Strong G4340πρόσκαιρος
temporary
- Transliteration
- proskairos
- Pronunciation
- pros'-kahee-ros
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
πρόσ-καιρος, -ον
[in LXX: 4Ma.15:2 4Mac 15:8 4Mac 15:23 *;]
1. in season.
2. for a season, temporary, transient: 2Co.4:18, Heb.11:25; of plants, short-lived: Mat.13:21, Mrk.4:17.†
(AS)
[in LXX: 4Ma.15:2 4Mac 15:8 4Mac 15:23 *;]
1. in season.
2. for a season, temporary, transient: 2Co.4:18, Heb.11:25; of plants, short-lived: Mat.13:21, Mrk.4:17.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4340 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- season1
- temporal1
- time1
- while1
First verses
- Matthew 13:21Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
- Mark 4:17And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.
- 2 Corinthians 4:18While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
- Hebrews 11:25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πρόσκαιρος, ον,
occasional, extraordinary, ἑορτή [Refs (“IG” 22.1368.44)]; αἱ π. ἐπιβολαί the additional taxes, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PLond.” 3.979.19 (4th c.AD))]; τὰ δημόσια τέλη κανονικά τε καὶ π. τούτων [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“PMasp.” 168.36 (6th c.AD).)]
2 opportune, ἐκδρομαί [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 15; θόρυβοι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 31)]; ῥῆμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 274.)]
3 at the time, τὰ π. ἄδηλα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.78.)]
4 πρόσκαιρον, τό, agreement having temporary validity, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (Sammelb. 6000v.35 (6th c.AD).)]
II lasting for a time, temporary, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 7.3.11; ἀνοχή 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus “fragment” 46.1)]; π. ἡ τέρψις, opposed to ἀθάνατος, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 7.4, 6)]; opposed to αἰώνιος, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.2Cor.4.18, compare “OGI” 669.14 (Egypt, 1st c.AD))]; transient, [NT+3rd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.13.21, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.8.8)]. adverb -ρως[Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.31, Pseudo-Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.58, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 4.14.7.)]
occasional, extraordinary, ἑορτή [Refs (“IG” 22.1368.44)]; αἱ π. ἐπιβολαί the additional taxes, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PLond.” 3.979.19 (4th c.AD))]; τὰ δημόσια τέλη κανονικά τε καὶ π. τούτων [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“PMasp.” 168.36 (6th c.AD).)]
2 opportune, ἐκδρομαί [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 15; θόρυβοι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 31)]; ῥῆμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 274.)]
3 at the time, τὰ π. ἄδηλα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.78.)]
4 πρόσκαιρον, τό, agreement having temporary validity, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (Sammelb. 6000v.35 (6th c.AD).)]
II lasting for a time, temporary, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 7.3.11; ἀνοχή 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus “fragment” 46.1)]; π. ἡ τέρψις, opposed to ἀθάνατος, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 7.4, 6)]; opposed to αἰώνιος, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.2Cor.4.18, compare “OGI” 669.14 (Egypt, 1st c.AD))]; transient, [NT+3rd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.13.21, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.8.8)]. adverb -ρως[Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.31, Pseudo-Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.58, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 4.14.7.)]