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
| Revelation 1:3 | Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and those who hear and keep what is written in it, for the time (kairos | καιρός | nom sg masc) is near. |
| Revelation 11:18 | The nations raged, but your wrath came; and the time (kairos | καιρός | nom sg masc) for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and the time to destroy the destroyers of the earth.” |
| Revelation 12:12 | Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and all who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you having great wrath, because he knows that he has only a short time!” (kairon | καιρόν | acc sg masc) |
| Revelation 12:14 | But the woman was given the two wings of a great eagle so she could fly away into the wilderness to the place where she would be taken care of for a time (kairon | καιρόν | acc sg masc), and times (kairous | καιρούς | acc pl masc), and half a time (kairou | καιροῦ | gen sg masc), safe from the presence of the serpent. |
| Revelation 22:10 | Then he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time (kairos | καιρός | nom sg masc) is near. |
