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)