences Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young4 occurrences

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