Greek adjective · G2537
καινός
kainoskahee-nos'
new
41 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kainós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2537is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 14 of 27New Testament books
- 13spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2537
new (especially in freshness
The King James renders it: new.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kainos is rendered "new". It stands 41 times in the Greek text, across fourteen books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 9:17Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
Matthew 9:17καινούς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in fourteen of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- new34
- a new3
- anew2
- fresh1
- of a new1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| καινότης | kainotes | newness | Uses2 |
The words it stands beside
All 41, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- καινὴν9
- καινὸν9
- καινὴ6
- καινῆς3
- καινὰ2
- καινήν2
- καινοῦ2
- καινούς2
- καινοὺς2
- καινά1
- καινόν1
- καινότερον.¶1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine singular11A-ASF
- adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singular6A-NSF
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular5A-ASN
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural4A-APM
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular3A-ASM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular3A-GSF
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter plural2A-APN
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular2A-GSN
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singular2A-NSN
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular1A-ASN-C
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular1A-DSN
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter plural1A-NPN
Matthew
four uses
Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
- καινούςkainousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: new
Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
- καινὰkainaadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: new
I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in My Father’s kingdom.”
- καινὸνkainonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: anew
and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
- καινῷkainoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: new
Mark
four uses
All the people were amazed and began to ask one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him!”
- καινὴkaineadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: new
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.
- καινὸνkainonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: new
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”
- καινούςkainousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: new
Truly I tell you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God.”
- καινὸνkainonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: anew
Luke
five uses
He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.
- καινοῦkainouadjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: new
- καινὸνkainonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: new
- καινοῦkainouadjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: new
Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.
- καινοὺςkainousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: fresh
In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.
- καινὴkaineadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: new
John
two uses
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
- καινὴνkainenadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: new
Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
- καινὸνkainonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: new
Acts
two uses
So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
- καινὴkaineadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: new
Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.
- καινότερον.¶kainoteronadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: new
1 Corinthians
one use
In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
- καινὴkaineadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: new
2 Corinthians
three uses
And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- καινῆςkainesadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of a new
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- καινὴkaineadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a new
- καινάkainaadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: new
Galatians
one use
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
- καινὴkaineadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a new
Ephesians
two uses
by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
- καινὸνkainonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: new
and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
- καινὸνkainonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: new
Hebrews
three uses
But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
- καινήνkainenadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: new
By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.
- καινὴνkainenadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: new
Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
- καινῆςkainesadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: new
2 Peter
two uses
But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
- καινοὺςkainousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: New
- καινὴνkainenadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a new
1 John
two uses
Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.
- καινὴνkainenadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: new
Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.
- καινὴνkainenadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: new
2 John
one use
And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.
- καινὴνkainenadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: new
Revelation
nine uses
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
- καινὸνkainonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: new
The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
- καινῆςkainesadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: new
- καινόνkainonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: new
And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
- καινὴνkainenadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: new
And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
- καινὴνkainenadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: new
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
- καινὸνkainonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: new
- καινήνkainenadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: new
I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- καινὴνkainenadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: new
And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”
- καινὰkainaadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: new
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.