Definition

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

Etymology

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

Where the KJV renders it

• any while
• a great while ago
• (of) old
• in time past

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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