καιρός,
καιροῦ,
ὁ (derived by some from
κάρα or
κάρη,
τό, the head, summit (others besides; cf.
Vanicek, p. 118)); the
Sept. for
עֵת and
מועֵד; in Greek writings (from
Hesiod down):
1. due measure; nowhere so in the Biblical writings.
2. a measure of time; a larger or smaller portion of time; hence,
a. universally,
a fixed and definite time:
Romans 13:11;
2 Corinthians 6:2;
ὕστεροι καιροί,
1 Timothy 4:1;
ἄχρι καιροῦ, up to a certain time, for a season,
Luke 4:13 (but in
ἄχρι, 1 b. referred apparently to b. below; cf. Fritzsche, Romans, i., p. 309f);
Acts 13:11;
πρός καιρόν, for a certain time only, for a season,
Luke 8:13;
1 Corinthians 7:5;
πρός καιρόν ὥρας, for the season of an hour, i. e. for a short season,
1 Thessalonians 2:17;
κατά καιρόν, at certain seasons (
from time to time),
John 5:4 (
R G L); at the (divinely) appointed time,
Romans 5:6 (others bring this under b.); before the time appointed,
Matthew 8:29;
1 Corinthians 4:5;
ἔσται καιρός,
ὅτε etc.
2 Timothy 4:3;
ὀλίγον καιρόν ἔχει, a short time (in which to exercise his power) has been granted him,
Revelation 12:12;
ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ καιρῷ,
Matthew 11:25;
Matthew 12:1;
Matthew 14:1;
Ephesians 2:12;
κατ' ἐκεῖνον τῷ καιρῷ,
Acts 12:1;
Acts 19:23;
κατά τῷ καιρῷ τοῦτον,
Romans 9:9;
ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ καιρῷ Luke 13:1;
ἐν ᾧ καιρῷ,
Acts 7:20;
ἐν τῷ νῦν καιρῷ,
Romans 3:26;
Romans 11:5;
2 Corinthians 8:14 (13);
ἐν παντί καιρῷ always, at every season (
Aristotle, top. 3, 2, 4, p. 117{a}, 35),
Luke 21:36;
Ephesians 6:18;
εἰς τινα καιρόν,
1 Peter 1:11. with the genitive of a thing,
the time of etc. i. e. at which it will occur:
τῆς ἐμῆς ἀναλύσεώς,
2 Timothy 4:6;
τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς,
1 Peter 5:6 Lachmann;
Luke 19:44;
περιασμου,
Luke 8:13;
τοῦ ἄρξασθαι τό κρίμα, for judgment to begin,
1 Peter 4:17;
καιροί τῶν λόγων, of the time when they shall be proved by the event,
Luke 1:20; — or when a thing usually comes to pass:
τοῦ θερισμοῦ,
Matthew 13:30;
τῶν καρπῶν, when the fruits ripen,
Matthew 21:34,
41;
σύκων,
Mark 11:13. with the genitive of a person:
καιποι ἐθνῶν, the time granted to the Gentiles, until God shall take vengeance on them,
Luke 21:24;
ὁ ἑαυτοῦ (
T Tr WH αὐτοῦ)
καιρῷ, the time when antichrist shall show himself openly,
2 Thessalonians 2:6;
ὁ καιρός μου, the time appointed for my death,
Matthew 26:18;
τῶν νεκρῶν κριθῆναι, the time appointed for the dead to be recalled to life and judged,
Revelation 11:18 (
Buttmann, 260 (224));
ὁ ἐμός,
ὁ ὑμέτερος, the time for appearing in public, appointed (by God) for me, for you,
John 7:6,
8;
καιρῷ ἰδίῳ, the time suited to the thing under consideration, at its proper time,
Galatians 6:9; plural,
1 Timothy 2:6;
1 Timothy 6:15;
Titus 1:3.
