# ἔκπαλαι/ekpalai
This word is used to describe an action or state of being. It is an adverb.

* This word means for a long time or long ago. This word is used to talk about something that took place a long time before the time at which the speaker is speaking.

See: 2 Peter 2:3; 3:5

**Advice to translators**: A state of being describes a situation or how something is.