Strong G2540καιρός
time/right time
- Transliteration
- kairos
- Pronunciation
- kahee-ros'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; an occasion that is set or proper time: - X always opportunity (convenient due) season (due short while) time a while. Compare G5550 .
Detailed definition
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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G2540 appears in 81 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- time61
- season14
- opportunity2
- always1
- of1
- while1
First verses
- Matthew 8:29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
- Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
- Matthew 12:1At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
- Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
- Matthew 14:1At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
- Matthew 16:3And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
- Matthew 21:34And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
- Matthew 21:41They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
- Matthew 24:45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
- Matthew 26:18And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
- Mark 1:15And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
- Mark 10:30But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
- Mark 11:13And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
- Mark 12:2And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
- Mark 13:33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
- Luke 1:20And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
- Luke 4:13And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
- Luke 8:13They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
- Luke 12:42And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
- Luke 12:56Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
καιρός, ὁ,
due measure, proportion, fitness (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus), καιρὸς δ᾽ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ἄριστος (which became a proverbial) 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 694, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 401; κ. παντὸς ἔχει κορυφάν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.78; κ. Χάριτος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 787 (_anapaest meter_) (compare ὑποκάμπτω 11))]; εἰ ὁ κ. ἦν σαφής the distinction, the point, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 386)]; ἡ ἀπορία ἔχει τινὰ κ. has some point or importance, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1043b25)]; καιροῦ πέρα beyond measure, unduly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 507; μείζων τοῦ κ. γαστήρ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.19; καιροῦ μεῖζον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 626)] codices; προσωτέρω or πορρωτέρω τοῦ κ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.34, “HG” 7.5.13)]; ὀξύτερα τοῦ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 307b; νωθεστέρα τοῦ κ. [prev. work] 310e)]; ὑπερβάλλων τῇ φιλοτιμίᾳ τὸν κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agesilaus” 8, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τόπων τῶν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον” 44.)]
II of Place, vital part of the body [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (καίριος 1), ἐς καιρὸν τυπείς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1120.)]
III more frequently of Time, exact or critical time, season, opportunity, Χρόνου κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1292)]: usually alone, κ. [ἐστιν] ἐν ᾧ Χρόνος οὐ πολὺς κτλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Praec.” 1, cf. Chrysipp. et 2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in Daremberg)] Notices etextr. des MSS. médicaux[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1p.200; κ. ὀξύς 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.1)]; κ. πρὸς ἀνθρώπων βραχὺ μέτρον ἔχει 'time and tide wait for no man', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.286)]; κ. ὄλβου, ={καίριος ὄλβος}, [Refs ([prev. author] “N.” 7.58)]; δηλοῦν, ὅ τι περ δύναται κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 576 codices (sed to be read δύνασαι))]; τίνα κ. τοῦ παρόντος βελτίω ζητεῖτ; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.16)]; κ. δόσιος for giving, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 20)]; κ. τοῦ ποτισμοῦ, τῆς τρύγης, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“BGU” 1003.12 (3rd c.BC), “PStrassb.” 1.8 (V 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator); τὰ ἐκ τοῦ κ. προγινόμενα 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.32.3)]; καιρὸν παριέναι to let the time go by, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.27 (so in _plural_, τοὺς κ. παριέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 374c; τοὺς κ. ὑφαιρεῖσθαι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.66); κ. τῶν πραγμάτων τοῖς ἐναντίοις καθυφιέναι καὶ προδοῦναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.6)]; καιροῦ (τοῦ κ.) τυχεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 593, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 687a, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 281; καιρὸν εἰληφέναι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.6 (but καιρὸς ἐλάμβανε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.34; compare καιροῦ διδόντος 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 45.7); καιροῦ λαβέσθαι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 13; καιρὸν ἁρπάσαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Philopoemen” 15; κ. τηρεῖν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1382b11; καιρῷ Χρήσασθαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 7)]; καιρῷ Χειμῶνος ξυλλαβέσθαι co-operate with the occurrence of a storm, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 709c)]; ἔχει κ. τι it happens in season, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.42, etc.)]; κ. ἔχειν τοῦ εὖ οἰκεῖν to be the chief cause of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 421a; ὑμέας καιρός ἐστι προβοηθῆσαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.144, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 523, etc.; νῦν κ. ἔρδειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1368: sometimes with _Article_, ἀλλ᾽ ἔσθ᾽ ὁ κ... ξένους.. τυγχάνειν τὰ πρόσφορα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 710; ὁ κ. ἐστι μὴ μέλλειν ἔτι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 661, compare “Pl.” 255.)]
