King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1597
Transliteration: ekpalai
Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-pal-ahee)
Part of Speech: Adverb
Short Definition: long ago, for a long while
Meaning: long ago, for a long while
ἔκπαλαι, adverb (from ἐκ and πάλαι, formed like ἐκτοτε (cf. Winers Grammar, 24 (23); 422 (393); Buttmann, 321 (275))), from of old; of a long time: 2 Peter 2:3; 2 Peter 3:5. (A later Greek word, from Philo down; see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 45ff.)
Word Summary
ekpalai: long ago, for a long while
Original Word: ἔκπαλαιTransliteration: ekpalai
Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-pal-ahee)
Part of Speech: Adverb
Short Definition: long ago, for a long while
Meaning: long ago, for a long while
Strong's Concordance
of a long time, of old. From ek and palai; long ago, for a long while -- of a long time, of old.
see GREEK ek
see GREEK palai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1597: ἔκπαλαιἔκπαλαι, adverb (from ἐκ and πάλαι, formed like ἐκτοτε (cf. Winers Grammar, 24 (23); 422 (393); Buttmann, 321 (275))), from of old; of a long time: 2 Peter 2:3; 2 Peter 3:5. (A later Greek word, from Philo down; see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 45ff.)