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Lexicon :: Strong's G2537 - kainos

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καινός
Transliteration
kainos (Key)
Pronunciation
kahee-nos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:447,388

Trench's Synonyms: lx. νέος, καινός.

Strong’s Definitions

†καινός kainós, kahee-nos'; of uncertain affinity; new (especially in freshness; while G3501 is properly so with respect to age:—new.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's G2537 in the following manner: new (44x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's G2537 in the following manner: new (44x).

  1. new

    1. as respects form

      1. recently made, fresh, recent, unused, unworn

    2. as respects substance

      1. of a new kind, unprecedented, novel, uncommon, unheard of

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†καινός kainós, kahee-nos'; of uncertain affinity; new (especially in freshness; while G3501 is properly so with respect to age:—new.
STRONGS G2537:
καινός, καινή, καινόν (from Aeschylus and Herodotus down); the Sept. for חָדָשׁ; new, i. e.
a. as respects form; recently made, fresh, recent, unused, unworn (opposed to παλαιός old, antiquated): as ἀσκός, Matthew 9:11; Mark 2:22 (T omits; Tr WH brackets the clause); Luke 5:38 ἱμάτιον, Luke 5:36; πλήρωμα, Mark 2:21; μνημεῖον, Matthew 27:60; with ἐν ᾧ οὐδέπω οὐδείς ἐτέθη added, John 19:41; καινά καί παλαιά, Matthew 13:52; new, which as recently made is superior to what it succeeds: διαθήκη, Matthew 26:28 (T WH omit καινά); Mark 14:24 R L; Luke 22:20 (WH reject the passage); 1 Corinthians 11:25; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Hebrews 8:8, 13; Hebrews 9:15 (Jeremiah 38:31 (Jer. 31:31)); καινοί οὐρανοί, καινή γῆ, 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1 (Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22); Ἱερουσαλήμ (see Ἱεροσόλυμα, at the end), Revelation 3:12; Revelation 21:2; ἄνθρωπος (see the word, 1 f.), Ephesians 2:15; Ephesians 4:24 (καρδία, πνεῦμα, Ezekiel 18:31; Ezekiel 36:26); καινά πάντα ποιῶ, I bring all things into a new and better condition, Revelation 21:5; γέννημα τῆς ἀμπέλου, Matthew 26:29; Mark 14:25.
b. as respects substance; of a new kind; unprecedented, novel, uncommon, unheard of (ἑτέρα καί καινά δαιμόνια, Xenophon, mem. 1, 1, 1): διδαχή, Mark 1:27; Acts 17:19; ἐντολή, given now for the first time, John 13:34; 1 John 2:7; 2 John 1:5; ὄνομα, with the added explanation ὁ οὐδείς οἶδεν (ἔγνω Rec.), Revelation 2:17 (Isaiah 62:2; Isaiah 65:15); ᾠδή, Revelation 5:9; Revelation 14:3 (Psalm 143:9 (Ps. 144:9); ὕμνος, Isaiah 42:10; ᾆσμα, Psalm 32:3 (Ps. 33:3); Psalms 39:4 (Ps. 40:4), etc.); λέγειν τί καί (ἤ L T Tr WH) ἀκούειν καινότερον, Acts 17:21 (newer namely, than that which is already; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 244 (228f))); κτίσις, Galatians 6:15; καινά τά πάντα, all things are new, previously non-existent, begin to be far different from what they were before, 2 Corinthians 5:17 (L T Tr WH omit τά πάντα); μηκέτι οὔσης τῆς ἀνομίας, καινων δέ γεγονότων πάντων ὑπό κυρίου, the Epistle of Barnabas 15, 7 [ET]. γλῶσσαι (see γλῶσσα, 2): Mark 16:17 (Tr text WH text omit; Tr marginal reading brackets καινων)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
32:3; 33:3; 39:4; 40:4; 143:9; 144:9
Isaiah
42:10; 62:2; 65:15; 65:17; 66:22
Jeremiah
31:31
Ezekiel
18:31; 36:26
Matthew
9:11; 13:52; 26:28; 26:29; 27:60
Mark
1:27; 2:21; 2:22; 14:24; 14:25; 16:17
Luke
5:36; 5:38; 22:20
John
13:34; 19:41
Acts
17:19; 17:21
1 Corinthians
11:25
2 Corinthians
3:6; 5:17
Galatians
6:15
Ephesians
2:15; 4:24
Hebrews
8:8; 8:13; 9:15
2 Peter
3:13
1 John
2:7
2 John
1:5
Revelation
2:17; 3:12; 5:9; 14:3; 21:1; 21:2; 21:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2537 matches the Greek καινός (kainos),
which occurs 42 times in 36 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:17 - Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:52 - And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:29 - I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:60

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:60 - and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:27 - And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:21 - No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:22 - And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins—and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:25 - Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:17 - And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:36 - He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:38 - But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:20 - And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:34 - A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:41 - Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:19 - And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:21 - Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:25 - In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6 - who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:17 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.[fn] The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:15 - For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:15 - by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:24 - and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:8 - For he finds fault with them when he says:[fn]
“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,
when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:13 - In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:15 - Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:13 - But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:7 - Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:8 - At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because[fn] the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Jo 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:5 - And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:17 - He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:12 - The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:9 - And they sang a new song, saying,
“Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:3 - and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:1 - Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:2 - And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:5 - And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
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