long ago, of old Original Word: πάλαιTransliteration: palai Phonetic Spelling: (pal'-ahee) Short Definition: long ago
a prim. word Definition long ago, of old NASB Word Usage all this time (1), former (1), long (1), long ago (3). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
Probably another form for palin (through the idea of retrocession); (adverbially) formerly, or (by relatively) sometime since; (elliptically as adjective) ancient -- any while, a great while ago, (of) old, in time past. see GREEK palin
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