Strong G5550χρόνος
time
- Transliteration
- chronos
- Pronunciation
- khron'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of uncertain derivation; a space of time (in genitive case and thus properly distinguished from G2540 which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from G165 which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension an individual opportunity; by implication delay: - + years old season space (X often-) time (-s) (a) while.
Detailed definition
χρόνος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for יוֹם, also for עֵת, etc.;]
time (a space of time, whether long or short; cf. Lft., Notes, 70): Mat.2:7, Mrk.9:21, Luk.1:57, Act.3:21 7:17, 23 13:18 17:30 27:9, Heb.11:32, 1Pe.1:17 4:3, Rev.10:6; στιγμὴ χρόνου, Luk.4:5; πλήρωμα τοῦ χ., Gal.4:4; ποιεῖν χ., Act.15:33 18:23; βιῶσαι, 1Pe.4:2; διδόναι, Rev.2:21; pl., χ. καὶ (ἢ) καιροί (Lft., l.with), Act.1:7, 1Th.5:1; ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτου τῶν χ. (χρόνου), 1Pe.1:20, Ju 18; with prep., ἄχρι, Act.3:21; διὰ τὸν χ., Heb.5:12; ἐν χ., Act.1:6, 21; ἐπὶ (πλείονα) χ., Luk.18:4, Act.18:20; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον χ., Rom.7:1, 1Co.7:39, Gal.4:1; κατὰ τὸν χ., Mat.2:16; μετὰ τολὺν (τοσοῦτον) χ., Mat.25:19, Heb.4:7; πρὸ χ. αἰωςίων, 2Ti.1:9, Tit.1:2, instr. dative of extension of time (see M, Pr., 75, 148; Deiss., LAE, 206), Luk.8:27, 29 Jhn.14:9, Act.8:11, Rom.16:25; accusative, of duration of time, Mrk.2:19, Luk.20:9, Jhn.5:6 7:33 12:35 14:9, Act.14:3, 28 19:22 20:18, 1Co.16:7, Rev.6:11.†
SYN.: see: καιρός (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for יוֹם, also for עֵת, etc.;]
time (a space of time, whether long or short; cf. Lft., Notes, 70): Mat.2:7, Mrk.9:21, Luk.1:57, Act.3:21 7:17, 23 13:18 17:30 27:9, Heb.11:32, 1Pe.1:17 4:3, Rev.10:6; στιγμὴ χρόνου, Luk.4:5; πλήρωμα τοῦ χ., Gal.4:4; ποιεῖν χ., Act.15:33 18:23; βιῶσαι, 1Pe.4:2; διδόναι, Rev.2:21; pl., χ. καὶ (ἢ) καιροί (Lft., l.with), Act.1:7, 1Th.5:1; ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτου τῶν χ. (χρόνου), 1Pe.1:20, Ju 18; with prep., ἄχρι, Act.3:21; διὰ τὸν χ., Heb.5:12; ἐν χ., Act.1:6, 21; ἐπὶ (πλείονα) χ., Luk.18:4, Act.18:20; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον χ., Rom.7:1, 1Co.7:39, Gal.4:1; κατὰ τὸν χ., Mat.2:16; μετὰ τολὺν (τοσοῦτον) χ., Mat.25:19, Heb.4:7; πρὸ χ. αἰωςίων, 2Ti.1:9, Tit.1:2, instr. dative of extension of time (see M, Pr., 75, 148; Deiss., LAE, 206), Luk.8:27, 29 Jhn.14:9, Act.8:11, Rom.16:25; accusative, of duration of time, Mrk.2:19, Luk.20:9, Jhn.5:6 7:33 12:35 14:9, Act.14:3, 28 19:22 20:18, 1Co.16:7, Rev.6:11.†
SYN.: see: καιρός (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5550 appears in 53 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- time33
- season4
- while4
- long3
- space2
- world2
- a1
- ago1
- of1
- oftentimes1
- old1
- the1
First verses
- Matthew 2:7Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
- Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
- Matthew 25:19After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
- Mark 2:19And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
- Mark 9:21And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
- Luke 1:57Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
- Luke 4:5And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
- Luke 8:27And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
- Luke 8:29(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
- Luke 18:4And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
- Luke 20:9Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
- John 5:6When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
- John 7:33Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
- John 12:35Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
- John 14:9Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
- Acts 1:6When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
- Acts 1:7And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
- Acts 1:21Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
- Acts 3:21Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
- Acts 7:17But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
χρόνος, ὁ,
time, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), etc.: distinct from καιρός, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.35, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Ammonius Grammaticus “περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων” p.79 V.)]; τῶν δὲ πεπραγμένων ἀποίητον οὐδ᾽ ἂν χ. δύναιτο θέμεν τέλος P.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (“O.” 2.17; μυρίος χ. [prev. author] “I.” 5(4).28, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 618; μακρὸς κἀναρίθμητος χ. [prev. author] “Aj.” 646; ὁ πᾶς χ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.46, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 484; πρόπας χ. [prev. work] 898; ἐς τὸ πᾶν χρόνου [prev. work] 670)]; but in Prose, τοῦ χ. τὸν πλεῖστον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.30, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.41; τὸν πρῶτον τοῦ χ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 1.5; τὸν δι᾽ αἰῶνος χ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 554)]; χρόνου πολλοῦ δέονται take a long time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.4, etc.; δότε τι τῷ χ. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.86.)]
