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Lexicon :: Strong's G5550 - chronos

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χρόνος
Transliteration
chronos (Key)
Pronunciation
khron'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:581,1337

Trench's Synonyms: lvii. χρόνος, καιρός.

Strong’s Definitions

χρόνος chrónos, khron'-os; of uncertain derivation; a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from G2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from G165, which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay:—+ years old, season, space, (X often-)time(-s), (a) while.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x

The KJV translates Strong's G5550 in the following manner: time (33x), season (4x), while (2x), a while (2x), space (2x), oftentimes (with G4183) (1x), not translated (5x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x
The KJV translates Strong's G5550 in the following manner: time (33x), season (4x), while (2x), a while (2x), space (2x), oftentimes (with G4183) (1x), not translated (5x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. time either long or short

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χρόνος chrónos, khron'-os; of uncertain derivation; a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from G2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from G165, which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay:—+ years old, season, space, (X often-)time(-s), (a) while.
STRONGS G5550:
χρόνος, χρόνου, ὁ, from Homer down, the Sept. for יום, עֵת, etc. time: Hebrews 11:32; Revelation 10:6; ὁ χρόνος τοῦ φαινομένου ἀστέρος, the time since the star began to shine (cf. φαίνω, 2 a.), Matthew 2:7; (ὁ χρόνος τοῦ τεκεῖν αὐτήν (Genesis 25:24), Luke 1:57 (Buttmann, 267 (230); cf. Winer's Grammar, § 44, 4 a.)); τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, Acts 7:17; τῆς παροικίας, 1 Peter 1:17; χρονοι ἀποκαταστάσεως, Acts 3:21; οἱ χρονοι τῆς ἀγνοίας, Acts 17:30; χρόνου διαγενομένου, Acts 27:9; πόσος χρόνος ἐστιν, ὡς τοῦτο γέγονεν, Mark 9:21; ὁ παρεληλυθώς χρόνος, 1 Peter 4:3 (where Rec. adds τοῦ βίου); τεσσαρακονταετής, Acts 7:23; Acts 13:18; στιγμή χρόνου, Luke 4:5; πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου, Galatians 4:4; ποιεῖν ((which see, II. d.) to spend) χρόνον, Acts 15:33; Acts 18:23; βιῶσαι τόν ἐπίλοιπον χρόνον, 1 Peter 4:2; διδόναι χρόνον τίνι (i. e. a space of time, respite), ἵνα etc. Revelation 2:21 ((Josephus, b. j. 4, 3, 10)); plural joined with καιροί, Acts 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:1 (see καιρός, 2 e., p. 319a); ἐπ' ἐσχάτων (L T Tr WH ἐσχάτου) τῶν χρόνων (see ἔσχατος, 1 at the end), 1 Peter 1:20; (add, ἐπ' ἐσχάτου τοῦ (Tr WH omit τοῦ) χρόνου, Jude 1:18 L T Tr WH). with prepositions: ἄχρι, Acts 3:21; διά τόν χρόνον, on account of the length of time, Hebrews 5:12 (Polybius 2, 21, 2; Alciphron 1, 26, 9); ἐκ χρόνων ἱκανῶν, for a long time, Luke 8:27 (R G L Tr marginal reading (see below)); ἐν χρόνῳ, Acts 1:6, 21; ἐν ἐσχάτῳ χρόνῳ, Jude 1:18 Rec.; ἐπί χρόνον (A. V. for a while), Luke 18:4; ἐπί πλείονα χρόνον (A. V. a longer time), Acts 18:20; ἐφ' ὅσον χρόνον for so long time as, so long as, Romans 7:1; 1 Corinthians 7:39; Galatians 4:1; κατά τόν χρόνον, according to (the relations of) the time, Matthew 2:16; μετά πολύν χρόνον, Matthew 25:19; μετά τοσοῦτον χρόνον Hebrews 4:7; πρό χρόνων αἰωνίων (R. V. before times eternal), 2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 1:2. the dative is used to express the time during which something occurs (dative of duration of time, cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 9; (Buttmann, § 133, 26)): (χρόνῳ ἱκανῷ, for a long time, Luke 8:27 T Tr text WH); ἱκανῷ χρόνῳ, Acts 8:11; (τοσούτῳ χρόνῳ, John 14:9 L T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading); πολλοῖς χρόνοις (R. V. marginal reading of a long time (A. V. oftentimes); cf. πολύς, c.), Luke 8:29; αἰωνίοις (R. V. through times eternal), Romans 16:25. the accusative is used in answer to the question how long: χρόνον, for a while, Acts 19:22. Revelation 6:11 (where in R L T Tr WH μικρόν is added); also χρόνον τινα (A. V. a while), 1 Corinthians 16:7; ὅσον χρόνον (A. V. while), Mark 2:19; χρόνους ἱκανούς, for a long time, Luke 20:9; μικρόν χρόνον, John 7:33; John 12:35; Revelation 20:3; πολύν χρόνον John 5:6; τοσοῦτον χρόνον, John 14:9 (R G Tr text WH text); ἱκανόν (A. V. long time), Acts 14:3; οὐκ ὀλίγον (R. V. no little time), Acts 14:28; τόν πάντα χρόνον, Acts 20:18. (On the ellipsis of χρόνος in such phrases as ἀφ' οὗ, ἐν τῷ ἑξῆς (Luke 7:11 L marginal reading Tr text WH text), ἐν τῷ καθεξῆς (Luke 8:1), ἐξ ἱκανοῦ, etc., see ἀπό, I. 4 b., p. 58b top, ἑξῆς, καθεξῆς, ἐκ IV. 1, etc. Synonym: see καιρός, at the end; cf. αἰών, at the end.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
25:24
Matthew
2:7; 2:16; 25:19
Mark
2:19; 9:21
Luke
1:57; 4:5; 7:11; 8:1; 8:27; 8:27; 8:29; 18:4; 20:9
John
5:6; 7:33; 12:35; 14:9; 14:9
Acts
1:6; 1:7; 1:21; 3:21; 3:21; 7:17; 7:23; 8:11; 13:18; 14:3; 14:28; 15:33; 17:30; 18:20; 18:23; 19:22; 20:18; 27:9
Romans
7:1; 16:25
1 Corinthians
7:39; 16:7
Galatians
4:1; 4:4
1 Thessalonians
5:1
2 Timothy
1:9
Titus
1:2
Hebrews
4:7; 5:12; 11:32
1 Peter
1:17; 1:20; 4:2; 4:3
Jude
1:18; 1:18
Revelation
2:21; 6:11; 10:6; 20:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5550 matches the Greek χρόνος (chronos),
