palai · long ago

What it means

palai (πάλαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “long ago”.

For a long time.

How to say it

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

1. At a distant time, long before the present moment.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• long ago ×4
• Have you been thinking all along ×1
• former ×1
• long ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Hebrews×1
• 2 Peter×1
• Jude×1

• Matthew 11:21

  “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their minds long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

• Mark 15:44

  But Pilate was amazed that he was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.

• Luke 10:13

  Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their minds long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

• 2 Corinthians 12:19

  Have you been thinking all along that we are defending ourselves to you? Before God we speak in the Messiah; and all things, beloved, are for your building up.

• Hebrews 1:1

  In many portions and in many ways God, having spoken long ago to the fathers by the prophets,

• 2 Peter 1:9

  For whoever lacks these things is blind, shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his former sins.

• Jude 1:4

  For certain men have slipped in, who long ago were written about beforehand for this judgment, ungodly men who turn the grace of our God into debauchery and deny our only Sovereign and Lord, Jesus the Messiah.