Quick Definition
καινότης, ητος, ἡ n.f. freshness, newness
Strong's Definition
from 2537; renewal (figuratively)
KJV Usage: newness
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ητος | καινός
67.101 · Time · Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young
newness the state of being relatively recent, with the implication of being appropriately contemporary
58.70 · Nature, Class, Example · New, Old [primarily non-temporal]
newness the state of being new and different, with the implication of superiority
1 ROM 6:4 Though in ROM 6:4 the focal semantic component is upon the distinctive superiority of the newness, there are contexts in which καινότης is primarily temporal in significance (see 67.101).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καινότης, -ητος, 1), (καινός), Newness: ἐν καινότητι πνεύματος, in the new state (of life) in which the Holy Spirit places us, Ro. vii. 6; ἐν καινότητι ζωῆς in a new condition or state of (moral) life, Ro. vi. 4 (εἰς καινότητα ἀϊδίου ζωῆς, so as to produce a new state which is eternal life, Ignat. ad Eph. 19; among prof. writ. it is used by Thue. 3, 38; Isoer., Athen., al.; often by Plut., [applied to the ‘novelties’ of fashion (French nouveauté) }).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καινότης kainotēs 2x
newness, Rom. 6:4; 7:6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
καινότης, -ητος, ἡ
(< καινός), [in LXX: III Ki 8:53, Ez 47:12*;]
novelty (Thuc., Isocr., LS, s.v.).
freshness, newness: ἐν κ. ζωῆς (v. Lft., Notes, 296), Ro 6:4; ἐν κ. πνεύματος, Ro 7:6.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καινότης (kainotēs) — newness. καινότης, ητος, ἡ, newness, freshness, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
2. novelty, λόγου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐν τοῖς σχηματισμοῖς κ. [Refs 1st c.BC+] novelties, [Refs 5th c.BC+]