Definition:
καιρός, -οῦ, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for עֵת, also for מוֹעֵד, etc;] 1) due measure, fitness, proportion (Eur, Xen, al.). 2) Of Time (cl. also) in the sense of a fixed and definite period, time, season (Kennedy, Sources, 153): Mat.11:25, Mrk.1:15, Luk.21:8, Rom.13:11, Eph.6:18, Heb.11:15, 1Pe.1:5 1:11 Rev.1:3, al; with genitive, πειρασμοῦ Luk.8:13; τ. καρπῶν, Mat.21:34; σύκων, Mrk.11:13; pl, Mat.21:41; χρόνοι ἢ (καὶ) κ, Act.1:7, 1Th.5:1; ἐθνῶν, Luk.21:24; of opportune or seasonable time, Act.24:25, Gal.6:10, Eph.5:16, Col.4:5; with inf, Heb.11:15; ὁ κ. οὗτος, Mrk.10:30, Luk.18:30; ὁ νῦν κ. (Dalman, Words, 148), Rom.8:18; ὁ κ. ὁ ἐμός, Jhn.7:6; κ. δεκτῲ, 2Co.6:2 (LXX); δουλεύειν τῷ κ, Rom.12:11, R, mg; τ. σημεῖα τῶν κ, Mat.16:3; adverbial usages: ἐν κ, Mat.24:45, 1Pe.5:6 (cf. καιρῷ, Luk.20:10; τῷ κ, Mrk.12:2); ἄχρι καιροῦ, Luk.4:13; πρὸς καιρόν, Luk.8:13, 1Co.7:5; κατὰ καιρόν, Rom.5:6; πρὸ καιροῦ, Mat.8:29 SYN.: (χρόνος) time in the sense of duration (AS)
Definition:
καιρός, ὁ,
due measure, proportion, fitness (not in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰ ὁ κ. ἦν σαφής the
distinction, the
point, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀπορία ἔχει τινὰ κ. has some
point or
importance, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; καιροῦ πέρα beyond
measure, unduly, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] codices; προσωτέρω or πορρωτέρω τοῦ κ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀξύτερα τοῦ κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπερβάλλων τῇ φιλοτιμίᾳ τὸν κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) of Place,
vital part of the body [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III) more frequently of Time,
exact or
critical time, season, opportunity, Χρόνου κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: usually alone, κ. [ἐστιν] ἐν ᾧ Χρόνος οὐ πολὺς κτλ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
Notices etextr. des MSS. médicaux[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. πρὸς ἀνθρώπων βραχὺ μέτρον ἔχει 'time and tide wait for no man', [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ὄλβου, ={καίριος ὄλβος}, [
Refs]; δηλοῦν, ὅ τι περ δύναται κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίνα κ. τοῦ παρόντος βελτίω ζητεῖτ; [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. δόσιος
for giving, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τοῦ ποτισμοῦ, τῆς τρύγης, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; καιρὸν παριέναι to let
the time go by, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; καιροῦ (τοῦ κ.) τυχεῖν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; καιρῷ Χειμῶνος ξυλλαβέσθαι co-operate with the
occurrence of a storm, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχει κ. τι it happens
in season, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἔχειν τοῦ εὖ οἰκεῖν to be
the chief cause of, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.b) adverbial phrases, ἐς καιρόν
in season, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς αὐτὸν κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς δέοντα κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+] in office at
the time, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; παρὰ τῷ ἐντυχόντι αἰεὶ καὶ λόγου καὶ ἔργου κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; καιρόν,
absolutely, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. γὰρ οὐδὲν ἦλθες [
Refs]; opposed to ἀπὸ καιροῦ
out of season, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸ καιροῦ
prematurely, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ καιροῦ also means
on the spur of the moment, ἐπὶ κ. λέγειν [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
III.2)
season, πᾶσιν καιροῖς at all
seasons of the year, [
LXX+1st c.AD+]; κ. ἔτους, later Gr. for
Attic dialect ὥρα ἔτους,
accusative to [
Refs 2nd c.AD+];
time of day, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III.2.b)
critical times, periodic states, καιροὶ σωμάτων [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.3) generally,
time, period, κατὰ τὸν κ. τοῦτον [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ κατὰ καιρούς
chronological sequence of events, [
Refs]; ἐν τοῖς πάλαι, ἐντοῖς μεταξὺ κ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.4) in
plural, οἱ καιροί
the times, i. e.
the state of affairs, frequently in bad sense, ἐν τοῖς μεγίστοις κ. at the most
critical times, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in
singular, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἔσχατος κ. extreme
danger, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
IV)
advantage, profit, τινος
of or
from a thing, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ τοι ἐς κ. ἔσται ταῦτα τελεόμενα to his
advantage, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ σῷ κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίνα κ. με διδάσκει; [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τί σοι καιρὸς. καταλείβει; what
avails it? [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίνος εἵνεκα καιρο; [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὗ κ. εἴη where it was
convenient or
advantageous, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Χωρίον μετὰ μεγίστων κ. οἰκειοῦταί τε καὶ πολεμοῦται with the greatest
odds, the most
critical results, [
Refs]
V) [
Refs 4th c.BC+] name for
seven, [
Refs]
Definition:
an occasion, i.e. set or proper time; X always, opportunity, (convenient, due) season, (due, short, while) time, a while; of uncertain affinity;