Do you have Vine's Dictionary of NT words?..it explains it in there...but the greek words are [FONT="]kainos[/FONT]. and [FONT="]neos....
Here is what Vine says about 2 Cot 5:17 "new"
denotes "new," of that which is unaccustomed or unused, not "new" in time, recent, but "new" as to form or quality, of different nature from what is contrasted as old.Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old Testament and New Testament Words.
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