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The Greek word for new is "kainos"; in the LXX it is associated more with the subject of music than any other in Scripture.
CAMPONTHIS 2009
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Jayne explained that the word "kainos," not "neos," is the one used of this future world.
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Dare to care for God's world, Bookless also highlights the use of the word 'kainos' in the Greek translation, stating that the meaning is closer to
Vulpes Libris 2008
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"kainos" is also used to speak of "A new commandment" in john 13: 34: "a new creature" in 2 Cor. 5: 17; and "a new covenant," in Hebrews 8: 13.
CAMPONTHIS 2009
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The word rendered "new" ((...), kainos) means new, not merely as to time, but as to kind and as to quality.
Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909
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Christō neolaian tēs anthrōpotētos .... emphainōn (“To say ‘colt’ was not enough; ‘young’ had to be added, in order to bring out the youth of humanity”); and in I.v. 20 he observes, neoi ho laos ho kainos pros antidiastolēn tou presbuterou laou ta nea mathontes agatha (“In contradistinction to the older people, the new people are young because they have learned the new blessings”).
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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* Enteuthe (finely says Victor of Antioch) ho kainos archetai nomos ho kata to pneuma: [1633] 1
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871
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Hence when reference is had to the renewal of the soul, which is a change for the better, the words used are always the derivatives of kainos, except in this passage.
A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians 1797-1878 1860
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The same distinction properly belongs to the derivatives of these words; ananeoo is to make neos, and anakainizo, anakainoo, is to make kainos.
A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians 1797-1878 1860
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Still as what is neos is also kainos; as freshness, vigour and beauty are the attributes of youth, the same thing may be designated by either term.
A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians 1797-1878 1860
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