G3819

πάλαι

palaiG:ADV

of old

πάλαι adv. of time, [in LXX: Isa.48:5, 7 (אָז), etc. ;] long ago, of old, in time past (denoting past time absolutely, as πρότερον relatively) : Mat.11:21, Luk.10:13, Heb.1:1, Ju 4; as adj., with art., 2Pe.1:9; of time just past, Mrk.6:47 (WH, mg.), Mrk.15:44 (WH, mg., R, txt.); with durst. praes. (RV, all this time), 2Co.12:19.† (AS)

The KJV translates G3819 in the following manner:

ago (4x), old (4x), past (2x), while (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

πάλαι — pálai

πάλαι, adverb of time, from Homer down;

1. of old; Heb 1:1; (as adjective) former, 2Pe 1:9. (πάλαι properly designates the past not like πρίν and πρότερον relatively, i. e. with a reference, more or less explicit, to some other time (whether past, present, or future), but simply and absolutely.)

2. long ago: Mat 11:21; Luk 10:13; Jud 1:4; so also of time just past, Mar 15:44 (A. V. any while) (where L Tr text WH text ἤδη); 2Co 12:19 L T Tr WH (R. V. all this time) (so in Homer, Odyssey 20, 293; Josephus, Antiquities 14, 15, 4).

7 occurrences

Matthew (1), Mark (1), Luke (1), II Corinthians (1), Hebrews (1), II Peter (1), Jude (1)