ΚΑΙΡΟΙΣ, καιροις
KAIROIS, kairois
Sounds Like: kah-ee-ROYS
Translations: to times, in times, for times, of times, seasons, opportunities
From the root: ΚΑΙΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a specific, opportune, or appointed time, a season, or a critical moment. It is often used in contrast to 'chronos' (χρόνος), which refers to general, sequential time. 'Kairos' emphasizes the qualitative aspect of time, highlighting a suitable or fitting moment for something to happen. It can be used to indicate a period of time, a season, or a favorable opportunity.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2540 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 18:15
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Esdras — 22:17, 23:31
- Tobit — 14:4
- 1 Maccabees — 4:59
- Sirach — 39:31
- Matthew — 21:41
- 1 Timothy — 2:6, 4:1, 6:15
- Titus — 1:3
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 5:87
- Book 4 — 8:293
- Book 11 — 6:281
- Book 14 — 10:255, 12:304
- Book 15 — 6:164
- Book 17 — 5:94, 6:181
- Book 19 — 1:28, 5:281
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Leviticus — 23:4
- Nehemiah — 13:31
- Tobit — 14:4
- 1 Maccabees — 4:59
- 2 Maccabees — 9:25, 12:30
- Sirach — 39:31
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 11:6, 11:14
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 11:14
- Enoch — 18:15
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΙΡΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΚΑΙΡΩΣ — untimely, unseasonably, out of season, at the wrong time
- ΙΡΟΙΣ — times, seasons, opportunities, proper times
- ΚΑΙΡΑΜΟΥ — of time, of the right time, of the opportune time, of the season, of the appointed time
- ΚΑΙΡΙΑ — opportune, seasonable, critical, fitting, a critical moment, a fitting time
- ΚΑΙΡΙΑΝ — opportune, timely, critical, fitting, a critical moment, a timely occasion
- ΚΑΙΡΙΩΣ — opportunely, seasonably, at the right time, fitly, appropriately
- ΚΑΙΡΙΩΤΑΤΑ — most opportunely, most seasonably, most critically, at the most fitting time
- ΚΑΙΡΟ — time, a time, season, a season, opportunity, an opportunity, due time, a due time, (of) time, (of) season, (of) opportunity
- ΚΑΙΡΟΙ — times, seasons, opportune times, appointed times, proper times
- ΚΑΙΡΟΝ — time, a time, season, a season, opportune time, a opportune time, proper time, a proper time
- ΚΑΙΡΟΣ — time, a time, season, a season, appointed time, an appointed time, opportune time, an opportune time
- ΚΑΙΡΟΥ — of time, of a season, of the right time, of an opportune time, of a period
- ΚΑΙΡΟΥΣ — times, seasons, opportune times, appointed times
- ΚΑΙΡΩ — to time, to season, to opportunity, to a proper time, to a fixed time, to a due season, to a critical time
- ΚΑΙΡΩΜΑΙΩΝ — of times, of seasons, of opportunities, of due measure
- ΚΑΙΡΩΝ — of time, of season, of opportunity, of the proper time, of the appointed time
- ΚΕΡΟΝ — time, a time, season, opportunity, a fitting time, due time
- ΟΚΑΙΡΟΣ — the time, the opportune time, the right time, the season
- ΟΝΚΑΙΡΟΝ — at which time, at the time when, when
- ΤΟΙΣΚΑΙΡΟΙΣ — to the times, for the times, to the seasons, for the seasons, to the opportunities, for the opportunities
- ΤΟΝΚΑΙΡΟΝ — the time, the season, the opportune time, the right time
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