b time in the abstract, ἀμερὴς χ. Timo 76; τριμερής [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 10.197, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.153b; defined by 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.26, 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus [prev. work] 3.260.)]
2 a definite time, period, δεκέτης, τρίμηνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 715 (Lyric poetry), “Tr.” 164)]; χ. βίου, ἥβης χ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 670, “El.” 20; πολὺν ἀριθμὸν χρόνου γεγονότες 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.49: _plural_, of points or periods of time, τοῖς χ. ἀκριβῶς)] with chronological accuracy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.97)]; τοῖς χ. by the dates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.36)]; μετενεγκόντα τοὺς χ. altering the dates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.225; μακρῶν καὶ πολλῶν χρόνων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 798b; τεσσαράκοντα χρόνους ἐνιαυτῶν “IG” 5(1).728.7 (from Sparta), compare 14.1747.3 (from Rome))]; χρόνων μῆκος (uncertain, to be read χρόνου) [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Choricius Rhetor 35.51 p.403 F.-R.)]
2.b date, term of payment due, [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 1.10, +others)]
2.c year, Ἑλληνικά 1.233 [Refs 1st c.BC+ ((Rhamnus, 1st c.BC), “PLond.” 2.417.14 (4th c.AD), “App.Anth.” 6.154.1 (to be read εἷς ἔτι), Ps.- 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Centil.” 24, compare “Etymologicum Magnum” 254.13.)]
2.d equatorial degree, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 44, 4th c.AD: Paulus Alexandrinus Astrologus “A.” 2, +others, “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 5(1).240.)]
3 Special phrases:
3.a accusative, χρόνον for a while, for a long or short time, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.599, 6.295, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.175, 7.223, etc.)]; πολὺν χρόνον for a long time, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.161; δηρὸν χ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.206; οὐκ ὀλίγον χ. 19.157; τοῦτον τὸν χ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.75)]; ἐς τὸν αἰὲν χ. for ever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 207 (Lyric poetry))]; οὐ πολὺς χ. ἐξ οὗ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (.. Pl.R. 452c; παλαιὸς ἀφ᾽ οὗ χρόνος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 600 (Lyric poetry))]; ἦν χρόνος ἐν ᾧ.., or ὅτε.., Linusap.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius “Prooem.” 4, 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 25.1 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; ἕνα χ.)]once for all, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.511.)]
3.b genitive, χρόνου περιιόντος as time came round, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.155)]; so χ. ἐπιγενομένου, διεξελθόντος, προβαίνοντος, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.28, 2.52, 3.53)]; χρόνου γενομένου after a time, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.109)]; ὀλίγου χρόνου in a short time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134; πολλοῦ.. οὐχ ἑόρακά πω χρόνου 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 98)]; οὐ μακροῦ χ., τοῦ λοιποῦ χ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 478 (Lyric poetry), 817; βαιοῦ κοὐχὶ μυρίου χ. [prev. author] “OC” 397; ποίου χρόνο; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 278)]; πόσου χ.; after how long? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 83.)]
3.c dative, χρόνῳ in process of time, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 18, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, 176, +others: frequently in Trag., as 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 126, 463, “Ch.” 650 (all Lyric poetry); also χρόνῳ κοτέ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.62; τῷ χ. ποτέ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 865)]; χρόνῳ, χρόνοις ὕστερον, long after, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.39)]; οὐ χρόνῳ immediately, Ps.Democr.Alch.p.49B.: also with Article, τῷ χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 66, 1242.)]
