ἔκπαλαι
ekpalai · long ago
Greek word · Strong’s number G1597 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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ekpalai (ἔκπαλαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “long ago”.
For a long time, from long ago.
How to say it
ek·pa·lai
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- From way back, ages past.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Peter 2:3
And in greed with made-up words they will make merchandise of you. For them the judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
- 2 Peter 3:5
For they deliberately overlook this, that heavens existed long ago and an earth formed out of water and through water by the word of God,