Forms of the word
Greek transliteration
ekpalai
Simplified transliteration
ekpalai
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
adverb
Gloss
for a long time, long ago
Definition
of old, long since, 2 Pet. 2:3; 3:5*
Greek-English Concordance for ἔκπαλαι
| 2 Peter 2:3 |
And in their greed they will exploit you with their fabricated stories. Their condemnation has not from ancient times (ekpalai | ἔκπαλαι | adverb) been idle, nor has their destruction been sleeping. |
| 2 Peter 3:5 |
For in maintaining this, they overlook the fact that by the word of God heavens existed long ago (ekpalai | ἔκπαλαι | adverb) and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water. |