kainos marks something as fresh or newly established, often set against what is old, first, or past.

Across the supplied verses, the term marks persons, things, teachings, covenants, commands, and future realities as fresh or newly established, frequently in explicit contrast with what is old, first, or passed away.

1. Fresh or newly established over against what preceded · dominant

   The adjective marks a contrast between a fresh reality and an earlier one: in Luke 5:36 the APB renders a patch and garment as “new” and “old,” while Hebrews 8:13 sets a covenant so described beside the first one becoming obsolete. In 2 Corinthians 5:17 the APB renders a creation and “new things” after ancient things have passed, and Revelation 21:1 describes a heaven and earth after the first heaven and earth had passed away. The same contrast applies to teaching in Mark 1:27 and to a commandment described alongside one held from the beginning in 1 John 2:7.

   Luke 5:36Mark 1:27Hebrews 8:132 Corinthians 5:17Revelation 21:11 John 2:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the adjective with “new,” including “new covenant,” “new creation,” “new teaching,” and “new heavens and a new earth.” In a few clauses it also renders the accompanying noun phrase as “new things”; These renderings show the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent in every instance.