Strong's Greek · G3819

πάλαι

pálai

any while, a great while ago, (of) old, in time past

Definition

(adverbially) formerly, or (by relatively) sometime since; (elliptically as adjective) ancient

Derivation

probably another form for G3825 (πάλιν) (through the idea of retrocession);

Appears 7 times in Scripture

Matthew 11:21

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 10:13

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Hebrews 1:1

On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.

2 Corinthians 12:19

Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.

Jude 1:4

For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 1:9

But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.

Mark 15:44

Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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