3.d ὁ ἄλλος χ., in Attic dialect, of past time, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.16, ὁ λοιπὸς χ.,)] of future, see at {λοιπός} 3; so χ. ἐφέρπων, ἐπαντέλλων, μέλλων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.97, 8.28, 10(11).7)]; also κατὰ χ. ἱκνούμενον or κατὰ χ. [τὸν] ἱ. at a later (or the fitting) time, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 27.4 (compare ἱκνέομαι 111.2).)]
4 with Preps.:—ἀνὰ χρόνον in course of time, after a time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.173, 2.151, 5.27, +others)]
4.b ἀφ᾽ οὗ χρόνου from such time as.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.13.)]
4.c διὰ χρόνου after a time, after an interval, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 758, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 904, “Pl.” 1055, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.94; διὰ χρόνου πολλοῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.27; διὰ π. χ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1476; διὰ μακρῶν χρόνων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 22d: but χρόνος.. διὰ χρόνου προὔβαινέ μοι)] means one space of time after another, day after day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 285.)]
4.d ἐκ πολλοῦ τευ χ. a long time since, long ago, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.58.)]
4.e ἐν χρόνῳ, like{χρόνῳ}, in course of time, at length, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 1000 (Lyric poetry))]; for a long time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 278d; ἐν πολλῷ χρόνῳ [prev. work] 228a)]; ἐν χρόνοισι perhaps formerly, [[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus] “Sphaer.” 108 (to be read Κάρπιμος).)]
4.f ἐντὸς χρόνου within a certain time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.104.)]
4.g ἐπὶ χρόνον for a time, for a while, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.299, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.193, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116; πολλὸν ἐπὶ χ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.407; χρόνον ἐπὶ μακρόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.81)]; παυρίδιον or παῦρον ἐπὶ χ., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 133, 326.)]
4.h ἐς χρόνον hereafter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.72, 9.89.)]
i μετὰ χρόνον after a time, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.52, etc.)]; μέχρι τοῦ αὐτοῦ χ. up to the same time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13.)]
k πρὸ τοῦ καθήκοντος χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.126; so τοῦ χρόνου πρόσθεν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 461.)]
l σὺν (ξὺν) χρόνῳ, like{χρόνῳ} or διὰ χρόνου, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1378, “Eu.” 555 (Lyric poetry).)]
m ὑπὸ χρόνου by lapse of time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.21: but ὑπὸ αὐτὸν τὸν χ.)] about the same time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.165, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.100 (_plural_).)]
II lifetime, age, ὁ μακρὸς ἀνθρώπων χρόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 306; χρόνῳ παλαιοί [prev. author] “OC” 112; χρόνῳ μείων [prev. work] 374)]; τοσόσδε τῷ χ. so far gone in years, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 365b; χρόνῳ βραδύς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 875.)]
III season or portion of the year, περιγράψαι τοῦ ἔτους χρόνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.12.)]
IV delay, οὐδ᾽ ἐποίησαν (perhaps ἐνεποίησαν) χ. οὐδένα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.163; χρόνον δ᾽ αἱ νύκτες ἔχοντι)]linger, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.25)]; χρόνους ἐμποιεῖν to interpose delays, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.93.)]
V Grammars,
V.1 tense of a verb, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 24, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 123.17, 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 638.3.)]
V.2 time or quantity of a syllable, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 39.4, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 130.4, +others: βραχὺς χ. a short syllable, [prev. work] 309.23)]; of the augment, [Refs ([prev. work] 237.10.)]
V.3 in Rhythmic and Music, time, διαιρεῖται ὁ χ. ὑπὸ τῶν ῥυθμιζομένων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Rhythmica” p.79)] W., etc.; ὁ πρῶτος [χ.] time-unit, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. passage], 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1st c.AD: Quintilianus Rhetor Latinus 1.14, etc.)]; χρόνος κενός [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work]18: frequently in _plural_, λέξις εἰς χρόνους τεθεῖσα διαφέροντας 4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Rhythmica” p.77 W., cf. Anonymus Rhythmicus “POxy.” 9ii6; [μέτρα] προχωρεῖ ἕως λ χρόνων 3rd c.AD(?): Aristides Quintilianus Musicus 1.23.)]
time, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), etc.: distinct from καιρός, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.35, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Ammonius Grammaticus “περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων” p.79 V.)]; τῶν δὲ πεπραγμένων ἀποίητον οὐδ᾽ ἂν χ. δύναιτο θέμεν τέλος P.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (“O.” 2.17; μυρίος χ. [prev. author] “I.” 5(4).28, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 618; μακρὸς κἀναρίθμητος χ. [prev. author] “Aj.” 646; ὁ πᾶς χ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.46, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 484; πρόπας χ. [prev. work] 898; ἐς τὸ πᾶν χρόνου [prev. work] 670)]; but in Prose, τοῦ χ. τὸν πλεῖστον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.30, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.41; τὸν πρῶτον τοῦ χ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 1.5; τὸν δι᾽ αἰῶνος χ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 554)]; χρόνου πολλοῦ δέονται take a long time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.4, etc.; δότε τι τῷ χ. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.86.)]
b time in the abstract, ἀμερὴς χ. Timo 76; τριμερής [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 10.197, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.153b; defined by 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.26, 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus [prev. work] 3.260.)]
2 a definite time, period, δεκέτης, τρίμηνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 715 (Lyric poetry), “Tr.” 164)]; χ. βίου, ἥβης χ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 670, “El.” 20; πολὺν ἀριθμὸν χρόνου γεγονότες 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.49: _plural_, of points or periods of time, τοῖς χ. ἀκριβῶς)] with chronological accuracy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.97)]; τοῖς χ. by the dates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.36)]; μετενεγκόντα τοὺς χ. altering the dates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.225; μακρῶν καὶ πολλῶν χρόνων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 798b; τεσσαράκοντα χρόνους ἐνιαυτῶν “IG” 5(1).728.7 (from Sparta), compare 14.1747.3 (from Rome))]; χρόνων μῆκος (uncertain, to be read χρόνου) [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Choricius Rhetor 35.51 p.403 F.-R.)]
2.b date, term of payment due, [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 1.10, +others)]
2.c year, Ἑλληνικά 1.233 [Refs 1st c.BC+ ((Rhamnus, 1st c.BC), “PLond.” 2.417.14 (4th c.AD), “App.Anth.” 6.154.1 (to be read εἷς ἔτι), Ps.- 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Centil.” 24, compare “Etymologicum Magnum” 254.13.)]
2.d equatorial degree, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 44, 4th c.AD: Paulus Alexandrinus Astrologus “A.” 2, +others, “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 5(1).240.)]
3 Special phrases:
3.a accusative, χρόνον for a while, for a long or short time, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.599, 6.295, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.175, 7.223, etc.)]; πολὺν χρόνον for a long time, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.161; δηρὸν χ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.206; οὐκ ὀλίγον χ. 19.157; τοῦτον τὸν χ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.75)]; ἐς τὸν αἰὲν χ. for ever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 207 (Lyric poetry))]; οὐ πολὺς χ. ἐξ οὗ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (.. Pl.R. 452c; παλαιὸς ἀφ᾽ οὗ χρόνος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 600 (Lyric poetry))]; ἦν χρόνος ἐν ᾧ.., or ὅτε.., Linusap.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius “Prooem.” 4, 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 25.1 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; ἕνα χ.)]once for all, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.511.)]
3.b genitive, χρόνου περιιόντος as time came round, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.155)]; so χ. ἐπιγενομένου, διεξελθόντος, προβαίνοντος, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.28, 2.52, 3.53)]; χρόνου γενομένου after a time, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.109)]; ὀλίγου χρόνου in a short time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134; πολλοῦ.. οὐχ ἑόρακά πω χρόνου 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 98)]; οὐ μακροῦ χ., τοῦ λοιποῦ χ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 478 (Lyric poetry), 817; βαιοῦ κοὐχὶ μυρίου χ. [prev. author] “OC” 397; ποίου χρόνο; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 278)]; πόσου χ.; after how long? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 83.)]
3.c dative, χρόνῳ in process of time, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 18, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, 176, +others: frequently in Trag., as 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 126, 463, “Ch.” 650 (all Lyric poetry); also χρόνῳ κοτέ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.62; τῷ χ. ποτέ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 865)]; χρόνῳ, χρόνοις ὕστερον, long after, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.39)]; οὐ χρόνῳ immediately, Ps.Democr.Alch.p.49B.: also with Article, τῷ χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 66, 1242.)]
