adjective

palaios

Greekπαλαιός (palaios)

Strong’sG3820

old, ancient, worn out

stem palai-19 times in the New Testamentin 9 of 27 books11 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

old19×

What it means

παλαιός, -ά, -όν

(< πάλαι), [in LXX: Le 25:22 26:10, Ca 7:13 (14) (ישׁן), Jos 9:4, 5, Je 45 (38):11 (בָּלֶה), etc.;]

old, ancient; opp. to νέος, καινός: οἶνος, Lk 5:39; διαθήκη, II Co 3:14; ἐντολή, I Jo 2:7; ζύμη, I Co 5:7, 8; ὁ π. ἄςθρωπος (for similar phrases, v. Westc., Eph., 68), Ro 6:6, Eph 4:22, Col 3:9; neut. pl., καινὰ καὶ π., Mt 13:52; of things not merely old, but worn by use (as Jos 9:4, 5, LXX), Mt 9:16, 17, Mk 2:21, 22, Lk 5:36, 37.†

SYN.: v.s. ἀρχαῖος.

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

Strong’s G3820 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpal-ah-yos'

antique, i.e. not recent, worn out

Fromfrom G3819;

King Jamesold.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	palaios2×παλαιὸς	palaias1×παλαιά	palaiem2×παλαιόν	palaiois	palaiais	palaieim1×παλαιά
object accusative	palaion3×παλαιὸν	palaian2×παλαιὰν		palaioin3×παλαιούς	palaiain
direct address vocative	palaior	palaiar		palaioir	palaiair
of, belonging to genitive	palaiou	palaiau1×παλαιᾶς	palaieu1×παλαιοῦ	palaioiu	palaiaiu	palaieiu
to, for dative	palaio	palaia1×παλαιᾷ	palaie2×παλαιῷ	palaioi	palaiai	palaiei

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

palaistem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

palai 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

Words built on the same stem

palai — πάλαι, of old, long ago palaiimō — παλαιόω, I make old, declare obsolete

Where it appears

19 occurrences, every one of them listed

palaios“old”subjectnominative singular2×

Luke 5:39“old”kai oudenos pinaratos palaion thelatō neon; legatō gar; Tos palaios chrēstos atō.And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”

Romans 6:6“old”houtem gnōskarōtois hoti tos palaios nu anthrōpos sustaurita, hina katargiteia tem sōmem tau hamartau, teu mēketi douleuarō nin ta hamarta,We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

palaion“old”objectaccusative singular3×

Luke 5:39“old”kai oudenos pinaratos palaion thelatō neon; legatō gar; Tos palaios chrēstos atō.And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”

Ephesians 4:22“old”apotithera vin kata tan proteran anastrofan ton palaion anthrōpon ton ftheirirōton kata tain epithumiain tau apatau,to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

Colossians 3:9“old”mē pseudevōr eis allēloin; apekdueratois ton palaion anthrōpon sun tai praxiai autou,Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

palaias“old”subjectnominative singular1×

1 John 2:7“old”Agapētoir, ouk entolan kainan grafamō vi, alla entolan palaian han echave apo archau; tas entolas tas palaias atō tos logos hon akouava.Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.

palaian“old”objectaccusative singular2×

1 Corinthians 5:7“old”ekkathairavar tan palaian zuman, hina aveiō neem furamem, kathōs avō azumois. kai gar tem pascha nu thuita Christos;Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

1 John 2:7“old”Agapētoir, ouk entolan kainan grafamō vi, alla entolan palaian han echave apo archau; tas entolas tas palaias atō tos logos hon akouava.Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.

palaiau“old”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

2 Corinthians 3:14“old”alla pōrita teim noēmeim autoiu. achri gar tau sēmeron hēmerau tem autem kalummem epi ta anagnōsia tau palaiau diathēkau menatō mē anakaluptirōtem, hoti en Christo katargitō,But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

palaia“old”to, fordative singular1×

1 Corinthians 5:8“old”hōste heortazaneiō, mē en zuma palaia mēde en zuma kakiau kai ponēriau, alla en azumei eilikrineiau kai alētheiau.Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.

palaiem“old”subject or objectdirect singular2×

Mark 2:21“old”Oudenos epiblēmem rakeu agnafeu epiraptatō epi himatiem palaiem; ei de mē, airatō tem plērōmem apo auteu tem kainem teu palaieu, kai cheirōnem schismem ginetō.No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.

Luke 5:36“old”legate de kai parabolan pros autoin hoti Oudenos epiblēmem apo himatieu kaineu schizaratos epiballatō epi himatiem palaiem; ei de mēge, kai tem kainem schizati kai te palaie ouk sumfōnati tem epiblēmem tem apo teu kaineu.He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.

palaieu“old”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Mark 2:21“old”Oudenos epiblēmem rakeu agnafeu epiraptatō epi himatiem palaiem; ei de mē, airatō tem plērōmem apo auteu tem kainem teu palaieu, kai cheirōnem schismem ginetō.No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.

palaie“old”to, fordative singular2×

Matthew 9:16“old”oudenos de epiballatō epiblēmem rakeu agnafeu epi himatie palaie; airatō gar tem plērōmem auteu apo teu himatieu, kai cheirōnem schismem ginetō.No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.

Luke 5:36“old”legate de kai parabolan pros autoin hoti Oudenos epiblēmem apo himatieu kaineu schizaratos epiballatō epi himatiem palaiem; ei de mēge, kai tem kainem schizati kai te palaie ouk sumfōnati tem epiblēmem tem apo teu kaineu.He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.

palaioin“old”objectaccusative plural3×

Matthew 9:17“old”oude ballalō oinon neon eis askoin palaioin; ei de mē ge, rēgnuilō tois askois, kai tos oinos ekchitō kai tois askois apolluilō; alla ballalō oinon neon eis askoin kainoin, kai amfoterois suntērilō.Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

Mark 2:22“old”kai oudenos ballatō oinon neon eis askoin palaioin; ei de mē, rēgnuati tos oinos toin askoin, kai tos oinos apolluitō kai tois askois. alla oinon neon eis askoin kainoin.And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”

Luke 5:37“old”kai oudenos ballatō oinon neon eis askoin palaioin; ei de mēge, rēgnuati tos oinos tos neos toin askoin, kai autos ekchiti kai tois askois apollueli;And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined.

palaieim“old”subject or objectdirect plural1×

Matthew 13:52“old”tos de legata autoi; Dia houtem pantos grammatevos mathēteuiratos ta basileia toiu ouranoiu homoios atō anthrōpo oikodespoto hotinos ekballatō ek tou thēsaurou autou kaineim kai palaieim.Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”