παλαιός, -ά, -όν
(< πάλαι), [in LXX: Le 25:2226:10, Ca 7:13 (14) (ישׁן), Jos 9:4, 5, Je 45 (38):11 (בָּלֶה), etc.;]
old, ancient; opp. to νέος, καινός: οἶνος, Lk 5:39; διαθήκη, II Co 3:14; ἐντολή, I Jo 2:7; ζύμη, I Co 5:7, 8; ὁ π. ἄςθρωπος (for similar phrases, v. Westc., Eph., 68), Ro 6:6, Eph 4:22, Col 3:9; neut. pl., καινὰ καὶ π., Mt 13:52; of things not merely old, but worn by use (as Jos 9:4, 5, LXX), Mt 9:16, 17, Mk 2:21, 22, Lk 5:36, 37.†
SYN.: v.s. ἀρχαῖος.