1. ancient, old, from the beginning — Adjective describing what belongs to or comes from an earlier time, used attributively and substantively. Applied to persons of old ('the ancients' to whom it was said: Matt 5:21, 33), to ancient prophets risen (Luke 9:8, 19), to ancient days and early decisions (Acts 15:7, 21), to the primeval world (2 Pet 2:5 'ancient world'), to the ancient serpent/Satan (Rev 12:9, 20:2), to old things that pass away in Christ (2 Cor 5:17), and to an early disciple Mnason (Acts 21:16). Multilingual glosses uniformly render 'ancient/old' (arb: قديم, deu: alt, heb: קדמון/עתיקים, hin: प्राचीन/पुराना, kor: 옛, spa: antiguo). 11×
AR["العتيقُ","القَديمَةُ","القَديمِ","الْقُدَماءِ","قَديمَةٍ","قَدِيمٍ","لْقُدَمَاءِ"]·ben["পুরাতন","প্রাচীন","প্রাচীনদের","প্রাচীনদের,"]·DE["alt"]·EN["ancient","ancient-ones","ancients","early","of-ancient","old-things"]·FR["ancien"]·heb["בְּ-","בָּ-","הַקַּדְמוֹנִי","הָעַתִּיקִים","יְשָׁנוֹת","עַל-עוֹלָם","קַדְמוֹן","קַדְמוֹנִים","קָדִים"]·HI["पुराना","पुरानी-बातें","पुराने","पूर्वजों-से","प्राचीन"]·ID["dahulu","dahulu-kala","kuno","lama","tua","tua,","zaman-dahulu"]·IT["antico","archaiois","archaion","archaios","archaiou"]·jav["kina","lawas"]·KO["옛","옛-것들이","옛날의","옛사람들","오래된"]·PT["antiga","antigas,","antigas-coisas","antigo","antigos","antigos,","o-antigo"]·RU["давнему","древнего","древнее","древний,","древним","древних"]·ES["antigua","antigua,","antiguas","antiguas-cosas","antiguo","antiguos","del-antiguo"]·SW["ulimwengu-wa-kale","vya-zamani","wa-kale","wa-kale,","wa-zamani","ya-kale","za-zamani"]·TR["eski","eskilere","eskilerin,","o-"]·urd["اگلوں","قدیموں-کا","پرانا","پرانی","پرانے","پُرانا"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀρχαῖος, α, ον, (ἀρχή I) from the beginning or origin: __I mostly of things, ancient, σκότοςRefs 5th c.BC+; χερὸς σῆς πίστιν ἀρχαίαν faith firm for ever, Refs __I.2 old-fashioned, antiquated, Refs 5th c.BC+; of literary style, Refs 4th c.BC+ __I.2.b simple, silly, Refs 5th c.BC+ __I.3 ancient, former, τὸ ἀ. ῥέεθονRefs 5th c.BC+; οἱ ἀ., opposed to οἱ ὕστερον, Refs 5th c.BC+ __I.4 old, worn out,…