Oldness
παλαιότηςStrong’s G3821palaiotēs
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Palaiotēs is the Greek word usually translated “oldness”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.”
Meaning
Usually translated “oldness”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- in oldness 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
παλαιότης palaiotēs · oldness
παλαιότης, -ητος, ἡ (παλαιός), oldness: γράμματος, Rom.7:6.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “oldness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OLDNESS, noun
- Old age; an advanced state of life or existence; as the oldness of a man, of an elephant or a tree.
- The state of being old, or of a long continuance; as the oldness of a building or a garment.
- Antiquity; as the oldness of monuments.
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.