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3819 - palai

Note Journal Prayer

Strong's Concordance

Original word: πάλαι
Transliteration: palai
Definition (short): ago
Definition (full): long ago, of old

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. word
Definition: long ago, of old
NASB Translation: all this time (1), former (1), long (1), long ago (3).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Probably another form for palin (through the idea of retrocession); (adverbially) formerly, or (by relatively) sometime since; (elliptically as adjective) ancient -- any while, a great while ago, (of) old, in time past.

see GREEK palin

References

Strong's 3819: 6 Occurrences
KJV: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
NASB: "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
KJV: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
NASB: "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
KJV: Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
NASB: All this time you have been thinking that we are defending ourselves to you. Actually, it is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ; and all for your upbuilding, beloved.
KJV: God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
NASB: God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,
KJV: But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
NASB: For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.