Pálai — G3819

Definition

adverb

(adverbially) formerly, or (by relatively) sometime since; (elliptically as adjective) ancient

1. of old
2. long ago

Usually translated as

a great while ago, old, in time past, any while

Origin

probably another form for G3825 (through the idea of retrocession)

• pálin (G3825)

Occurrences

Pálai occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (1), Luke (1), Hebrews (1), 2 Peter (1), Jude (1)

• Matthew 11:21 — Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago (πάλαι) in sackcloth and ashes.
• Mark 15:44 — And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead (πάλαι).
• Luke 10:13 — Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago (πάλαι) repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
• Hebrews 1:1 — God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past (πάλαι) unto the fathers by the prophets,
• 2 Peter 1:9 — But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old (πάλαι) sins.
• Jude 1:4 — For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained (πάλαι) to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.