2537. kainos

Strong's Lexicon

kainos: New, fresh, unused, novel

Original Word: καινός
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: kainos
Pronunciation: kai-NOS
Phonetic Spelling: (kahee-nos')
Definition: New, fresh, unused, novel
Meaning: fresh, new, unused, novel.

HELPS Word-studies

2537 kainós – properly, new in quality (innovation), fresh in development or opportunity – because "not found exactly like this before."

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
new, fresh
NASB Translation
fresh (3), new (37), new things (1), things new (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2537: καινός

καινός, καινή, καινόν (from Aeschylus and Herodotus down); the Sept. for חָדָשׁ; new, i. e.

a. as respects form; recently made, fresh, recent, unused, unworn (opposed to παλαιός old, antiquated): as ἀσκός, Matthew 9:11; Mark 2:22 (T omits; Tr WH brackets the clause); Luke 5:38 ἱμάτιον, Luke 5:36; πλήρωμα, Mark 2:21; μνημεῖον, Matthew 27:60; with ἐν ᾧ οὐδέπω οὐδείς ἐτέθη added, John 19:41; καινά καί παλαιά, Matthew 13:52; new, which as recently made is superior to what it succeeds: διαθήκη, Matthew 26:28 (T WH omit καινά); Mark 14:24 R L; Luke 22:20 (WH reject the passage); 1 Corinthians 11:25; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Hebrews 8:8, 13; Hebrews 9:15 (Jeremiah 38:31 ()); καινοί οὐρανοί, καινή γῆ, 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1 (Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22); Ἱερουσαλήμ (see Ἱεροσόλυμα, at the end), Revelation 3:12; Revelation 21:2; ἄνθρωπος (see the word, 1 f.), Ephesians 2:15; Ephesians 4:24 (καρδία, πνεῦμα, Ezekiel 18:31; Ezekiel 36:26); καινά πάντα ποιῶ, I bring all things into a new and better condition, Revelation 21:5; γέννημα τῆς ἀμπέλου, Matthew 26:29; Mark 14:25.

b. as respects substance; of a new kind; unprecedented, novel, uncommon, unheard of (ἑτέρα καί καινά δαιμόνια, Xenophon, mem. 1, 1, 1): διδαχή, Mark 1:27; Acts 17:19; ἐντολή, given now for the first time, John 13:34; 1 John 2:7; 2 John 1:5; ὄνομα, with the added explanation ὁ οὐδείς οἶδεν (ἔγνω Rec.), Revelation 2:17 (Isaiah 62:2; Isaiah 65:15); ᾠδή, Revelation 5:9; Revelation 14:3 (Psalm 143:9 (); ὕμνος, Isaiah 42:10; ᾆσμα, Psalm 32:3 (); (), etc.); λέγειν τί καί (ἤ L T Tr WH) ἀκούειν καινότερον, Acts 17:21 (newer namely, than that which is already; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 244 (228f))); κτίσις, Galatians 6:15; καινά τά πάντα, all things are new, previously non-existent, begin to be far different from what they were before, 2 Corinthians 5:17 (L T Tr WH omit τά πάντα); μηκέτι οὔσης τῆς ἀνομίας, καινων δέ γεγονότων πάντων ὑπό κυρίου, the Epistle of Barnabas 15, 7 [ET]. γλῶσσαι (see γλῶσσα, 2): Mark 16:17 (Tr text WH text omit; Tr marginal reading brackets καινων) [SYNONYMS: καινός, νέος: νέος denotes the new primarily in reference to time, the young, recent; καινός denotes the new primarily in reference to quality, the fresh, unworn; 'νέος ad tempus refertur, καινός ad rem;' see Trench, § lx.; Tittmann i., p. 59f; Green, 'Critical Note' on Matthew 9:17 (where the words occur together). The same distinction, in the main, holds in classic usage; cf. Schmidt ii., chapter 47.]

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

new.

Of uncertain affinity; new (especially in freshness; while neos is properly so with respect to age -- new.

see GREEK neos

Forms and Transliterations

καινα καινά καινὰ καιναις καιναίς καιναῖς καινη καινή καινὴ καινην καινήν καινὴν καινης καινής καινῆς καινοί καινοίς καινον καινόν καινὸν καινός καινοτερον καινότερον καινου καινού καινοῦ καινους καινούς καινοὺς καινω καινώ καινῷ καινών kaina kainá kainà kainais kainaîs kaine kainē kainḗ kainḕ kainen kainēn kainḗn kainḕn kaines kainês kainēs kainē̂s kaino kainō kainôi kainō̂i kainon kainón kainòn kainoteron kainóteron kainou kainoû kainous kainoús kainoùs

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 9:17 Adj-AMP
GRK: εἰς ἀσκοὺς καινούς καὶ ἀμφότεροι
NAS: wine into fresh wineskins,
KJV: wine into new bottles, and
INT: into wineskins new and both

Matthew 13:52 Adj-ANP
GRK: θησαυροῦ αὐτοῦ καινὰ καὶ παλαιά
NAS: out of his treasure things new and old.
KJV: his treasure [things] new and old.
INT: treasure of him [things] new and old

Matthew 26:29 Adj-ANS
GRK: μεθ' ὑμῶν καινὸν ἐν τῇ
NAS: I drink it new with you in My Father's
KJV: I drink it new with you
INT: with you new in the

