New
καινόςStrong’s G2537kainos
Appears in 38 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kainos is the Greek word usually translated “new”, “anew” and “fresh”. It appears in 38 verses of the New Testament.
“Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”
Meaning
Usually translated “new”, “anew” and “fresh”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- new 35
- of a new 3
- a new 3
- anew 2
- fresh 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 7
- Mark 6
- Matthew 5
- Luke 3
- Hebrews 3
- John 2
14 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 John 1:5In contextAnd now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
- Matthew 9:17Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
- Matthew 13:52Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
- Matthew 26:28For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
- Matthew 26:29But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.
- Matthew 27:60And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
All 38 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
καινός kainos · new
καινός, -ή, -όν [in LXX (Eze.11:19, al.) for חָדָשׁ, exc. Isa.65:15 (אַחֵר) ;] of that which is unused or unaccustomed, new in respect to form or quality, fresh, unused, novel: opposite to παλαιός, ἀρχαῖος, Mat.9:17 13:52, Mrk.2:21-22 Luk.5:36, 38, 2Co.5:17, Eph.4:24; πλήρωμα, Mrk.2:21; μνημεῖον, Mat.27:60, Jhn.19:41; διαθήκη (T, WH, R, txt., omit), Luk.22:20, 1Co.11:25, 2Co.3:6, Heb.8:8" (LXX), Heb.8:13 9:15; οὐρανοί, γῆ, 2Pe.3:13, Rev.21:1" (LXX) Ἰερουσαλήμ, Rev.3:12 21:2; ἄνθρωπος, Eph.2:15 (cf. Eze.18:31); πάντα, Rev.21:5; γέννημα τ. ἀμπέλου, Mat.26:29, Mrk.14:25; διδαχή, Mrk.1:27, Act.1 …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “new” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NEW, adjective
- Lately made, invented, produced or come into being; that has existed a short time only; recent in origin; novel; opposed to old, and used of things; as a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion; a new theory; the new chimistry; a new discovery.
- Lately introduced to our knowledge; not before known; recently discovered; as a new metal; a new species of animals or plants found in foreign countries; the new continent.
- Modern; not ancient.
- Recently produced by change; as a new life.“Put on the new man” Ephesians 4:24
All definitions and other forms of “new”
- Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.
- Renovated; repaired so as to recover the first state.
- Fresh after any event.
- Not of ancient extraction or a family of ancient distinction.
- Not before used; strange; unknown.“They shall speak with new tongues” Mark 16:17
- Recently commenced; as the new year.
- Having passed the change or conjunction with the sun; as the new moon.
- Not cleared and cultivated, or lately cleared; as new land.
- That has lately appeared for the first time; as a new star.
NEW, verb transitive
To make new [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.