καινός

καινός — kainós

καινός, καινή, καινόν (from Aeschylus and Herodotus down); the Sept. for חָדָשׁ; new, i. e.

a. as respects form; recently made, fresh, recent, unused, unworn (opposed to παλαιός old, antiquated): as ἀσκός, Mat 9:11; Mar 2:22 (T omits; Tr WH brackets the clause); Luk 5:38 ἱμάτιον, Luk 5:36; πλήρωμα, Mar 2:21; μνημεῖον, Mat 27:60; with ἐν ᾧ οὐδέπω οὐδείς ἐτέθη added, Joh 19:41; καινά καί παλαιά, Mat 13:52; new, which as recently made is superior to what it succeeds: διαθήκη, Mat 26:28 (T WH omit καινά); Mar 14:24 R L; Luk 22:20 (WH reject the passage); 1Co 11:25; 2Co 3:6; Heb 8:8; Heb 8:13; Heb 9:15 (Jeremiah 38:31 ); καινοί οὐρανοί, καινή γῆ, 2Pe 3:13; Rev 21:1 (Isa 65:17; Isa 66:22); Ἱερουσαλήμ (see Ἱεροσόλυμα, at the end), Rev 3:12; Rev 21:2; ἄνθρωπος (see the word, 1 f.), Eph 2:15; Eph 4:24 (καρδία, πνεῦμα, Eze 18:31; Eze 36:26); καινά πάντα ποιῶ, I bring all things into a new and better condition, Rev 21:5; γέννημα τῆς ἀμπέλου, Mat 26:29; Mar 14:25.

b. as respects substance; of a new kind; unprecedented, novel, uncommon, unheard of (ἑτέρα καί καινά δαιμόνια, Xenophon, mem. 1, 1, 1): διδαχή, Mar 1:27; Act 17:19; ἐντολή, given now for the first time, Joh 13:34; 1Jn 2:7; 2Jn 1:5; ὄνομα, with the added explanation ὁ οὐδείς οἶδεν (ἔγνω Rec.), Rev 2:17 (Isa 62:2; Isa 65:15); ᾠδή, Rev 5:9; Rev 14:3 (Psa 143:9; ὕμνος, Isa 42:10; ᾆσμα, Psa 32:3;, etc.); λέγειν τί καί (ἤ L T Tr WH) ἀκούειν καινότερον, Act 17:21 (newer namely, than that which is already; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 244 (228f))); κτίσις, Gal 6:15; καινά τά πάντα, all things are new, previously non-existent, begin to be far different from what they were before, 2Co 5:17 (L T Tr WH omit τά πάντα); μηκέτι οὔσης τῆς ἀνομίας, καινων δέ γεγονότων πάντων ὑπό κυρίου, the Epistle of Barnabas 15, 7 [ET]. γλῶσσαι (see γλῶσσα, 2): Mar 16:17 (Tr text WH text omit; Tr marginal reading brackets καινων) [SYNONYMS: καινός, νέος: νέος denotes the new primarily in reference to time, the young, recent; καινός denotes the new primarily in reference to quality, the fresh, unworn; 'νέος ad tempus refertur, καινός ad rem;' see Trench, § lx.; Tittmann i., p. 59f; Green, 'Critical Note' on Mat 9:17 (where the words occur together). The same distinction, in the main, holds in classic usage; cf. Schmidt ii., chapter 47.]