ΠΡΟΣΚΑΙΡΟΝ, προσκαιρον
PROSKAIRON, proskairon
Sounds Like: pros-KAI-ron
Translations: temporary, for a season, transient, passing, a temporary, a transient
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΚΑΙΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that lasts only for a limited time or season, indicating its transient or temporary nature. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ΠΡΟΣ (pros), meaning "to" or "towards," and ΚΑΙΡΟΣ (kairos), meaning "time" or "season." It is often used to contrast with something eternal or permanent.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4340 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 1:32
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 113:4
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 10:8
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Hebrews — 11:25
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΚΑΙΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΚΑΙΡΟΥ — of a season, for a season, temporary, transient, fleeting, passing, momentary
- ΠΡΟΣΚΑΙΡΑ — temporary, transient, for a season, for a time, things which are temporary
- ΠΡΟΣΚΑΙΡΟΙ — temporary, for a season, transient, passing, a temporary, a transient
- ΠΡΟΣΚΑΙΡΟΥ — of temporary, of transient, of fleeting, of passing, of momentary
- ΠΡΟΣΚΑΙΤΑΙ — temporary, transient, for a season, for a time
- ΣΚΑΙΡΟΝ — temporary, for a season, transient, passing, a temporary thing
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