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 9:1713:52, 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), 139:15; οὐρανοί, γῆ, II Pe 3:13, Re 21:1(LXX)Ἰερουσαλήμ, Re 3:1221:2; 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 5:914:3 (cf. Ps 143 (144):9); κτίσις, II Co 5:17, Ga 6:15; γλῶσσαι, Mk 16:[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), 139:1512:24 supr., and v. MM, Exp., xv).