III.b adverbial phrases, ἐς καιρόν in season, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.144, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 744, etc.; ἐς κ. ἐπείγεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.139)]; ἐς αὐτὸν κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1168)]; εἰς δέοντα κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 294; ἐν καιρῷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 381, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.59, etc.; ἐν κ. τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 44a; ἐπὶ καιροῦ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.258, 20.90, etc.; κατὰ καιρόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.22; ὥς οἱ κατὰ κ. ἦν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30 (but also οἱ κατὰ κ. ἡγεμόνες)] in office at the time, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 15.10 (2nd c.AD), etc.))]; παρὰ τῷ ἐντυχόντι αἰεὶ καὶ λόγου καὶ ἔργου κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.43; πρὸς καιρόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 38, “Tr.” 59, etc.; σὺν καιρῷ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.38.7: without Preps., καιρῷ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1516)]; καιρόν, absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 34, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 495.9 (in _comparative_ form καιρότερον, 5th c.BC: Achaeus Tragicus 49))]; κ. γὰρ οὐδὲν ἦλθες [Refs (E “Hel.” 479)]; opposed to ἀπὸ καιροῦ out of season, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 187e; ἄνευ καιροῦ [prev. author] “Ep.” 339d; παρὰ καιρόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.24, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 8c o (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 277a)]; πρὸ καιροῦ prematurely, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 365 (_anapaest meter_))]; ἐπὶ καιροῦ also means on the spur of the moment, ἐπὶ κ. λέγειν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 8, compare “Art.” 5; ἐξενεγκεῖν πόλεμον [prev. author] “Ant.” 6.)]
III.2 season, πᾶσιν καιροῖς at all seasons of the year, [LXX+1st c.AD+ (“IG” 14.1018, cf. LXX.Gen.1.14, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.13, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 3.11)]; κ. ἔτους, later Gr. for Attic dialect ὥρα ἔτους, accusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus 424)]; time of day, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.14.)]
III.2.b critical times, periodic states, καιροὶ σωμάτων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1335a41.)]
III.3 generally, time, period, κατὰ τὸν κ. τοῦτον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 27.1.7; κατ᾽ ἐκεῖνο καιροῦ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Conon Historicus 3, +others: more frequently in _plural_, κατὰ τούτους τοὺς κ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 23.2, +others, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.39.1)]; τὰ κατὰ καιρούς chronological sequence of events, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.33.5)]; ἐν τοῖς πάλαι, ἐντοῖς μεταξὺ κ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.28,363 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
III.4 in plural, οἱ καιροί the times, i. e. the state of affairs, frequently in bad sense, ἐν τοῖς μεγίστοις κ. at the most critical times, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.33, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.44; περιστάντων τῇ πόλει κ. δυσκόλων “IG” 22.682.33, etc.)]: also in singular, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.44, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 17.9)]; ὁ ἔσχατος κ. extreme danger, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 29.27.12, etc.; καιρῷ δουλεύειν “Anthologia Graeca” 9.441 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus).)]
