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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 61 times in 57 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 26:1–Isa 54:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 - So the Philistines took dirt and filled up all the wells that his father's servants had dug back in the days of his father Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:19 - Be careful not to overlook the Levites as long as you live in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:19 - They will fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman's father, for the man who made the accusation ruined the reputation of an Israelite virgin. She will then become his wife and he may never divorce her as long as he lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:29 - The man who has raped her must pay her father fifty shekels of silver and she must become his wife because he has violated her; he may never divorce her as long as he lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:29 - I wish that they were wise and could understand this, and that they could comprehend what will happen to them."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:14 - That day the LORD brought honor to Joshua before all Israel. They respected him all his life, just as they had respected Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:24 - He has done this so all the nations of the earth might recognize the LORD's power and so you might always obey the LORD your God."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:31 - Israel worshiped the LORD throughout Joshua's lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had experienced firsthand everything the LORD had done for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:15 - so that he may initiate a search of the records of his predecessors and discover in those records that this city is rebellious and injurious to both kings and provinces, producing internal revolts from long ago. It is for this very reason that this city was destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:34 - "We - the priests, the Levites, and the people - have cast lots concerning the wood offerings, to bring them to the temple of our God according to our families at the designated times year by year to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:31 - I also provided for the wood offering at the appointed times and also for the first fruits. Please remember me for good, O my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15 - When it became the turn of Esther daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai (who had raised her as if she were his own daughter) to go to the king, she did not request anything except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who was overseer of the women, had recommended. Yet Esther met with the approval of all who saw her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28 - These days were to be remembered and to be celebrated in every generation and in every family, every province, and every city. The Jews were not to fail to observe these days of Purim; the remembrance of them was not to cease among their descendants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - Then his wife said to him, "Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:11 - What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:20 - Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:5 - For calamity, there is derision (according to the ideas of the fortunate) - a fate for those whose feet slip!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:12 - Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:5 - Since man's days are determined, the number of his months is under your control; you have set his limit and he cannot pass it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:11 - As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - "O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18 - "Then I thought, 'I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:6 - So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up: "I am young, but you are elderly; that is why I was fearful, and afraid to explain to you what I know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:7 - I said to myself, 'Age should speak, and length of years should make wisdom known.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:45 - You have cut short his youth, and have covered him with shame. (Selah)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12 - at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:11 - For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:18 - But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:15 - All the days of the afflicted are bad, but one with a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:16 - The prince who is a great oppressor lacks wisdom, but the one who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:1 - For everything there is an appointed time, and an appropriate time for every activity on earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:7 - His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David's throne and over David's kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The LORD's intense devotion to his people will accomplish this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:20 - No one will live there again; no one will ever reside there again. No bedouin will camp there, no shepherds will rest their flocks there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:20 - You will not be buried with them, because you destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:7 - At that time tribute will be brought to the LORD who commands armies, by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned, a people that are feared far and wide, a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide. The tribute will be brought to the place where the LORD who commands armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:15 - At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the typical life span of a king. At the end of seventy years Tyre will try to attract attention again, like the prostitute in the popular song:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:10 - For the fortified city is left alone; it is a deserted settlement and abandoned like the desert. Calves graze there; they lie down there and eat its branches bare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:11 - When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27 - Look, the name of the LORD comes from a distant place in raging anger and awesome splendor. He speaks angrily and his word is like destructive fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals! You will see Jerusalem, a peaceful settlement, a tent that stays put; its stakes will never be pulled up; none of its ropes will snap in two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:10 - Night and day it will burn; its smoke will ascend continually. Generation after generation it will be a wasteland and no one will ever pass through it again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:17 - He assigns them their allotment; he measures out their assigned place. They will live there permanently; they will settle in it through successive generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:5 - "Go and tell Hezekiah: 'This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says: "I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will add fifteen years to your life,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:1 - Listen to me, you coastlands! Pay attention, you people who live far away! The LORD summoned me from birth; he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:8 - For a moth will eat away at them like clothes; a clothes moth will devour them like wool. But the vindication I provide will be permanent; the deliverance I give will last."

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:7 - "For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:9 - "As far as I am concerned, this is like in Noah's time, when I vowed that the waters of Noah's flood would never again cover the earth. In the same way I have vowed that I will not be angry at you or shout at you.

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