ὁ καιρός alone,
the time when things are brought to a crisis, the decisive epoch waited for: so of the time when the Messiah will visibly return from heaven,
Mark 13:33;
ὁ καιρός ἤγγικεν,
Luke 21:8;
ἐγγύς ἐστιν,
Revelation 1:3;
Revelation 22:10.
b. opportune or seasonable time: with verbs suggestive of the idea of advantage,
καιρόν μεταλαμβάνειν,
Acts 24:25;
ἔχειν,
Galatians 6:10 (
Plutarch,
Luc. 16);
ἐξαγοράζεσθαι,
Ephesians 5:16;
Colossians 4:5, see
ἐξαγοράζω, 2; followed by an infinitive, opportunity to do something,
Hebrews 11:15;
παρά καιρόν ἡλικίας, past the opportunity of life (
A. V. past age),
Hebrews 11:11 (simply
παρά καιρόν,
Pindar Ol. 8, 32; several times in
Plato, cf. Ast, Platonic Lexicon, ii., p. 126).
c. the right time:
ἐν καιρῷ (often in classical Greek), in due season,
Matthew 24:45;
Luke 12:42;
Luke 20:10 R G L ((stereotype edition only));
1 Peter 5:6; also
καιρῷ,
Luke 20:10 L T Tr WH;
τό καιρῷ,
Mark 12:2.
d. a (limited) period of time: (
1 Corinthians 7:29); plural the periods prescribed by God to the nations, and bounded by their rise and fall,
Acts 17:26;
καιροί καρποφοροι, the seasons of the year in which the fruits grow and ripen,
Acts 14:17 (cf.
Genesis 1:14, the
Sept.);
καιρόν καί καιρούς καί ἥμισυ καιροῦ, a year and two years and six months (
A. V. a time, and times, and half a time; cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 27, 4),
Revelation 12:14 (cf. 6; from
Daniel 7:25;
Daniel 12:7); stated seasons of the year solemnly kept by the Jews, and comprising several days, as the passover, pentecost, feast of tabernacles,
Galatians 4:10 (
2 Chronicles 8:13; cf. Baruch 1:14). in the divine arrangement of time adjusted to the economy of salvation:
καιρός (
πεπλήρωται), the preappointed period which according to the purpose of God must elapse before the divine kingdom could be founded by Christ,
Mark 1:15; plural, the several parts of this period,
Ephesians 1:10;
ὁ καιρός ὁ ἐνεστως, the present period, equivalent to
ὁ αἰών οὗτος (see
αἰών, 3),
Hebrews 9:9, opposed to
καιρός διορθώσεως, the time when the whole order of things will be reformed (equivalent to
αἰών μέλλων),
Hebrews 9:10;
ὁ καιρός οὗτος, equivalent to
ὁ αἰών οὗτος (see
αἰών, 3),
Mark 10:30;
Luke 18:30;
ὁ νῦν καιρός,
Romans 8:18;
ἐν καιρῷ ἐσχάτῳ, the last period of the present age, the time just before the return of Christ from heaven (see
ἔσχατος, 1 under the end, etc.),
1 Peter 1:5;
καιροί ἀναψύξεως ἀπό προσώπου τοῦ κυρίου, denotes the time from the return of Christ on, the times of the consummated divine kingdom,
Acts 3:20 (19).
e. as often in Greek writings, and like the Latin
tempus,
καιρός; is equivalent to
what time brings, the state of the times, the things and events of time:
Luke 12:56;
δουλεύειν τῷ καιρῷ, Latin
tempori servire (see
δουλεύω, 2 a.),
Romans 12:11 Rec.st;
τά σημεῖα τῶν καιρῶν, equivalent to
ἅ οἱ καιροί σημαινουσι,
Matthew 16:3 (here
T brackets
WH reject the passage);
καιροί χαλεποί,
2 Timothy 3:1;
χρονοι ἤ καιροί (
times or seasons, German
Zeitumstände),
Acts 1:7;
οἱ χρονοι καί οἱ καιροί 1 Thessalonians 5:1; and in the opposite order,
Daniel 2:21 the
Sept.; Wis. 8:8.
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