G2537 – kainos – καινός – to be fresh; fig. to be novel, groundbreaking
- Strong’s ID:
- G2537
- Greek Word:
- καινός
- Transliteration:
- kainos
- Pronunciation:
- kahee-nos’
- Part of Speech:
- adjective
- Etymology:
- of uncertain affinity
- Comparables:
- G3501
- Usage Count:
- 44
- Search:
- Find “kainos” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) to be fresh
2) figuratively: to be novel (i.e., to be so fresh, it’s still “green” and unripened/untested)
3) figuratively: to be groundbreaking (i.e., to be a fresh discovery and/or fresh off the presses)
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
of uncertain affinity; new (especially in freshness); while G3501 is properly so with respect to age:—new.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) new
1a) as respects form
1a1) recently made, fresh, recent, unused, unworn
1b) as respects substance
1b1) of a new kind, unprecedented, novel, uncommon, unheard of
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.