IV advantage, profit, τινος of or from a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.54, “P.” 1.57)]; εἴ τοι ἐς κ. ἔσται ταῦτα τελεόμενα to his advantage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.206)]; ἐπὶ σῷ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 151 (Lyric poetry))]; τίνα κ. με διδάσκει; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1060 (Lyric poetry))]; τί σοι καιρὸς.. καταλείβει; what avails it..? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 131 (Lyric poetry))]; τίνος εἵνεκα καιρο; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.182)]; οὗ κ. εἴη where it was convenient or advantageous, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.54; ᾗ κ. ἦν [prev. work] 90)]; Χωρίον μετὰ μεγίστων κ. οἰκειοῦταί τε καὶ πολεμοῦται with the greatest odds, the most critical results, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.36.)]
V [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for seven, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 44.)]
due measure, proportion, fitness (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus), καιρὸς δ᾽ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ἄριστος (which became a proverbial) 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 694, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 401; κ. παντὸς ἔχει κορυφάν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.78; κ. Χάριτος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 787 (_anapaest meter_) (compare ὑποκάμπτω 11))]; εἰ ὁ κ. ἦν σαφής the distinction, the point, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 386)]; ἡ ἀπορία ἔχει τινὰ κ. has some point or importance, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1043b25)]; καιροῦ πέρα beyond measure, unduly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 507; μείζων τοῦ κ. γαστήρ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.19; καιροῦ μεῖζον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 626)] codices; προσωτέρω or πορρωτέρω τοῦ κ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.34, “HG” 7.5.13)]; ὀξύτερα τοῦ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 307b; νωθεστέρα τοῦ κ. [prev. work] 310e)]; ὑπερβάλλων τῇ φιλοτιμίᾳ τὸν κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agesilaus” 8, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τόπων τῶν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον” 44.)]
II of Place, vital part of the body [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (καίριος 1), ἐς καιρὸν τυπείς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1120.)]
III more frequently of Time, exact or critical time, season, opportunity, Χρόνου κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1292)]: usually alone, κ. [ἐστιν] ἐν ᾧ Χρόνος οὐ πολὺς κτλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Praec.” 1, cf. Chrysipp. et 2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in Daremberg)] Notices etextr. des MSS. médicaux[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1p.200; κ. ὀξύς 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.1)]; κ. πρὸς ἀνθρώπων βραχὺ μέτρον ἔχει 'time and tide wait for no man', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.286)]; κ. ὄλβου, ={καίριος ὄλβος}, [Refs ([prev. author] “N.” 7.58)]; δηλοῦν, ὅ τι περ δύναται κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 576 codices (sed to be read δύνασαι))]; τίνα κ. τοῦ παρόντος βελτίω ζητεῖτ; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.16)]; κ. δόσιος for giving, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 20)]; κ. τοῦ ποτισμοῦ, τῆς τρύγης, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“BGU” 1003.12 (3rd c.BC), “PStrassb.” 1.8 (V 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator); τὰ ἐκ τοῦ κ. προγινόμενα 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.32.3)]; καιρὸν παριέναι to let the time go by, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.27 (so in _plural_, τοὺς κ. παριέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 374c; τοὺς κ. ὑφαιρεῖσθαι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.66); κ. τῶν πραγμάτων τοῖς ἐναντίοις καθυφιέναι καὶ προδοῦναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.6)]; καιροῦ (τοῦ κ.) τυχεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 593, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 687a, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 281; καιρὸν εἰληφέναι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.6 (but καιρὸς ἐλάμβανε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.34; compare καιροῦ διδόντος 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 45.7); καιροῦ λαβέσθαι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 13; καιρὸν ἁρπάσαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Philopoemen” 15; κ. τηρεῖν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1382b11; καιρῷ Χρήσασθαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 7)]; καιρῷ Χειμῶνος ξυλλαβέσθαι co-operate with the occurrence of a storm, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 709c)]; ἔχει κ. τι it happens in season, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.42, etc.)]; κ. ἔχειν τοῦ εὖ οἰκεῖν to be the chief cause of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 421a; ὑμέας καιρός ἐστι προβοηθῆσαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.144, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 523, etc.; νῦν κ. ἔρδειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1368: sometimes with _Article_, ἀλλ᾽ ἔσθ᾽ ὁ κ... ξένους.. τυγχάνειν τὰ πρόσφορα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 710; ὁ κ. ἐστι μὴ μέλλειν ἔτι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 661, compare “Pl.” 255.)]
