Strong G2120εὐκαιρία
opportunity
- Transliteration
- eukairia
- Pronunciation
- yoo-kahee-ree'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2121; a favorable occasion: - opportunity.
Detailed definition
εὐκαιρία, -ας, ἡ
(εὔκαιρος), [in LXX: Psa.9:10 (see Soph., Lex., see word) Psa.10:1 145:15 (עֵת), Sir.38:24, 1Ma.11:42 *;]
fitting time, opportunity: before ἵνα, Mat.26:16; τοῦ, with inf., Luk.22:6.†
(AS)
(εὔκαιρος), [in LXX: Psa.9:10 (see Soph., Lex., see word) Psa.10:1 145:15 (עֵת), Sir.38:24, 1Ma.11:42 *;]
fitting time, opportunity: before ἵνα, Mat.26:16; τοῦ, with inf., Luk.22:6.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2120 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- opportunity2
First verses
- Matthew 26:16And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
- Luke 22:6And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
εὐκαιρ-ία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, good season, opportunity, τὴν εὐ. διαφυλάττειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.34)]; ἀπολαύειν τῆς εὐ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3 “fragment” 89)]; εὐκαιρίαν ζητεῖν ἵνα.. [NT (NT.Matt.26.16)]; εὐ. τοῦ ἐλθεῖν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PMich.” in “Class.Phil.” 22.250 (2nd c.AD))]; leisure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 17, 23; κατὰ πολλὴν εὐ. καὶ σχολήν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 23)]—a usage condemned by [Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc. and Suid. see at {σχολή}.)]
II appropriateness, opposed to ἀκαιρία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 272a)]; μεταφορᾶς, στίχων, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.16b,736f.)]
II.2 convenient situation, τῶν πόλεων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.29.3, compare 4.44.11, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.4.)]
II.3 opportune supply, ὑδάτων, of rainfall or irrigation, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.23.4 (_plural_), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.52.)]
III wealth, prosperity, αἱ τῶν βίων εὐ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.59.7, compare 13.9.2 (conjecture), etc.)]; εὐ. οὐκ ἔχει he has no property, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“BGU” 665ii4 (1st c.AD).)]
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, good season, opportunity, τὴν εὐ. διαφυλάττειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.34)]; ἀπολαύειν τῆς εὐ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3 “fragment” 89)]; εὐκαιρίαν ζητεῖν ἵνα.. [NT (NT.Matt.26.16)]; εὐ. τοῦ ἐλθεῖν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PMich.” in “Class.Phil.” 22.250 (2nd c.AD))]; leisure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 17, 23; κατὰ πολλὴν εὐ. καὶ σχολήν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 23)]—a usage condemned by [Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc. and Suid. see at {σχολή}.)]
II appropriateness, opposed to ἀκαιρία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 272a)]; μεταφορᾶς, στίχων, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.16b,736f.)]
II.2 convenient situation, τῶν πόλεων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.29.3, compare 4.44.11, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.4.)]
II.3 opportune supply, ὑδάτων, of rainfall or irrigation, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.23.4 (_plural_), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.52.)]
III wealth, prosperity, αἱ τῶν βίων εὐ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.59.7, compare 13.9.2 (conjecture), etc.)]; εὐ. οὐκ ἔχει he has no property, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“BGU” 665ii4 (1st c.AD).)]