3.d ὁ ἄλλος χ., in Attic dialect, of past time, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.16, ὁ λοιπὸς χ.,)] of future, see at {λοιπός} 3; so χ. ἐφέρπων, ἐπαντέλλων, μέλλων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.97, 8.28, 10(11).7)]; also κατὰ χ. ἱκνούμενον or κατὰ χ. [τὸν] ἱ. at a later (or the fitting) time, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 27.4 (compare ἱκνέομαι 111.2).)]
4 with Preps.:—ἀνὰ χρόνον in course of time, after a time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.173, 2.151, 5.27, +others)]
4.b ἀφ᾽ οὗ χρόνου from such time as.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.13.)]
4.c διὰ χρόνου after a time, after an interval, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 758, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 904, “Pl.” 1055, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.94; διὰ χρόνου πολλοῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.27; διὰ π. χ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1476; διὰ μακρῶν χρόνων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 22d: but χρόνος.. διὰ χρόνου προὔβαινέ μοι)] means one space of time after another, day after day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 285.)]
4.d ἐκ πολλοῦ τευ χ. a long time since, long ago, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.58.)]
4.e ἐν χρόνῳ, like{χρόνῳ}, in course of time, at length, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 1000 (Lyric poetry))]; for a long time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 278d; ἐν πολλῷ χρόνῳ [prev. work] 228a)]; ἐν χρόνοισι perhaps formerly, [[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus] “Sphaer.” 108 (to be read Κάρπιμος).)]
4.f ἐντὸς χρόνου within a certain time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.104.)]
4.g ἐπὶ χρόνον for a time, for a while, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.299, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.193, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116; πολλὸν ἐπὶ χ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.407; χρόνον ἐπὶ μακρόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.81)]; παυρίδιον or παῦρον ἐπὶ χ., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 133, 326.)]
4.h ἐς χρόνον hereafter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.72, 9.89.)]
i μετὰ χρόνον after a time, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.52, etc.)]; μέχρι τοῦ αὐτοῦ χ. up to the same time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13.)]
k πρὸ τοῦ καθήκοντος χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.126; so τοῦ χρόνου πρόσθεν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 461.)]
l σὺν (ξὺν) χρόνῳ, like{χρόνῳ} or διὰ χρόνου, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1378, “Eu.” 555 (Lyric poetry).)]
m ὑπὸ χρόνου by lapse of time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.21: but ὑπὸ αὐτὸν τὸν χ.)] about the same time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.165, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.100 (_plural_).)]
II lifetime, age, ὁ μακρὸς ἀνθρώπων χρόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 306; χρόνῳ παλαιοί [prev. author] “OC” 112; χρόνῳ μείων [prev. work] 374)]; τοσόσδε τῷ χ. so far gone in years, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 365b; χρόνῳ βραδύς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 875.)]
III season or portion of the year, περιγράψαι τοῦ ἔτους χρόνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.12.)]
IV delay, οὐδ᾽ ἐποίησαν (perhaps ἐνεποίησαν) χ. οὐδένα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.163; χρόνον δ᾽ αἱ νύκτες ἔχοντι)]linger, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.25)]; χρόνους ἐμποιεῖν to interpose delays, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.93.)]
V Grammars,
V.1 tense of a verb, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 24, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 123.17, 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 638.3.)]
V.2 time or quantity of a syllable, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 39.4, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 130.4, +others: βραχὺς χ. a short syllable, [prev. work] 309.23)]; of the augment, [Refs ([prev. work] 237.10.)]
V.3 in Rhythmic and Music, time, διαιρεῖται ὁ χ. ὑπὸ τῶν ῥυθμιζομένων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Rhythmica” p.79)] W., etc.; ὁ πρῶτος [χ.] time-unit, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. passage], 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1st c.AD: Quintilianus Rhetor Latinus 1.14, etc.)]; χρόνος κενός [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work]18: frequently in _plural_, λέξις εἰς χρόνους τεθεῖσα διαφέροντας 4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Rhythmica” p.77 W., cf. Anonymus Rhythmicus “POxy.” 9ii6; [μέτρα] προχωρεῖ ἕως λ χρόνων 3rd c.AD(?): Aristides Quintilianus Musicus 1.23.)]