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Lexicon :: Strong's G2537 - kainos

Aa
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 BoxMat 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:17 - And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:52 - And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:29 - But I say to you that from now I will not take of this fruit of the vine, till that day when I take it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:60

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:60 - And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:27 - And they were all greatly surprised, so that they put questions to one another, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they do what he says.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:21 - No man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat: or the new, by pulling away from the old, makes a worse hole.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:22 - And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins: or the skins will be burst by the wine, and the wine and the skins will be wasted: but new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:25 - Truly I say to you, I will take no more of the fruit of the vine till the day when I take it new in the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:17 - And these signs will be with those who have faith: in my name they will send out evil spirits; and they will make use of new languages;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:36 - And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:38 - But new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:20 - And in the same way, after the meal, he took the cup, saying, This cup is the new testament, made with my blood which is given for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:34 - I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:41 - Now there was a garden near the cross, and in the garden a new place for the dead in which no man had ever been put.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:19 - And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:21 - (Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:25 - In the same way, with the cup, after the meal, he said, This cup is the new testament in my blood: do this, whenever you take it, in memory of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6 - Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:17 - So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:15 - For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:15 - Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:24 - And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:8 - For, protesting against them, he says, See, the days are coming when I will make a new agreement with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:13 - When he says, A new agreement, he has made the first agreement old. But anything which is getting old and past use will not be seen much longer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:15 - And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:13 - But having faith in his word, we are looking for a new heaven and a new earth, which will be the resting-place of righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:7 - My loved ones, I do not give you a new law, but an old law which you had from the first; this old law is the word which came to your ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:8 - Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:5 - And now, my sister, I make a request to you, not sending you a new law, but the law which we had from the first, that we have love for one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:17 - He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the secret manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name, of which no one has knowledge but he to whom it is given.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:12 - Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the house of my God, and he will go out no more: and I will put on him the name of my God, and the name of the town of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:9 - And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:3 - And they made as it seemed a new song before the high seat, and before the four beasts and the rulers: and no man might have knowledge of the song but the hundred and forty-four thousand, even those from the earth whom God has made his for a price.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:1 - And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were gone; and there was no more sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:2 - And I saw the holy town, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, like a bride made beautiful for her husband.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:5 - And he who is seated on the high seat said, See, I make all things new. And he said, Put it in the book; for these words are certain and true.
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