Strong’s G2537 · Greek

καινός
kainós

Definition

Etymology

of uncertain affinity; new (especially in freshness; while G3501 (νέος) is properly so with respect to age

Where the KJV renders it

  • new

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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