Lexical 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.) |