Lexical Definition
καινός kainós (kahee-nos') new G:A
of uncertain affinity; new (especially in freshness; while νέος is properly so with respect to age
new.
Abbott-Smith
καινός, -ή, -όν, [in LXX (Ez 11:19, al.) for חָדָשׁ, exc. Is 65:15 (אַחֵר);]
of that which is unused or unaccustomed, new in respect to form or quality, fresh, unused, novel: opp. to παλαιός, ἀρχαῖος, Mt 9:17 13:52, Mk 2:21, 22, Lk 5:36, 38, II Co 5:17, Eph 4:24; πλήρωμα, Mk 2:21; μνημεῖον, Mt 27:60, Jo 19:41; διαθήκη (T, WH, R, txt., omit), Lk 22:20, I Co 11:25, II Co 3:6, He 8:8(LXX), 13 9:15; οὐρανοί, γῆ, II Pe 3:13, Re 21:1(LXX) Ἰερουσαλήμ, Re 3:12 21:2; ἄνθρωπος, Eph 2:15 (cf. Ez 18:31); πάντα, Re 21:5; γέννημα τ. ἀμπέλου, Mt 26:29, Mk 14:25; διδαχή, Mk 1:27, Ac 17:19; ἐντολή, Jo 13:34, I Jo 2:7, 8, II Jo 5; ὄνομα, Re 2:17(LXX); ᾠδή, Re 5:9 14:3 (cf. Ps 143 (144):9); κτίσις, II Co 5:17, Ga 6:15; γλῶσσαι, 17]; compar., Ac 17:21.†
SYN.: νέος, "the new primarily in reference to time, the young, recent; κ. . . . the new primarily in reference to quality, the fresh, unworn". Cf. Tr., Syn., § lx (the distinction, however, is less marked in late Gk.; cf. He 12:24 with He 8:8(LXX), 13 9:15 12:24 supr., and v. MM, Exp., xv).
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Psalms | 144:9 |
| Isaiah | 65:15 |
| Ezekiel | 11:19 · 18:31 |
| Matthew | 9:17 · 13:52 · 26:29 · 27:60 |
| Mark | 1:27 · 2:21 · 2:22 · 14:25 · 16:17 |
| Luke | 5:36 · 5:38 · 22:20 |
| John | 13:34 · 19:41 |
| Acts | 17:19 · 17:21 |
| 1 Corinthians | 11:25 |
| 2 Corinthians | 3:6 · 5:17 |
| Galatians | 6:15 |
| Ephesians | 2:15 · 4:24 |
| Hebrews | 8:8 · 8:13 · 9:15 · 12:24 |
| 2 Peter | 3:13 |
| 1 John | 2:7 · 2:8 |
| 2 John | 1:5 |
| Revelation | 2:17 · 3:12 · 5:9 · 14:3 · 21:1 · 21:2 · 21:5 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
καινός, ή, όν,
new, fresh, ἔργα οὔτ᾽ ὦν κ. οὔτε παλαιά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. λόγους φέρειν to bring news, [Refs]; τίδ᾽ ἐστὶ κ.; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἢ βούλεσθε περιιόντες πυνθάνεσθαι, “λέγεταί τι κ.;” [Refs 4th c.BC+] anew, afresh, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc. (also ἐκ καινοῦ [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; especially of new dramas, τραγῳδῶν γιγνομένων καινῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; briefly τραγῳδοῖς κ. at the representation of the new tragedies, Docum. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but κ. κωμῳδία, τραγῳδία, of a new style of drama, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 newly-made, κύλικες, τριήρης, ὀθόνια, οἶνος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 adverb -νῶς newly, afresh, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II newly-invented, novel, καινότεραι τέχναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. θεοί strange gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καινὰ ἐπιμηχανᾶσθαι innovations, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν -ότερον εἰσέφερε τῶν ἄλλων he introduced as little of anything new as others, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ κ. τοῦ πολέμου probably falsa lectio for{κενόν} (see. κενός), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ καινόν nothing to be surprised at, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ -ότατον what is strangest, parenthetically, [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb, μὴ σὺ -νῶς μοι λάλει in new, strange style, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -οτέρως, νοῆσαι περί τινος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; without precedent, -νῶς κατακριθῆναι [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III κ. ἄνθρωπος, = Latin novus homo, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; πράγματακ., = res novae, [Refs]