which occurs 54 times in 54 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 2:7–Jde 1:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:7 - Then Herod privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:16 - When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:19 - After a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled his accounts with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:19 - Jesus said to them, "The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they do not fast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:21 - Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:57 - Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:5 - Then the devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:27 - As Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man from the town met him who was possessed by demons. For a long time this man had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among the tombs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:29 - For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:4 - For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:9 - Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:8 - When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see him perform some miraculous sign.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:6 - When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized that the man had been disabled a long time already, he said to him, "Do you want to become well?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:33 - Then Jesus said, "I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:35 - Jesus replied, "The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:9 - Jesus replied, "Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:6 - So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, "Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:7 - He told them, "You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:21 - Thus one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time the Lord Jesus associated with us,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:21 - This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:17 - "But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:23 - But when he was about forty years old, it entered his mind to visit his fellow countrymen the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:11 - And they paid close attention to him because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:18 - For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:3 - So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:28 - So they spent considerable time with the disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:33 - After they had spent some time there, they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:30 - Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:20 - When they asked him to stay longer, he would not consent,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:23 - After he spent some time there, Paul left and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:22 - So after sending two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed on for a while in the province of Asia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:18 - When they arrived, he said to them, "You yourselves know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot in the province of Asia,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:9 - Since considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because the fast was already over, Paul advised them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:1 - Or do you not know, brothers and sisters (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a person as long as he lives?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:25 - Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that had been kept secret for long ages,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:39 - A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes (only someone in the Lord).

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:7 - For I do not want to see you now in passing, since I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:1 - Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:4 - But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:1 - Now on the topic of times and seasons, brothers and sisters, you have no need for anything to be written to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:9 - He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:2 - in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:7 - So God again ordains a certain day, "Today," speaking through David after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, "O, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts."

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:12 - For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God's utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:32 - And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:17 - And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one's work, live out the time of your temporary residence here in reverence.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:20 - He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:2 - in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:3 - For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:18 - For they said to you, "In the end time there will come scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires."

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