Old
παλαιόςStrong’s G3820palaios
Appears in 15 verses of the New Testament
In short
Palaios is the Greek word usually translated “old”. It appears in 15 verses of the New Testament.
“No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.”
Meaning
Usually translated “old”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- old 19
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 3
- Luke 3
- Mark 2
- 1 Corinthians 2
- Romans 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
- Mark 2:21No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
- Mark 2:22And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
- Luke 5:36And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
- Luke 5:37And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
Greek dictionary
παλαιός palaios · old
παλαιός, -ά, -όν (πάλαι), [in LXX: Lev.25:22 26:10, Sng.7:13 (14) (יָשֵׁן), יָשֵׁן), Jos.9:4-5, Jer.38:11 (בָּלֶה), etc. ;] old, ancient; opposite to νέος, καινός: οἶνος, Luk.5:3; διαθήκη, 2Co.3:14; ἐντολή, 1Jn.2:7; ζύμη, 1Co.5:7-8; ὁ π. ἄςθρωπος (for similar phrases, see Westc., Eph., 68), Rom.6:6, Eph.4:22, Col.3:9; neut. pl., καινὰ καὶ π., Mat.13:52; of things not merely old, but worn by use (as Jo, l.with, LXX), Mat.9:16-17, Mrk.2:21-22, Luk.5:36-37.† SYN.: see: ἀρχαῖος (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “old” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OLD, adjective
- Advanced far in years or life; having lived beyond the middle period, or rather towards the end of life, or towards the end of the ordinary term of living; applied to animals or plants; as an old man; an old age; an old camel or horse; an old tree.“Abraham was seventy five years old when he departed from Haran” Genesis 12:4
- Having been long made or used; decayed by time; as an old garment; an old house.
- Being of long continuance; begun long ago; as an old acquaintance.
- Having been long made; not new or fresh; as old wine.
All definitions
- Being of a former year's growth; not of the last crop; as old wheat; old hay.
- Ancient; that existed in former ages; as the old inhabitants of Britain; the old Romans.
- Of any duration whatever; as a year old; seven years old How old art thou?
- subsisting before something else.
- Long practiced. he is grown old in vice.
- That has been long cultivated; as old land; an old farm; opposed to new land, land lately cleared and cultivated.
- More than enough; great.
- In vulgar language, crafty; cunning.
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.