Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #154795

SR GNT Yud 1:4 πάλαι (palai) ‘for some people long_ago having_been previously_written for this’ Strongs=38190 Lemma=palai
Word role=adverb
Year=66 AD

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Other uses (4) of identical word form πάλαι (D-···) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘πάλαι’ (D-···) is always and only glossed as ‘long_ago’.

Mat 11:21 ‘having become in you_all long_ago would in sackcloth’ SR GNT Mat 11:21 word 23

OET-LV: 21 Woe to _you, Ⱪorazin. Woe to _you, Baʸthsaida. Because if the miracles which having _become in you _all became in Turos/(Tsor) and Sidōn/(Tsīdōn), long _ago they_ would _repented in sackcloth and ashes. (MAT_11:21)

OET-RV: 21 “Chorazin you’re doomed. Bethsaida you’re doomed. Because if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Tsidon, they would have shown their turning from their sins by wearing coarse cloth and showering themselves with ashes. (MAT 11:21)

Luke 10:13 ‘having become in you_all long_ago would in sackcloth’ SR GNT Luke 10:13 word 25

OET-LV: 13 Woe to _you, Ⱪorazin. Woe to _you, Baʸthsaida. Because if the miracles and Sidōn/(Tsīdōn) were _become, which having _become in you _all in Turos/(Tsor), they_ would _repented sitting in sackcloth and ashes long _ago. (LUK_10:13)

OET-RV: 13 “You won’t end well, Korazin. And you won’t end well, Bethsaida. Because if the miracles that were done in your places had been done in Tyre and Tsidon, they would have turned around from disobeying God and shown their humility long ago (LUK 10:13)

Heb 1:1 ‘many_ways and many_ways long_ago god having spoken to the’ SR GNT Heb 1:1 word 4

OET-LV: 1 Many _ways and many _ways long _ago, the god, having _spoken to _the fathers in the prophets (HEB_1:1)

OET-RV: 1 Long ago, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets in many different circumstances and in many different ways, (HEB 1:1)

2 Pet 1:9 ‘of the purification the long_ago of him sins’ SR GNT 2 Pet 1:9 word 14

OET-LV: 9 For/Because in _whomever these things is_ not _being _present, is blind, being _near _sighted, having _received forgetfulness of _the purification the long _ago of _him sins. (PE2_1:9)

OET-RV: 9 But if these things aren’t part of someone, that person is shortsighted as if they’ve forgotten that prior cleansing of their sins. (PE2 1:9)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘palai’ have 2 different glosses: ‘already’, ‘long_ago’.

Key: D=adverb