Definition

long ago, for a long while

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G3819 (πάλαι);

Word family

• ἐκ ek
• πάλαι pálai

How the KJV renders it

• of a long time
• of old

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.