noun · feminine

kainotas

Greekκαινότης (kainotēs)

Strong’sG2538

freshness, newness

stem kainot-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

newness2×

What it means

καινότης, -ητος, ἡ

(< καινός), [in LXX: III Ki 8:53, Ez 47:12*;]

1. novelty (Thuc., Isocr., LS, s.v.).

2. freshness, newness: ἐν κ. ζωῆς (v. Lft., Notes, 296), Ro 6:4; ἐν κ. πνεύματος, Ro 7:6.†

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

Strong’s G2538 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkahee-not'-ace

renewal (figuratively)

Fromfrom G2537;

King Jamesnewness.

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

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	kainotas	kainotais
object accusative	kainotan	kainotain
direct address vocative	kainotar	kainotair
of, belonging to genitive	kainotau	kainotaiu
to, for dative	kainota2×καινότητι	kainotai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

kainotstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

kainota is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

kainota“newness”to, fordative singular2×

Romans 6:4“newness”sunthaptina oun auto dia teu baptismeu eis ton thanaton, hina hōsper egeirita Christos ek nekroiu dia tau doxau tou patērou, houtōs kai nis en kainota zōau peripataneia.We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.

Romans 7:6“newness”nuni de katargina apo tou nomou, apothnēskaratois en ho katechine, hōste douleuarō nin en kainota pneumeu kai ouk palaiota grammeu.But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.