Strong’s G1597 · Greek
ἔκπαλαι
ékpalai · eh'-pal-ahee
Origin from ἐκ (G1537) and πάλαι (G3819);
Meaning long ago, for a long while
In the King James Version of a long time, of old.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- 2 Peter 2:3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
- 2 Peter 3:5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.