Word study · lex.G2540
καιρός kairos
season · opportune time · occasion
Team definition
A noun for due measure or fitness, and, of time, for a fixed and definite period, time, or season. It can also name an opportune or seasonable time. Rom 13:11 is among the passages listed for this time sense. It is distinguished from χρόνος, which names time as duration. The entry does not decide which horizon the occasion in Rom 13:11 has.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 80
Matt 8:29Matt 11:25Matt 12:1Matt 13:30Matt 14:1Matt 16:3Matt 21:34Matt 21:41Matt 24:45Matt 26:18Mark 1:15Mark 10:30Mark 11:13Mark 12:2Mark 13:33Luke 1:20Luke 4:13Luke 8:13Luke 12:42Luke 12:56Luke 13:1Luke 18:30Luke 19:44Luke 20:10Luke 21:8Luke 21:24Luke 21:36John 7:6John 7:8Acts 1:7Acts 3:20Acts 7:20Acts 12:1Acts 13:11Acts 14:17Acts 17:26Acts 19:23Acts 24:25Rom 3:26Rom 5:6Rom 8:18Rom 9:9Rom 11:5Rom 13:111 Cor 4:51 Cor 7:51 Cor 7:292 Cor 6:22 Cor 8:14Gal 4:10Gal 6:9Gal 6:10Eph 1:10Eph 2:12Eph 5:16Eph 6:18Col 4:51 Thess 2:171 Thess 5:12 Thess 2:61 Tim 2:61 Tim 4:11 Tim 6:152 Tim 3:12 Tim 4:32 Tim 4:6Titus 1:3Heb 9:9Heb 9:10Heb 11:11Heb 11:151 Pet 1:51 Pet 1:111 Pet 4:171 Pet 5:6Rev 1:3Rev 11:18Rev 12:12Rev 12:14Rev 22:10
Senses
1. fixed time, season Rom 13:11, Mark 1:15, Luke 21:8
2. opportune time Gal 6:10, Eph 5:16, Col 4:5
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. καιρός (G2540)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G2540
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
καιρός, waking, and clothing (13:11–14) Rom 13:11; Rom 13:12; Rom 13:13; Rom 13:14