Matthew 27:60 Adj-DNS
GRK: ἐν τῷ καινῷ αὐτοῦ μνημείῳ
NAS: and laid it in his own new tomb, which
KJV: in his own new tomb, which
INT: in the new of him tomb

Mark 1:27 Adj-NFS
GRK: τοῦτο διδαχὴ καινή κατ' ἐξουσίαν
NAS: is this? A new teaching
KJV: this? what new doctrine [is] this?
INT: this teaching new With authority

Mark 2:21 Adj-ANS
GRK: αὐτοῦ τὸ καινὸν τοῦ παλαιοῦ
NAS: pulls away from it, the new from the old,
KJV: else the new piece that filled it up
INT: of it new from the old

Mark 2:22 Adj-AMP
GRK: εἰς ἀσκοὺς καινούς
NAS: wine into fresh wineskins.
KJV: must be put into new bottles.
INT: into wineskins new

Mark 14:25 Adj-ANS
GRK: αὐτὸ πίνω καινὸν ἐν τῇ
NAS: I drink it new in the kingdom
KJV: I drink it new in the kingdom
INT: it I drink new in the

Mark 16:17 Adj-DFP
GRK: γλώσσαις λαλήσουσιν καιναῖς
INT: with tongues they will speak new

Luke 5:36 Adj-GNS
GRK: ἀπὸ ἱματίου καινοῦ σχίσας ἐπιβάλλει
NAS: of cloth from a new garment
KJV: putteth a piece of a new garment upon
INT: of a garment new having torn puts [it]

Luke 5:36 Adj-ANS
GRK: καὶ τὸ καινὸν σχίσει καὶ
NAS: tear the new, and the piece
KJV: both the new maketh a rent,
INT: both the new he tears and

Luke 5:36 Adj-GNS
GRK: ἀπὸ τοῦ καινοῦ
NAS: and the piece from the new will not match
KJV: that was [taken] out of the new agreeth
INT: of the new

Luke 5:38 Adj-AMP
GRK: εἰς ἀσκοὺς καινοὺς βλητέον
NAS: wine must be put into fresh wineskins.
KJV: must be put into new bottles; and
INT: into wineskins new must be put

Luke 22:20 Adj-NFS
GRK: ποτήριον ἡ καινὴ διαθήκη ἐν
NAS: which is poured out for you is the new covenant
KJV: This cup [is] the new testament in
INT: cup [is] the new covenant in

John 13:34 Adj-AFS
GRK: ἐντολὴν καινὴν δίδωμι ὑμῖν
NAS: A new commandment I give
KJV: A new commandment I give
INT: A commandment new I give to you

John 19:41 Adj-NNS
GRK: κήπῳ μνημεῖον καινόν ἐν ᾧ
NAS: and in the garden a new tomb
KJV: in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein
INT: garden a tomb new in which

Acts 17:19 Adj-NFS
GRK: τίς ἡ καινὴ αὕτη ἡ
NAS: this new teaching
KJV: what this new doctrine, whereof
INT: what [is] the new this which

Acts 17:21 Adj-ANS
GRK: ἀκούειν τι καινότερον
NAS: hearing something new.)
KJV: to hear some new thing.)
INT: to hear something newer

1 Corinthians 11:25 Adj-NFS
GRK: ποτήριον ἡ καινὴ διαθήκη ἐστὶν
NAS: cup is the new covenant
KJV: cup is the new testament in
INT: cup the new covenant is

2 Corinthians 3:6 Adj-GFS
GRK: ἡμᾶς διακόνους καινῆς διαθήκης οὐ
NAS: [as] servants of a new covenant,
KJV: ministers of the new testament;
INT: us [as] servants of a new covenant not

2 Corinthians 5:17 Adj-NFS
GRK: ἐν Χριστῷ καινὴ κτίσις τὰ
NAS: is in Christ, [he is] a new creature;
KJV: Christ, [he is] a new creature:
INT: [be] in Christ [he is] a new creation the

2 Corinthians 5:17 Adj-NNP
GRK: ἰδοὺ γέγονεν καινά
NAS: behold, new things have come.
KJV: all things are become new.
INT: Behold have become new

Galatians 6:15 Adj-NFS
GRK: ἀκροβυστία ἀλλὰ καινὴ κτίσις
NAS: uncircumcision, but a new creation.
KJV: uncircumcision, but a new creature.
INT: uncircumcision but a new creation

Ephesians 2:15 Adj-AMS
GRK: εἰς ἕνα καινὸν ἄνθρωπον ποιῶν
NAS: into one new man,
KJV: of twain one new man, [so] making
INT: into one new man making

Ephesians 4:24 Adj-AMS
GRK: ἐνδύσασθαι τὸν καινὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν
NAS: and put on the new self,
KJV: And that ye put on the new man, which
INT: to have put on the new man

Strong's Greek 2537
42 Occurrences

καινὰ — 3 Occ.
καιναῖς — 1 Occ.
καινή — 6 Occ.
καινὴν — 11 Occ.
καινῆς — 3 Occ.
καινῷ — 1 Occ.
καινὸν — 10 Occ.
καινότερον — 1 Occ.
καινοῦ — 2 Occ.
καινούς — 4 Occ.