G2540: καιρός
kairós · “time/right time”
Definition
an occasion, i.e. set or proper time
KJV translates it as: X always, opportunity, (convenient, due) season, (due, short, while) time, a while
Word origin: of uncertain affinity;
Extended definition
[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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2540 is translated
- time ×32
- season ×8
- times ×5
- seasons ×4
- a time ×4
- the time ×4
- occasion ×2
- opportunity ×2
- time, ×2
- in seasons ×2
- season? ×1
- due time ×1
Bible verses with G2540 (kairós)
Kairós appears in 80 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Matthew 8:29
And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
- Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
- Matthew 12:1
At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
- Matthew 13:30
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
- Matthew 14:1
At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
- Matthew 16:3
And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
- Matthew 21:34
And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
- Matthew 21:41
They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
- Matthew 24:45
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
- Matthew 26:18
And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
- Mark 1:15
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
- Mark 10:30
But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
- Mark 11:13
And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
- Mark 12:2
And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
- Mark 13:33
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
- Luke 1:20
And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
- Luke 4:13
And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
- Luke 8:13
They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
- Luke 12:42
And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
- Luke 12:56
Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
- Luke 13:1
There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
- Luke 18:30
Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
- Luke 19:44
And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
- Luke 20:10
And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.
- Luke 21:8
And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
All 80 references
- Luke 21:24
- Luke 21:36
- John 5:4
- John 7:6
- John 7:8
- Acts 1:7
- Acts 7:20
- Acts 12:1
- Acts 13:11
- Acts 14:17
- Acts 17:26
- Acts 19:23
- Acts 24:25
- Romans 3:26
- Romans 5:6
- Romans 8:18
- Romans 9:9
- Romans 11:5
- Romans 13:11
- 1 Corinthians 4:5
- 1 Corinthians 7:5
- 1 Corinthians 7:29
- 2 Corinthians 6:2
- 2 Corinthians 8:14
- Galatians 4:10
- Galatians 6:9
- Galatians 6:10
- Ephesians 1:10
- Ephesians 2:12
- Ephesians 5:16
- Ephesians 6:18
- Colossians 4:5
- 1 Thessalonians 2:17
- 1 Thessalonians 5:1
- 2 Thessalonians 2:6
- 1 Timothy 2:6
- 1 Timothy 4:1
- 1 Timothy 6:15
- 2 Timothy 3:1
- 2 Timothy 4:3
- 2 Timothy 4:6
- Titus 1:3
- Hebrews 9:9
- Hebrews 9:10
- Hebrews 11:11
- Hebrews 11:15
- 1 Peter 1:5
- 1 Peter 1:11
- 1 Peter 4:17
- 1 Peter 5:6
- Revelation 1:3
- Revelation 11:18
- Revelation 12:12
- Revelation 12:14
- Revelation 22:10