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kairos G2540

καιρός (kairos) means “time/right time” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

καιρός Greek · G2540 84 tagged occurrences in 79 verses

Pronunciation guide: kahee-ros' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2540

καιρός · kairos · time/right time

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)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

fitting season, season, opportunity, occasion, time.

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How translators render G2540

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
time 30
times 8
seasons 4
the time 4
a time 3
appointed time 3
age 2
at harvest time 2
harvest time 2
opportunity 2
proper time 2
the proper time 2
a season 1
a short time 1
an opportune time 1
at just the right time 1
due time 1
for a time 1
in the time 1
is the time 1
occasion 1
present time 1
season 1
the appointed time 1
the proper 1
the right time 1
the times 1
time for 1
time has come 1
time is 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
time 25
the time 20
times 6
season 4
a time 3
a season 2
due season 2
the seasons 2
the times 2
a convenient season 1
a while 1
age 1
always 1
at the season 1
due time 1
in a time 1
of 1
of the times 1
of times 1
opportunity 1
present time 1
seasons 1
that 1
the season 1
this time 1

Verses containing G2540

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  1. Matthew 8:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

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  2. Matthew 11:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

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  3. Matthew 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.

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  4. Matthew 13:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

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  5. Matthew 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus

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  6. Matthew 16:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.

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  7. Matthew 21:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

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  8. Matthew 21:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

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  9. Matthew 24:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?

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  10. Matthew 26:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’”

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  11. Mark 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”

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  12. Mark 10:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.

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  13. Mark 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it was not the season for figs.

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  14. Mark 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

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  15. Mark 13:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.

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  16. Luke 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”

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  17. Luke 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.

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  18. Luke 8:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.

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  19. Luke 12:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?

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  20. Luke 13:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

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  21. Luke 18:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    will fail to receive many times more in this age—and in the age to come, eternal life.”

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  22. Luke 19:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

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  23. Luke 20:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

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  24. Luke 21:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.

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  25. Luke 21:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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  26. Luke 21:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

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  27. John 7:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.

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  28. John 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”

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  29. Acts 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.

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  30. Acts 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

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    Source alternate reference: 3.19

  31. Acts 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house.

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  32. Acts 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.

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  33. Acts 13:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

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  34. Acts 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”

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  35. Acts 17:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.

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  36. Acts 19:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.

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  37. Acts 24:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”

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  38. Romans 3:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

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  39. Romans 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

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  40. Romans 8:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.

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  41. Romans 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”

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  42. Romans 11:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

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  43. Romans 13:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

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  44. 1 Corinthians 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

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  45. 1 Corinthians 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

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  46. 1 Corinthians 7:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

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  47. 2 Corinthians 6:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!

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  48. 2 Corinthians 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At the present time, your surplus will meet their need, so that in turn their surplus will meet your need. This way there will be equality.

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  49. Galatians 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!

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  50. Galatians 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

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