Palai means “any while” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3819 — loruchamah in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3819 πάλαι (palai) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. palai (pal'-ai) adv. 1. (adverbially) formerly 2. (by relatively) sometime since It has 14 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include thee, our, been, old, and done. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
palai (pal'-ai) adv. 1. (adverbially) formerly 2. (by relatively) sometime since 3. (elliptically as adjective) ancient [probably another form for G3825 (through the idea of retrocession)] KJV: any while, a great while ago, (of) old, in time past Root(s): G3825
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3819. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
of old
Usage: πάλαι adv. of time, [in LXX: Isa.48:5, 7 (אָז), etc. ;] long ago, of old, in time past (denoting past time absolutely, as πρότερον relatively) : Mat.11:21, Luk.10:13, Heb.1:1, Ju 4; as adj., with art., 2Pe.1:9; of time just past, Mrk.6:47 (WH, mg.), Mrk.15:44 (WH, mg., R, txt.); with durst. praes. (RV, all this time), 2Co.12:19.† (AS)
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Strong's G3819 (πάλαι) appears 8 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the message was sent by posts throughout the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to destroy utterly the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods. him. myself with great moderation and with gentleness), to make the lives of my subjects continually tranquil, desiring both to maintain the kingdom quiet and orderly to its utmost limits, and to restore the peace desired by all men. other nation, and continually neglecting the commands of the kings, so that the united government blamelessly administered by us is not quietly established. of all others is continually set in opposition to every man, introducing as a change a foreign code of laws, and injuriously plotting to accomplish the worst of evils against our interests, and against the happy establishment of the monarchy; the public affairs and is our second governor, to destroy them all utterly with their wives and children by the swords of the enemies, without pitying or sparing any, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, of the present year; to us having been violently consigned to death in one day, may hereafter secure to us continually a well constituted and quiet state of affairs.
Hast thou not heard of these things which I did of old? I appointed them from ancient times; but now have I manifested my purpose of desolating nations in their strongholds, and them that dwell in strong cities.
And I told thee of old what should be before it came upon thee; I made it known to thee, lest thou shouldest say, My idols have done it for me; and shouldest say, My graven and molten images have commanded me.
4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Wherever this decree was received, the people kept up a revelry of joy and shouting; as if their long-pent-up, hardened hatred, were now to show itself openly.
For whom they rejected with scorn, when he was long before thrown out at the casting forth of the infants, Him in the end, when they saw what came to pass, they admired.
For it was thy will to destroy by the hands of our fathers Both those old inhabitants of thy holy land,
First 14 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3819.
And the message was sent by posts throughout the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to destroy utterly the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods. him. myself with great moderation and with gentleness), to make the lives of my subjects continually tranquil, desiring both to maintain the kingdom quiet and orderly to its utmost limits, and to restore the peace desired by all men. other nation, and continually neglecting the commands of the kings, so that the united government blamelessly administered by us is not quietly established. of all others is continually set in opposition to every man, introducing as a change a foreign code of laws, and injuriously plotting to accomplish the worst of evils against our interests, and against the happy establishment of the monarchy; the public affairs and is our second governor, to destroy them all utterly with their wives and children by the swords of the enemies, without pitying or sparing any, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, of the present year; to us having been violently consigned to death in one day, may hereafter secure to us continually a well constituted and quiet state of affairs.
Hast thou not heard of these things which I did of old? I appointed them from ancient times; but now have I manifested my purpose of desolating nations in their strongholds, and them that dwell in strong cities.
And I told thee of old what should be before it came upon thee; I made it known to thee, lest thou shouldest say, My idols have done it for me; and shouldest say, My graven and molten images have commanded me.
Now they come to pass, and not formerly: and thou heardest not of them in former days: say not thou, Yea, I know them.
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Wherever this decree was received, the people kept up a revelry of joy and shouting; as if their long-pent-up, hardened hatred, were now to show itself openly.
For whom they rejected with scorn, when he was long before thrown out at the casting forth of the infants, Him in the end, when they saw what came to pass, they admired.
For it was thy will to destroy by the hands of our fathers Both those old inhabitants of thy holy land,
For, look, for what things they grudged, when they were punished, That is, for them whom they thought to be gods; now being punished in them, When they saw it, they acknowledged him to be the true God, whom before they denied to know; And therefore came extreme damnation upon them.
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Palai (Strong's G3819) is a Greek word most simply glossed "any while". palai (pal'-ai) adv. 1. (adverbially) formerly 2. (by relatively) sometime since
This page currently indexes 14 linked usages for Strong's G3819 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3819 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as thee, our, been, old, done, and continually. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3819, with linked reader references where each row is available.