3821. palaiotés
Berean Strong's Lexicon
palaiotés: Oldness

Original Word: παλαιότης
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: palaiotés
Pronunciation: pah-lah-yaw-TAYS
Phonetic Spelling: (pal-ah-yot'-ace)
Definition: Oldness
Meaning: oldness, obsoleteness.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek adjective παλαιός (palaios), meaning "old" or "ancient."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "palaiotés," the concept of oldness or antiquity can be found in Hebrew words like יָשָׁן (yashan), meaning "old" or "ancient."

Usage: The term "palaiotés" refers to the state or condition of being old or obsolete. In the New Testament, it is used metaphorically to describe the old way of life or the old covenant, which is contrasted with the new life and new covenant brought through Jesus Christ.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of "oldness" often carried connotations of being outdated or surpassed by something new and better. This cultural understanding is reflected in the New Testament's use of "palaiotés" to describe the old covenant and the former way of living under the law, which has been fulfilled and transcended by the new covenant in Christ.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from palaios
Definition
oldness
NASB Translation
oldness (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3821: παλαιότης

παλαιότης, παλαιοτητος, (παλαιός), oldness: γράμματος, the old state of life controlled by 'the letter' of the law, Romans 7:6; see καινότης, and γράμμα, 2 c. ((Euripides), Plato, Aeschines, Dio Cassius, 72, 8.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
age

From palaios; antiquatedness -- oldness.

see GREEK palaios

Forms and Transliterations
παλαιοτητι παλαιότητι palaioteti palaiotēti palaióteti palaiótēti
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Englishman's Concordance
Romans 7:6 N-DFS
GRK: καὶ οὐ παλαιότητι γράμματος
NAS: of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.
KJV: not [in] the oldness of the letter.
INT: and not in oldness of letter

Strong's Greek 3821
1 Occurrence


παλαιότητι — 1 Occ.

















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