"newness, Rom. 6:4; 7:6*"
Definition and meaning
newness, Rom. 6:4; 7:6*
In the original Greek the word is written: καινότης
Historical context
Paul wrote Romans from Corinth, one of the most important commercial cities in the empire. Rome had a Jewish population of around 50,000. The letter addresses real tensions between Jewish believers with centuries of Torah tradition and Gentile believers with no such background. Emperor Nero was on the throne. Within ten years he would execute both Paul and Peter.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of kainotes (G2538) across the King James Bible.
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
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Common questions
Strong's G2538 (kainotes) is a Greek word that means: newness, Rom. 6:4; 7:6* It appears 2 times in the King James Bible.
The word kainotes (G2538) appears 2 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2538 is kainotes, a Greek word defined as: newness, Rom. 6:4; 7:6*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
kainotes is a Greek word found in the New Testament.