πάλαι
pálai
“(adverbially) formerly, or (by relatively) sometime since; (elliptically as adjective) ancient”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
(adverbially) formerly, or (by relatively) sometime since; (elliptically as adjective) ancient
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
of old, long ago, Mt. 11:21; Lk. 10:13; Heb. 1:1; Jude 4; οἱ πάλαι, old, former, 2 Pet. 1:9; some time since, already, Mk. 15:44
Translated in KJV as
any whilea great while ago(of) oldin time past
Etymology
probably another form for G3825 (πάλιν) (through the idea of retrocession);
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