ἔκπᾰλαι,
adverb for ἐκ πάλαι, for a long time, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.323, NT.2Pet.3.5, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 16.8.4, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.548d, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.4.14, “POxy.” 938.3 (3rd-4th c.AD), etc. ] NT+1st c.AD+]