Gloss
time (particular and general); right time, opportune time, proper time, appointed time
Forms of the word
Dictionary
καιρός, -οῦ, ὁ
Greek transliteration
kairos
Simplified transliteration
kairos
Numbers
Strong's number
2540
GK Number
2789
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
85
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2a
Definition
pr. fitness, proportion, suitableness; a fitting situation, suitable place, 1 Pet. 4:17; a limited period of time marked by a suitableness of circumstances, a fitting season, 1 Cor. 4:5; 1 Tim. 2:6; 6:15; Tit. 1:3; opportunity, Acts 24:25; Gal. 6:10; Heb. 11:15; a limited period of time marked by characteristic circumstances, a signal juncture, a marked season, Mt. 16:3; Lk. 12:56; 21:8; 1 Pet. 1:11; a destined time, Mt. 8:29; 26:18; Mk. 1:15; Lk. 21:24; 1 Thess. 5:1; a season in ordinary succession, equivalent to ὥρα, Mt. 13:30; Acts 14:17; in NT a limited time, a short season, Lk. 4:13; simply, a point of time, Mt. 11:25; Lk. 13:1
Greek-English Concordance for καιρός
| Matthew 8:29 | They cried out, “What do you have to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here before the appointed time (kairou | καιροῦ | gen sg masc) to torment us?” |
| Matthew 11:25 | At that time (kairō | καιρῷ | dat sg masc) Jesus declared, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and clever and revealed them to little children; |
| Matthew 12:1 | At that time (kairō | καιρῷ | dat sg masc) Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and eat. |
| Matthew 13:30 | Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time (kairō | καιρῷ | dat sg masc) I will tell the harvesters, “First gather the weeds and bind them into bundles to be burned, then gather the wheat into my barn.”’” |
| Matthew 14:1 | About that time (kairō | καιρῷ | dat sg masc) Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus. |
| Matthew 16:3 | and in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times (kairōn | καιρῶν | gen pl masc)? |
| Matthew 21:34 | When the harvest time (kairos | καιρός | nom sg masc) drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the crop. |
| Matthew 21:41 | They said to him, “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share at their harvest.” (kairois | καιροῖς | dat pl masc) |
| Matthew 24:45 | “Who then is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has put in charge of his household to give other servants their food at the proper (kairō | καιρῷ | dat sg masc) time? |
| Matthew 26:18 | He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time (kairos | καιρός | nom sg masc) is at hand. I will be keeping the Passover at your house with my disciples.”’” |
| Mark 1:15 | and saying, “The time (kairos | καιρός | nom sg masc) is fulfilled and is at hand; the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” |
| Mark 10:30 | who will not receive one hundredfold now in this present (kairō | καιρῷ | dat sg masc) time — houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, with persecutions — and in the coming age, eternal life. |
| Mark 11:13 | And seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. And when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season (kairos | καιρός | nom sg masc) for figs. |
| Mark 12:2 | At harvest (kairō | καιρῷ | dat sg masc) time (kairō | καιρῷ | dat sg masc) he sent a servant to the tenant farmers to receive from the farmers a portion of the fruit from the vineyard. |
| Mark 13:33 | Watch out, be alert, for you do not know when the time (kairos | καιρός | nom sg masc) will come. |
| Luke 1:20 | And now you will be reduced to silence and not be able to speak until the day in which these things happen, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.” (kairon | καιρόν | acc sg masc) |
| Luke 4:13 | And when he had completed every kind of temptation, the devil departed from him until a more favorable time (kairou | καιροῦ | gen sg masc). |
| Luke 8:13 | Those that fall on rock are the ones who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but they have no root — they believe for a while (kairon | καιρόν | acc sg masc) but in a time (kairō | καιρῷ | dat sg masc) of testing they fall away. |
| Luke 12:42 | And the Lord said, “Who, then, is the faithful and wise steward, whom the master will put in charge of his servants, to give the food ration at the proper (kairō | καιρῷ | dat sg masc) time? |
| Luke 12:56 | Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you do not know how to interpret this present time (kairon | καιρόν | acc sg masc)? |
| Luke 13:1 | At that very time (kairō | καιρῷ | dat sg masc) there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. |
| Luke 18:30 | who will not receive many times as much in this age (kairō | καιρῷ | dat sg masc) and, in the age to come, eternal life.” |
| Luke 19:44 | And they will tear down both you and the children within you, and they will not leave stone upon stone in you, because you did not recognize the time (kairon | καιρόν | acc sg masc) of your visitation.” |
| Luke 20:10 | When the season (kairō | καιρῷ | dat sg masc) came, he sent a servant to the tenants so that they might give him his share of the produce of the vineyard; but the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. |
| Luke 21:8 | And he said, “See that you are not led astray! For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time (kairos | καιρός | nom sg masc) is at hand!’ Do not go after them. |
