Strong G171ἀκαίρως

unseasonably

Transliteration
akairōs
Pronunciation
ak-ah'ee-roce
Morphology
Greek Adverb

Definition

Adverb from the same as G170; inopportunely: - out of season.

Detailed definition

ἀκαίρως, adv.
(ἄκαιρος, unseasonable), [in LXX: Si 35 (32):4 *;]
out of season, unseasonably: opposite to εὐκαίρως (which see), 2Ti.4:2 (cf. Cremer, 740; MM, VGT, see word).†
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In the Bible

Strong G171 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • season1

First verses

  1. 2 Timothy 4:2
    Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: ἄκαιρος, ον,
ill-timed, unseasonable, ἐς ἄκαιρα πονεῖν[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 919; οὐκ ἄκαιρα λέγειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1036; ἄ. κένωσις 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 10; προθυμία 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.65; ἐλευθερία 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 569c; ἔπαινος [prev. author] “Phdr.” 24ce; ῥᾳθυμία 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.46, γέλως 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 88)]. adverb -ρως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 808, “Ch.” 624 (both Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 17, +others)]: comparative -οτέρως[Refs ([prev. author] “Epid.” 1.19)]: neuter plural as adverb, ἄκαιρ᾽ ἀπώλλυτο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1081.)]
II of persons, importunate, troublesome, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 12; ἄ. καὶ λάλος 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.62.)]
II.2 with infinitive, ill-suited to do a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 7.6 (_comparative_).)]
III ἄκαιρον, τό, ={μυρσίνη ἀγρία}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.144.)]