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Lexicon :: Strong's G2540 - kairos

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καιρός
Transliteration
kairos (Key)
Pronunciation
kahee-ros'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:455,389

Trench's Synonyms: lvii. χρόνος, καιρός.

Strong’s Definitions

καιρός kairós, kahee-ros'; of uncertain affinity; an occasion, i.e. set or proper time:—X always, opportunity, (convenient, due) season, (due, short, while) time, a while. Compare G5550.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x

The KJV translates Strong's G2540 in the following manner: time (64x), season (13x), opportunity (2x), due time (2x), always (with G1722) (with G3956) (2x), not translated (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x
The KJV translates Strong's G2540 in the following manner: time (64x), season (13x), opportunity (2x), due time (2x), always (with G1722) (with G3956) (2x), not translated (1x), miscellaneous (3x).
  1. due measure

  2. a measure of time, a larger or smaller portion of time, hence:

    1. a fixed and definite time, the time when things are brought to crisis, the decisive epoch waited for

    2. opportune or seasonable time

    3. the right time

    4. a limited period of time

    5. to what time brings, the state of the times, the things and events of time

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καιρός kairós, kahee-ros'; of uncertain affinity; an occasion, i.e. set or proper time:—X always, opportunity, (convenient, due) season, (due, short, while) time, a while. Compare G5550.
STRONGS G2540:
καιρός, καιροῦ, (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 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; ἑαυτοῦ (T Tr WH αὐτοῦ) καιρῷ, the time when antichrist shall show himself openly, 2 Thessalonians 2:6; 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)); ἐμός, 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. 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; 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; καιρός ἐνεστως, the present period, equivalent to 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; καιρός οὗτος, equivalent to αἰών οὗτος (see αἰών, 3), Mark 10:30; Luke 18:30; 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 Latintempus, καιρός; is equivalent to what time brings, the state of the times, the things and events of time: Luke 12:56; δουλεύειν τῷ καιρῷ, Latintempori servire (see δουλεύω, 2 a.), Romans 12:11 Rec.st; τά σημεῖα τῶν καιρῶν, equivalent to οἱ καιροί σημαινουσι, Matthew 16:3 (here T brackets WH reject the passage); καιροί χαλεποί, 2 Timothy 3:1; χρονοι 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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
1:14
2 Chronicles
8:13
Daniel
2:21; 7:25; 12:7
Matthew
8:29; 11:25; 12:1; 13:30; 14:1; 16:3; 21:34; 21:41; 24:45; 26:18
Mark
1:15; 10:30; 11:13; 12:2; 13:33
Luke
1:20; 4:13; 8:13; 8:13; 12:42; 12:56; 13:1; 16; 18:30; 19:44; 20:10; 20:10; 21:8; 21:24; 21:36
John
5:4; 7:6; 7:8
Acts
1:7; 3:20; 7:20; 12:1; 13:11; 14:17; 17:26; 19:23; 24:25
Romans
3:26; 5:6; 8:18; 9:9; 11:5; 12:11; 13:11
1 Corinthians
4:5; 7:5; 7:29
2 Corinthians
6:2; 8:14
Galatians
4:10; 6:9; 6:10
Ephesians
1:10; 2:12; 5:16; 6:18
Colossians
4:5
1 Thessalonians
2:17; 5:1
2 Thessalonians
2:6
1 Timothy
2:6; 4:1; 6:15
2 Timothy
3:1; 4:3; 4:6
Titus
1:3
Hebrews
9:9; 9:10; 11:11; 11:15
1 Peter
1:5; 1:11; 4:17; 5:6; 5:6
Revelation
1:3; 11:18; 12:12; 12:14; 22:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2540 matches the Greek καιρός (kairos),
which occurs 85 times in 80 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 8:29–Gal 4:10)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:29 -

Suddenly they shouted, “What do you have to do with us,[fn] Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:25 -

At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:1 -

At that time Jesus passed through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick and eat some heads of grain.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:30 -

“Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I’ll tell the reapers: Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to burn them, but collect the wheat in my barn.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:1 -

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:3 -

“And in the morning, ‘Today will be stormy because the sky is red and threatening.’ You[fn] know how to read the appearance of the sky, but you can’t read the signs of the times.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:34 -

“When the time came to harvest fruit, he sent his servants to the farmers to collect his fruit.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:41 -

“He will completely destroy those terrible men,” they told him, “and lease his vineyard to other farmers who will give him his fruit at the harvest.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:45 -

“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time?

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:18 -

“Go into the city to a certain man,” he said, “and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My time is near; I am celebrating the Passover at your place[fn] with my disciples.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:15 -

“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:30 -

“who will not receive a hundred times more, now at this time ​— ​houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions ​— ​and eternal life in the age to come.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:13 -

Seeing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to find out if there was anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season for figs.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:2 -

“At harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers to collect some of the fruit of the vineyard from them.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:33 -

“Watch! Be alert![fn] For you don’t know when the time is coming.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:20 -

“Now listen. You will become silent and unable to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:13 -

After the devil had finished every temptation, he departed from him for a time.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:13 -

“And the seed on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. Having no root, these believe for a while and fall away in a time of testing.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:42 -

The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and sensible manager his master will put in charge of his household servants to give them their allotted food at the proper time?

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:56 -

“Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why don’t you know how to interpret this present time?

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:1 -

At that time, some people came and reported to him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:30 -

“who will not receive many times more at this time, and eternal life in the age to come.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:44 -

“They will crush you and your children among you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in your midst, because you did not recognize the time when God visited you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:10 -

“At harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:8 -

Then he said, “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Don’t follow them.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:24 -

“They will be killed by the sword[fn] and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles[fn] until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:36 -

“But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength[fn] to escape all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:6 -

Jesus told them, “My time has not yet arrived, but your time is always at hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:8 -

“Go up to the festival yourselves. I’m not going up to this festival,[fn] because my time has not yet fully come.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:7 -

He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:19 -

“Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:20 -

“At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God’s sight. He was cared for in his father’s home for three months.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:1 -

About that time King Herod violently attacked some who belonged to the church,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:11 -

“Now, look, the Lord’s hand is against you. You are going to be blind, and will not see the sun for a time.” Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:17 -

“although he did not leave himself without a witness, since he did what is good by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons and filling you with food and your hearts with joy.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:26 -

“From one man[fn] he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:23 -

About that time there was a major disturbance about the Way.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:25 -

Now as he spoke about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix became afraid and replied, “Leave for now, but when I have an opportunity I’ll call for you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:26 -

God presented him to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so that he would be just and justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:6 -

For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:18 -

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:9 -

For this is the statement of the promise: At this time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:5 -

In the same way, then, there is also at the present time a remnant chosen by grace.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:11 -

Besides this, since you know the time, it is already the hour for you[fn] to wake up from sleep, because now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 -

So don’t judge anything prematurely, before the Lord comes, who will both bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the hearts. And then praise will come to each one from God.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:5 -

Do not deprive one another ​— ​except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to[fn] prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:29 -

This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is limited, so from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none,

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:2 -

For he says:

At an acceptable time I listened to you,

and in the day of salvation I helped you.

See, now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation!

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:14 -

At the present time your surplus is available for their need, so that their abundance may in turn meet your need, in order that there may be equality.

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:10 -

You are observing special days, months, seasons, and years.


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