STRONGS G3819:
πάλαι, adverb of time, from
Homer down;
1. of old;
Hebrews 1:1; (as adjective)
former, 2 Peter 1:9. (
πάλαι properly designates the past not like
πρίν and
πρότερον relatively, i. e. with a reference, more or less explicit, to some other time (whether past, present, or future), but simply and absolutely.)
2. long ago:
Matthew 11:21;
Luke 10:13;
Jude 1:4; so also of time just past,
Mark 15:44 (
A. V. any while) (where
L Tr text
WH text
ἤδη);
2 Corinthians 12:19 L T Tr WH (
R. V. all this time) (so in
Homer, Odyssey 20, 293;
Josephus, Antiquities 14, 15, 4).
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