# G1597 ἔκπαλαι

ἔκπαλαι (ékpalai), Strong’s G1597: long ago, for a long while KJV: of a long time, of old. Occurs 2 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G1597 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*ékpalai* — long ago, for a long while

KJV: of a long time, of old

Built from [ἐκ ek](https://besorah.bible/word/G1537) (literal or figurative) + [πάλαι pálai](https://besorah.bible/word/G3819) (any while)

Occurs 2 times.

## Where it occurs
- [2 Peter 2:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-peter/2?v=3) — In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their…
- [2 Peter 3:5](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-peter/3?v=5) — For they willfully forget that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water by the…