adverb

ekpalai

Greekἔκπαλαι (ekpalai)

Strong’sG1597

from of old, long since

stem ekpalai-2 times in the New Testament

Translated as

long ago2×

What it means

*† ἔκ-παλαι

adv.

(of a class of compound adverbs common in late Gk.; v. Mayor on 2 Pe, l.c.),

for a long time, from of old: II Pe 2:3 3:5.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1597 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saideh'-pal-ahee

long ago, for a long while

Fromfrom G1537 and G3819;

King Jamesof a long time, of old.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

ekpalai2×

2 Peter 2:3“long ago”kai en pleonexia plastoi logoi vin emporeueli; hoi tem krimem ekpalai ouk argatō, kai tas apōleias autoiu ouk nustazatō.In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

2 Peter 3:5“long ago”lanthanatō gar autoin houtem thelarōtoin hoti ouranois ale ekpalai kai gēas ek hudōreu kai dia hudōreu sunistanarētas to tou theou logo,But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,