πάλιν
pálin · G3825 · Greek · 141 occurrences
Meanings
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again
A subsequent point of time involving repetition
ExamplesMatthew 4:8 Again, the devil took Him along to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory;
Matthew 19:24 “And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
Matthew 20:5 “Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same thing.
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and, also, again
A marker of an additive relation involving repetition
ExamplesMatthew 5:33 “Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, ‘YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FALSE VOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO THE LORD.’
Matthew 13:45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls,
Matthew 13:47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every kind;
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on the other hand, but in turn, however
A marker of contrast, with the implication of a sequence
ExamplesMatthew 4:7 Jesus said to him, “On the other hand, it is written: ‘YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.’”
Luke 6:43 “For there is no good tree that bears bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree that bears good fruit.
John 16:28 “I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- εἴδωto know 1
- ἔπωto say 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto 2
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
- שׁוּב shûwb · H7725 · to turn around, to turn (someone) around
- שׁוּב (shûwb, H7725) denotes the physical or temporal action of returning/turning back, while πάλιν (pálin, G3825) functions adverbially to mark repetition, resumption, or contrast ('again', 'once more', 'on the other hand'); the Greek term abstracts the Hebrew's concrete return-motion into a grammatical marker of recurrence.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Again67.55
- This domain covers πάλιν marking the plain repetition of an action, as Matthew narrates the temptation of Jesus: “Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.” (Matthew 4:8)
- On the other hand, but in turn, however89.129
- Here πάλιν introduces a contrasting point in an argument, as Paul teaches on the body's interdependent members: “And the eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I have no need of you’; or again, the head to the feet, ‘I have no need of you.’” (1 Corinthians 12:21)
- And, also, again89.97
- This domain covers πάλιν functioning as a simple connective adding a further point, as the writer of Hebrews strings together a chain of Scripture quotations: “And again, ‘I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM.’ And again, ‘BEHOLD, I AND THE CHILDREN WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN ME.’” (Hebrews 2:13)
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon adverb, from Homer down; 1. anew, again (but the primary meaning seems to be back; cf.…
1. anew, again (but the primary meaning seems to be back; cf. (among others) Ellendt, Lex. Sophocles, under the word, ii, p. 485);
a. joined to verbs of all sorts, it denotes renewal or repetition of the action: Mt 4:8; Mt 20:5; Mt 21:36; Mt 22:1, Mt 22:4; Mk 2:13; Mk 3:20; Lk 23:20; Jn 1:35; Jn 4:13; Jn 8:2, Jn 8:8, Jn 8:12, Jn 8:21; Jn 9:15, Jn 9:17; Jn 10:19; Acts 17:32; Acts 27:28; Rom 11:23; 1 Cor 7:5; 2 Cor 11:16; Gal 1:9; Gal 2:18; Gal 4:19; 2 Pet 2:20; Phm 2:28; Phm 4:4; Heb 1:6 (where πάλιν is tacitly opposed to the time when God first brought his Son into the world, i. e. to the time of Jesus' former life on earth); Heb 5:12; Heb 6:1, Heb 6:6; Jas 5:18; Rev 10:8, Rev 10:11; πάλιν μικρόν namely, ἔσται, Jn 16:16f, 19; εἰς τό πάλιν, again (cf. German zum wiederholten Male; (see εἰς, A. II. 2 at the end)), 2 Cor 13:2; with verbs of going, coming, departing, returning, where again combines with the notion of back; thus with ἄγωμεν, Jn 11:7; ἀναχωρεῖν, Jn 6:15 (where Tdf. φεύγει and Griesbach omits πάλιν) (cf. Jn 6:3); ἀπέρχεσθαι, Jn 4:3; Jn 10:40; Jn 20:10; ἐισέρχεσθαι, Mk 2:1; Mk 3:1; Jn 18:33; Jn 19:9; ἐξέρχεσθαι, Mk 7:31; ἔρχεσθαι, Jn 4:46; Jn 14:3; 2 Cor 1:16; 2 Cor 12:21 (cf. Winers Grammar, 554 (515) n.; Buttmann, § 145, 2 a.); ὑπάγειν, Jn 11:8; ἀνακάμπτειν, Acts 18:21; διαπεραν, Mk 5:21; ὑποστρέφειν, Gal 1:17; ἡ ἐμή παρουσία πάλιν πρός ὑμᾶς, my presence with you again, i. e. my return to you, Phm 1:26 (cf. Buttmann, § 125, 2); also with verbs of taking, Jn 10:17; Acts 10:16 Rec.; .
b. with other parts of the sentence: πάλιν εἰς φόβον, Rom 8:15; πάλιν ἐν λύπη, 2 Cor 2:1.
c. πάλιν is explained by the addition of more precise specifications of time (cf. Winer's Grammar, 604 (562)): πάλιν ἐκ τρίτου, Mt 26:44 (L Tr marginal reading brackets ἐκ τρίτου); ἐκ δευτέρου, Mt 26:42; Acts 10:15; πάλιν δεύτερον, Jn 4:54; Jn 21:16; πάλιν ἄνωθεν, again, anew (R. V. back again (yet cf. Meyer at the passage)), Gal 4:9 (Wis. 19:6; πάλιν ἐξ ἀρχῆς, Aristophanes Plutarch, 866; Plato, Eut., p. 11 b. and 15 c.; Isoc. areiop. 6, p. 338 (p. 220, Lange edition); cf. Winer's Grammar, as above).
2. again, i. e. further, moreover (where the subject remains the same and a repetition of the action or condition is indicated): Mt 5:33 (πάλιν ἠκούσατε); Mt 13:44 (where T Tr WH omit; L brackets πάλιν), Mt 13:45, Mt 13:47; ; Lk 13:20; Jn 10:7 (not Tdf.); especially where to O. T. passages already quoted others are added: Mt 4:7; Jn 12:39; Jn 19:37; Rom 15:10-12; 1 Cor 3:20; Heb 1:5; Heb 2:13; Heb 4:5; Heb 10:30; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 15, 3f [ET] and often in Philo; cf. Bleek, Br. a. d. Heb 2:1, p. 108. 3. in turn, on the other hand: Lk 6:43 T WH L brackets Tr brackets; 1 Cor 12:21; 2 Cor 10:7; 1 Jn 2:8 (Wis. 13:8 Wis. 16:23; 2 Macc. 15:39; see examples from secular authors in Pape, under the word, 2; Passow, under the word, 3; (Ellendt as above (at the beginning); Liddell and Scott, under the word, III.; but many (e. g. Fritzsche and Meyer on Mt 3:7) refuse to recognize this sense in the N. T.)). John uses πάλιν in his Gospel far more frequent than the other N. T. writings, in his Epistles but once; Luke two or three times; the author of the Rev. twice.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
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