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Strong's G2540 · Greek

καιρός

kairos · kahee-ros'

of uncertain affinity; an occasion, i.e. set or proper time


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

καιρός (G2540)

85 καιρός , -οῦ, ὁ , [in LXX chiefly for עֵת , also for מוֹעֵד , etc.;] due measure , fitness , proportion (Eur., Xen., al.). Of Time (cl. also) in the sense of a fixed and definite period, time , season (Kennedy, Sources , 153): Mt 11:25 , Mk 1:15 , Lk 21:8 , Ro 13:11 , Eph 6:18 , He 11:15 , I Pe 1:5 , 11 , Re 1:3 , al.; c. gen., πειρασμοῦ , Lk 8:13 ; τ. καρπῶν , Mt 21:34 ; σύκων , Mk 11:13 ; pl., Mt 21:41 ; χρόνοι ἢ ( καὶ ) κ. , Ac 1:7 , I Th 5:1 ; ἐθνῶν , Lk 21:24 ; of opportune or seasonable time, Ac 24:25 , Ga 6:10 , Eph 5:16 , Col 4:5 ; c. inf., He 11:15 ; ὁ κ. οὗτος , Mk 10:30 , Lk 18:30 ; ὁ νῦν κ. (Dalman, Words , 148), Ro 8:18 ; ὁ κ. ὁ ἐμός , Jo 7:6 ; κ. δεκτῲ , II Co 6:2 (LXX) ; δουλεύειν τῷ κ. , Ro 12:11 , R, mg.; τ. σημεῖα τῶν κ. , Mt 16:3 ; adverbial usages: ἐν κ. , Mt 24:45 , I Pe 5:6 (cf. καιρῷ , Lk 20:10 ; τῷ κ. , Mk 12:2 ); ἄχρι καιροῦ , Lk 4:13 ; πρὸς καιρόν , Lk 8:13 , I Co 7:5 ; κατὰ καιρόν , Ro 5:6 ; πρὸ καιροῦ , Mt 8:29 . SYN. : χρόνος , time in the sense of duration.

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