ΚΑΙΡΩΝ, καιρων
KAIRŌN, kairōn
Sounds Like: kai-RON
Translations: of time, of season, of opportunity, of the proper time, of the appointed time
From the root: ΚΑΙΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a specific, opportune, or appointed time, as opposed to chronological time (chronos). It can denote a season, a critical moment, or a period when something is appropriate or due. It is often used in contexts referring to a divinely appointed time or a significant historical period.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2540 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:239
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 4:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Tobit — 14:5
- 2 Maccabees — 15:37
- Wisdom — 7:18, 8:8
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 7:25, 11:13, 12:7
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 7:25, 9:27
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 3 — 8:9
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
- ΚΑΙΡΟΙΣ — to times, in times, for times, of times, seasons, opportunities
- 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
- 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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