UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: παλαιός; -ά, -όν

Sense 1: old

Semantic entry: 67.97

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young

Definition: pertaining to having existed continuously for a relatively long time

Notes: παλαιός[a] in a context involving wineskins focuses upon the use of such wineskins over a long period of time, and therefore it may be necessary in some languages to translate ‘used wineskins’ or ‘wineskins which have been used for a long time.’

MAT 13:52: RV MAT 13:52 · LV MAT 13:52 · Read together MAT 13:52

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52 Then he said to them, “Because of this, every teacher who’s been trained about the heavenly kingdom is like a home owner who gives presents of both new and old things of out their valuables.”

OET-LV MAT 13:52

52 And he said to _them:
Because _of this, every scribe having _been _trained in _the kingdom of _the heavens is similar to_a_man, a_home _owner, who is _sending _forth new things and old things out _of the treasure of _him.

MRK 2:22: RV MRK 2:22 · LV MRK 2:22 · Read together MRK 2:22

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22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskin containers, because the wine will burst the already stretched wineskins, and then both the wine and the wineskins will be destroyed. New wine must be put into new wineskins.”

OET-LV MRK 2:22

22 And no _one is _putting new wine into old wineskins, and if not the wine will _be _bursting the wineskins, and the wine and the wineskins is _being _destroyed.
But new wine is placeable into new wineskins.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 13:52 · LV MAT 13:52 · Read together MAT 13:52

MRK: RV MRK 2:22 · LV MRK 2:22 · Read together MRK 2:22

JN1: RV JN1 2:7 · LV JN1 2:7 · Read together JN1 2:7

Sense 2: old

Semantic entry: 58.75

Semantic domains: Nature, Class, Example

Subdomains: New, Old [primarily non-temporal]

Definition: pertaining to that which is old, obsolete, and hence inferior

MAT 9:16: RV MAT 9:16 · LV MAT 9:16 · Read together MAT 9:16

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16 No one patches old clothes with new material, because the patch will shrink and the clothes would end up with a worse hole.

OET-LV MAT 9:16

16 But no _one is _putting _on a_patch of_ unshrunken _cloth on an_ old _garment, because/for the patch of _it is _tearing _away from the garment, and a_worse tear is _becoming.

MAT 9:17: RV MAT 9:17 · LV MAT 9:17 · Read together MAT 9:17

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17 And they don’t put new wine into an old container, otherwise the container could split and be ruined, and the wine would be lost. Instead, they put new wine into a new container, and both survive.”

OET-LV MAT 9:17

17 Nor are _they _putting new wine into old wineskins, and if not surely, the wineskins are _being _burst, and the wine is _being _poured _out and the wineskins are _being _destroyed.
But they _are _putting new wine into new wineskins, and both are _being _preserved.

All 11 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 9:16–17 · LV MAT 9:16–17 · Read together MAT 9:16–17

MRK: RV MRK 2:21–22 · LV MRK 2:21–22 · Read together MRK 2:21–22

LUK: RV LUK 5:36–37 · RV LUK 5:39 · LV LUK 5:36–37 · LV LUK 5:39 · Read together LUK 5:36–37 · Read together LUK 5:39

ROM: RV ROM 6:6 · LV ROM 6:6 · Read together ROM 6:6

CO1: RV CO1 5:7–8 · LV CO1 5:7–8 · Read together CO1 5:7–8

CO2: RV CO2 3:14 · LV CO2 3:14 · Read together CO2 3:14

Sense 3: long ago, of long ago

Semantic entry: 67.24

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After

Definition: pertaining to a point of time preceding another point of time, with an interval of considerable length

Notes: References to a point of time preceding another point of time may express a relationship to an event in the discourse or to the time of the discourse itself. In RV HEB 1:1 · LV HEB 1:1 · Read together HEB 1:1 πάλαι[a] marks a point of time long before the actual writing of this Letter to the Hebrews. The same is true of ἔκπαλαι in RV PE2 3:5 · LV PE2 3:5 · Read together PE2 3:5. In some languages it is necessary to indicate clearly whether the interval is (1) between a prior time and the event mentioned in the discourse or (2) between a prior time and the discourse itself. For example, in RV HEB 1:1 · LV HEB 1:1 · Read together HEB 1:1 it may be necessary to translate ‘long ago before now God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets’ or ‘long ago before now that I am writing …’|Though in some translations τῆς παλαιᾶς διαθήκης is rendered as ‘the old covenant,’ it is important to distinguish in the meanings of ‘old’ between that which has lasted for a long time and that which comes from a period long ago. It is the latter meaning which is relevant in the context of RV CO2 3:14 · LV CO2 3:14 · Read together CO2 3:14.

CO2 3:14: RV CO2 3:14 · LV CO2 3:14 · Read together CO2 3:14

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14 But their thinking was inflexible because even until this very day, the same veil remains during the public reading of the Hebrew scriptures—it’s not opened up because it’s only Messiah that nullifies it.

OET-LV CO2 3:14

14 But was _hardened the thinking of _them.
For/Because until the today day, the same veil at at _the public _reading of _the old covenant is _remaining, not being _unveiled that in chosen _one /messiah it _is _being _nullified.

JN1 2:7: RV JN1 2:7 · LV JN1 2:7 · Read together JN1 2:7

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7 Dear friends, I’m not writing a new rule for you all, but reminding you of an old rule that you had from the beginning. This old rule is the message that you all heard.

OET-LV JN1 2:7

7 Beloved, I _am_ not _writing a_ new _command to _you _all, but an_ old _command, which you _all _were _having from the_beginning.
The the old command is the message that you _all _heard.

Sense 4: old self, old pattern of life

Semantic entry: 41.43

Semantic domains: Behavior and Related States

Subdomains: Particular Patterns of Behavior

Definition: (an idiom, literally: old person, or: former person) the old or former pattern of behavior, in contrast with a new pattern of behavior which people should conform to

Notes: In a number of languages one can best render this expression in RV EPH 4:22 · LV EPH 4:22 · Read together EPH 4:22 as ‘don’t live the way you used to.’

Collocations: παλαιὸς ἄνθρωπος

ROM 6:6: RV ROM 6:6 · LV ROM 6:6 · Read together ROM 6:6

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