Strong G2121εὔκαιρος
opportune
- Transliteration
- eukairos
- Pronunciation
- yoo'-kahee-ros
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
εὔ-καιρος, -ον
[in LXX: Psa.104:27 (עֵת), 2Ma.14:29 2Mac 15:20-21, 3Ma.4:11 3Mac 5:44 *;]
timely, seasonable, suitable (Cremer, 740): ἡμέρα, Mrk.6:21 (or empty, as in Byz. and MGr.; see MM, Exp., xiv); βοήθεια, Heb.4:16.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Psa.104:27 (עֵת), 2Ma.14:29 2Mac 15:20-21, 3Ma.4:11 3Mac 5:44 *;]
timely, seasonable, suitable (Cremer, 740): ἡμέρα, Mrk.6:21 (or empty, as in Byz. and MGr.; see MM, Exp., xiv); βοήθεια, Heb.4:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2121 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- convenient1
- need1
First verses
- Mark 6:21And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
- Hebrews 4:16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
εὔκαιρ-ος, ον,
well-timed, seasonable, λόγος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 113; θάνατος “Comica Adespota” 116)]; ὕδατα (rainfall) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.7.6)]; nihil -ότερον epistula tua, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 4.7.1)]: with infinitive, χὥ τι σοι λέγειν εὔκαιρόν ἐστι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 32, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 28.4; - ότερον ἔσται διελθεῖν 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 12.9.7)]; τὸ εὔκαιρον, ={εὐκαιρία}, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Dinarcho” 7; τὸ μέτριον καὶ τὸ εὔ. ἐν ἡδοναῖς Aristo Stoic. 1.86)]; εὔκαιρον ἀείσας in season, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epigrammata - PLG” 5.5.)]
II of places, convenient, well situated, τόποι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.28 (3rd c.BC, _superlative_),compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.38.1 (_superlative_), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.63, etc.)]
III rich, wealthy, uncertain reading in St. Byzantine see at {Χαττηνία}.
IV adverb -ρως seasonably, opportunely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἰητροῦ” 3, Nico 1, “PCair.Zen.” 38.28 (3rd c.BC), +others, etc.)]; εὐ. χρῆσθαί τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.143; εὐ. ἔχειν πρός τι [prev. author] 11.12, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 582a28)]; favourably, propitiously, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 46 (3rd c.BC), “POxy.” 2086r. 6 (2nd c.AD, εὐκερως Papyrus))]: comparative -ότερον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 78a)]: superlative -ότατα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.63.13.)]
IV.2 οὐκ-ρως ἔχειν to have no leisure, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.26.10.)]
well-timed, seasonable, λόγος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 113; θάνατος “Comica Adespota” 116)]; ὕδατα (rainfall) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.7.6)]; nihil -ότερον epistula tua, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 4.7.1)]: with infinitive, χὥ τι σοι λέγειν εὔκαιρόν ἐστι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 32, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 28.4; - ότερον ἔσται διελθεῖν 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 12.9.7)]; τὸ εὔκαιρον, ={εὐκαιρία}, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Dinarcho” 7; τὸ μέτριον καὶ τὸ εὔ. ἐν ἡδοναῖς Aristo Stoic. 1.86)]; εὔκαιρον ἀείσας in season, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epigrammata - PLG” 5.5.)]
II of places, convenient, well situated, τόποι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.28 (3rd c.BC, _superlative_),compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.38.1 (_superlative_), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.63, etc.)]
III rich, wealthy, uncertain reading in St. Byzantine see at {Χαττηνία}.
IV adverb -ρως seasonably, opportunely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἰητροῦ” 3, Nico 1, “PCair.Zen.” 38.28 (3rd c.BC), +others, etc.)]; εὐ. χρῆσθαί τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.143; εὐ. ἔχειν πρός τι [prev. author] 11.12, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 582a28)]; favourably, propitiously, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 46 (3rd c.BC), “POxy.” 2086r. 6 (2nd c.AD, εὐκερως Papyrus))]: comparative -ότερον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 78a)]: superlative -ότατα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.63.13.)]
IV.2 οὐκ-ρως ἔχειν to have no leisure, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.26.10.)]