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Strong's G744 ἀρχαῖος (archaios)

archaios - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H744 — aryeh (“lion”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G744
Language Greek
Linked Usages 37
Books 16

Strong's G744 Quick Answer

Strong's G744 ἀρχαῖος (archaios) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. archaios (ar-khai`-os) adj. 1. original or primeval [from G746] It has 37 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include them and old. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
archaios (ar-khai`-os) adj. 1. original or primeval [from G746]
Usage
37 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
them and old

Meaning and Definition

archaios (ar-khai`-os) adj. 1. original or primeval [from G746] KJV: (them of) old (time) Root(s): G746

Original Word
ἀρχαῖος
Transliteration
archaios
Derivation
Root: ἀρχή R1: 746
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G744. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

ancient

Usage: ἀρχαῖος, -αία, -αῖον (ἀρχή), [in LXX chiefly for קֶדֶם ;] original, ancient: Mat.5:21, 33, Luk.9:8, 19, Act.15:7, 21 21:16, 2Co.5:17, 2Pe.2:5, Rev.12:9 20:2.† SYN.: παλαιός, old, without the reference to beginning and origin contained in ἀ. The distinction is observed in π. (MM, see word). ἀ. is the antithesis to καινός: παλ. to vέος (see Westc., He., 223; Cremer, 116) (AS)

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How Strong's G744 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render archaios, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

old Luke 9:8 them Matthew 5:21

How Strong's G744 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 18 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G744 (ἀρχαῖος) appears 25 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G744 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G744 in the New Testament

12 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 5:21 KJV

Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

Matthew 5:27 KJV

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

Matthew 5:33 KJV

Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:

Strong's G744 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

18 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Judges 5:21 Septuagint / Brenton

The brook of Kishon swept them away, The ancient brook, the brook Kishon: My mighty soul will trample him down.

1 Kingdoms 24:14 Septuagint / Brenton

As the old proverb says, Transgression will proceed from the wicked ones: but my hand shall not be upon thee.

3 Kingdoms 5:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And Solomon abounded greatly beyond the wisdom of all the ancients, and beyond all the wise men of Egypt.

Strong's G744 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

2 Maccabees 6:22 Septuagint / Brenton

that in so doing he might be delivered from death, and for the old friendship with them find favor.

Wisdom of Solomon 8:8 Septuagint / Brenton

If a man desire much experience, She knoweth things of old, and conjectureth aright what is to come: She knoweth the subtleties of speeches, and can expound dark sentences: She foreseeth signs and wonders, And the events of seasons and times.

Wisdom of Solomon 13:10 Septuagint / Brenton

But miserable are they, and in dead things is their hope, Who called them gods, which are the works of men’s hands, Gold and silver, to show art in, And resemblances of beasts, Or a stone good for nothing, the work of an ancient hand.

Usage Excerpts

First 37 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G744.

Judges 5:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The brook of Kishon swept them away, The ancient brook, the brook Kishon: My mighty soul will trample him down.
1 Kingdoms 24:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As the old proverb says, Transgression will proceed from the wicked ones: but my hand shall not be upon thee.
3 Kingdoms 5:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Solomon abounded greatly beyond the wisdom of all the ancients, and beyond all the wise men of Egypt.
Psalms 43:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us, The work which thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old.
Psalms 76:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I considered the days of old, And remembered ancient years.
Psalms 78:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remember not our old transgressions; Let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us; For we are greatly impoverished.
Psalms 88:50 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Where are thine ancient mercies, O Lord, Which thou sworest to David in thy truth?
Psalms 138:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the last and the first: Thou hast fashioned me, and laid thy hand upon me.
Psalms 142:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I remembered the days of old; And I meditated on all thy doings: Yea, I meditated on the works of thy hands.
Isaiah 22:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall uncover the secret places of the houses of the citadel of David: and they saw that they were many, and that one had turned the water of the old pool into the city;
Isaiah 22:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye procured to yourselves water between the two walls within the ancient pool: but ye looked not to him that made it from the beginning, and regarded not him that created it.
Isaiah 23:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass after the seventy years, that God will visit Tyre, and she shall be again restored to her primitive state, and she shall be a mart for all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.
Isaiah 25:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord God, I will glorify thee, I will sing to thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, even an ancient and faithful counsel. So be it.
Isaiah 37:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
Isaiah 43:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remember ye not the former things, and consider not the ancient things.
Lamentations 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Jerusalem remembered the days of her affliction, And her rejection; She thought on all her desirable things Which were from the days of old, When her people fell into the hands of the oppressor, And there was none to help her: When her enemies saw it They laughed at her habitation.
Lamentations 2:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord has done that which he purposed; He has accomplished his word, Even the things which he commanded from the ancient days: He has thrown down, and has not spared: And he has caused the enemy to rejoice over thee, He has exalted the horn of him that afflicted thee.
Ezekiel 21:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the king of Babylon shall stand on the old way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination, to make bright the arrow, and to inquire of the graven images, and to examine the victims.
Matthew 5:21 New Testament, KJV
Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Matthew 5:27 New Testament, KJV
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Matthew 5:33 New Testament, KJV
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
Luke 9:8 New Testament, KJV
And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.
Luke 9:19 New Testament, KJV
They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
Acts 15:7 New Testament, KJV
And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
Acts 15:21 New Testament, KJV
For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Acts 21:16 New Testament, KJV
There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
2 Corinthians 5:17 New Testament, KJV
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
2 Peter 2:5 New Testament, KJV
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Revelation 12:9 New Testament, KJV
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Revelation 20:2 New Testament, KJV
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
2 Maccabees 6:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
that in so doing he might be delivered from death, and for the old friendship with them find favor.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
If a man desire much experience, She knoweth things of old, and conjectureth aright what is to come: She knoweth the subtleties of speeches, and can expound dark sentences: She foreseeth signs and wonders, And the events of seasons and times.
Wisdom of Solomon 13:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But miserable are they, and in dead things is their hope, Who called them gods, which are the works of men’s hands, Gold and silver, to show art in, And resemblances of beasts, Or a stone good for nothing, the work of an ancient hand.
Wisdom of Sirach 2:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Look at the generations of old, and see; Did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? Or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken? Or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him?
Wisdom of Sirach 9:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Forsake not an old friend; For the new is not comparable to him: A new friend is as new wine; When it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
Wisdom of Sirach 16:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He was not pacified toward the old giants, Who fell away in the strength of their foolishness.
Wisdom of Sirach 39:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients, And be occupied in prophecies.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G744, grouped by book.

Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 3 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G744 FAQ

What does archaios (ἀρχαῖος) mean?

Strong's G744 is a Greek entry for G744 ἀρχαῖος (archaios). archaios (ar-khai`-os) adj. 1. original or primeval [from G746]

How many times is archaios (ἀρχαῖος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 37 linked usages for Strong's G744 across 16 books.

Where can I study archaios (ἀρχαῖος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G744 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate archaios (ἀρχαῖος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as them and old. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G744 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 18 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G744, with linked reader references where each row is available.