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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

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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. Galatians 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.

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  2. Ephesians 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.

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  3. Ephesians 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

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  4. Ephesians 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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  5. Ephesians 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

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  6. Colossians 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.

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  7. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.

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  8. 1 Thessalonians 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you.

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  9. 2 Thessalonians 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And you know what is now restraining him, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.

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  10. 1 Timothy 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.

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  11. 1 Timothy 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

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  12. 1 Timothy 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.

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  13. 2 Timothy 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.

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  14. 2 Timothy 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.

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  15. 2 Timothy 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.

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  16. Titus 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

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  17. Hebrews 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.

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  18. Hebrews 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

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  19. Hebrews 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

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  20. Hebrews 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

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  21. 1 Peter 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

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  22. 1 Peter 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

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  23. 1 Peter 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

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  24. 1 Peter 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.

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  25. Revelation 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.

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  26. Revelation 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

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  27. Revelation 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”

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  28. Revelation 12:14 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.

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  29. Revelation 22:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.

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