III.b adverbial phrases, ἐς καιρόν in season, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.144, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 744, etc.; ἐς κ. ἐπείγεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.139)]; ἐς αὐτὸν κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1168)]; εἰς δέοντα κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 294; ἐν καιρῷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 381, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.59, etc.; ἐν κ. τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 44a; ἐπὶ καιροῦ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.258, 20.90, etc.; κατὰ καιρόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.22; ὥς οἱ κατὰ κ. ἦν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30 (but also οἱ κατὰ κ. ἡγεμόνες)] in office at the time, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 15.10 (2nd c.AD), etc.))]; παρὰ τῷ ἐντυχόντι αἰεὶ καὶ λόγου καὶ ἔργου κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.43; πρὸς καιρόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 38, “Tr.” 59, etc.; σὺν καιρῷ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.38.7: without Preps., καιρῷ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1516)]; καιρόν, absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 34, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 495.9 (in _comparative_ form καιρότερον, 5th c.BC: Achaeus Tragicus 49))]; κ. γὰρ οὐδὲν ἦλθες [Refs (E “Hel.” 479)]; opposed to ἀπὸ καιροῦ out of season, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 187e; ἄνευ καιροῦ [prev. author] “Ep.” 339d; παρὰ καιρόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.24, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 8c o (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 277a)]; πρὸ καιροῦ prematurely, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 365 (_anapaest meter_))]; ἐπὶ καιροῦ also means on the spur of the moment, ἐπὶ κ. λέγειν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 8, compare “Art.” 5; ἐξενεγκεῖν πόλεμον [prev. author] “Ant.” 6.)]
III.2 season, πᾶσιν καιροῖς at all seasons of the year, [LXX+1st c.AD+ (“IG” 14.1018, cf. LXX.Gen.1.14, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.13, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 3.11)]; κ. ἔτους, later Gr. for Attic dialect ὥρα ἔτους, accusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus 424)]; time of day, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.14.)]
III.2.b critical times, periodic states, καιροὶ σωμάτων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1335a41.)]
III.3 generally, time, period, κατὰ τὸν κ. τοῦτον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 27.1.7; κατ᾽ ἐκεῖνο καιροῦ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Conon Historicus 3, +others: more frequently in _plural_, κατὰ τούτους τοὺς κ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 23.2, +others, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.39.1)]; τὰ κατὰ καιρούς chronological sequence of events, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.33.5)]; ἐν τοῖς πάλαι, ἐντοῖς μεταξὺ κ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.28,363 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
III.4 in plural, οἱ καιροί the times, i. e. the state of affairs, frequently in bad sense, ἐν τοῖς μεγίστοις κ. at the most critical times, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.33, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.44; περιστάντων τῇ πόλει κ. δυσκόλων “IG” 22.682.33, etc.)]: also in singular, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.44, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 17.9)]; ὁ ἔσχατος κ. extreme danger, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 29.27.12, etc.; καιρῷ δουλεύειν “Anthologia Graeca” 9.441 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus).)]
IV advantage, profit, τινος of or from a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.54, “P.” 1.57)]; εἴ τοι ἐς κ. ἔσται ταῦτα τελεόμενα to his advantage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.206)]; ἐπὶ σῷ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 151 (Lyric poetry))]; τίνα κ. με διδάσκει; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1060 (Lyric poetry))]; τί σοι καιρὸς.. καταλείβει; what avails it..? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 131 (Lyric poetry))]; τίνος εἵνεκα καιρο; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.182)]; οὗ κ. εἴη where it was convenient or advantageous, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.54; ᾗ κ. ἦν [prev. work] 90)]; Χωρίον μετὰ μεγίστων κ. οἰκειοῦταί τε καὶ πολεμοῦται with the greatest odds, the most critical results, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.36.)]
V [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for seven, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 44.)]