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ἀρχαῖος

Transliteration: archaios · adjective

11x in NTFirst: Matt 5:21
Meaningoriginal, primitive, ancient
Part of speechadjective
Frequency11x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsἀρχαίοις, ἀρχαίων, ἀρχαίῳ, ἀρχαῖα, ἀρχαίου, ἀρχαῖος
Example versesMatt 5:21 · Matt 5:33 · Luke 9:8 · Luke 9:19 · Acts 15:7
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What kind of word is ἀρχαῖος?

ἀρχαῖος (archaios) is a adjective that occurs 11 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “original, primitive, ancient” and first appears in Matt 5:21.

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