Strong's Concordance ekpalai: long ago, for a long while Original Word: ἔκπαλαιPart of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: ekpalai Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-pal-ahee) Short Definition: from of old, long since Definition: from of old, long since. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1597: ἔκπαλαιἔκπαλαι, adverb (from ἐκ and πάλαι, formed like ἐκτοτε (cf. Winers Grammar, 24 (23); 422 (393); Buttmann, 321 (275))), from of old; of a long time: 2 Peter 2:3; 2 Peter 3:5. (A later Greek word, from Philo down; see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 45ff.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of a long time, of old. From ek and palai; long ago, for a long while -- of a long time, of old. see GREEK ek see GREEK palai Forms and Transliterations εκπαλαι έκπαλαι ἔκπαλαι ekpalai ékpalaiLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 15972 Occurrences ἔκπαλαι — 2 Occ. 2 Peter 2:3 Adv GRK: τὸ κρίμα ἔκπαλαι οὐκ ἀργεῖ NAS: their judgment from long ago is not idle, KJV: judgment now of a long time lingereth INT: the judgment of old not is idle 2 Peter 3:5 Adv |