καιρός kairos

Greek word for “time/right time” · Strong’s G2540 · used 85 times in 80 verses

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Meaning

καιρός, -οῦ, ὁ; 1. due measure, fitness, proportion (Eur., Xen., al.).;

How it is translated

Glosses given for kairos in context, with how often each is used:

• time 47
• season 10
• times 8
• seasons 7
• due time 2
• opportunity 2
• season? 1
• opportune time 1
• right time 1
• time are 1
• occasion 1
• proper times 1

Where it is used

Also in 7 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 21 (3), Matthew 21 (2), Luke 12 (2), John 7 (2), 1 Corinthians 7 (2), Galatians 6 (2), 2 Timothy 4 (2), Hebrews 9 (2), Hebrews 11 (2), 1 Peter 1 (2)

Forms

• καιρῷ 24
• καιρὸν 18
• καιρὸς 15
• καιροῦ 7
• καιροῖς 5
• καιροὺς 5
• καιρῶν 3
• καιροὶ 3
• καιρόν 3
• καιρός 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kairos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• νῦν nun “now” 10
• πρόσωπον prosōpon “face” 6
• ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 8
• ἴδιος idios “one's own/private” 6
• γεωργός geōrgos “farmer” 4
• κατά kata “according to” 8
• ἀποκαλύπτω apokaluptō “to reveal” 4
• ἀγρυπνέω agrupneō “be watchful” 3
• γῆ gē “earth” 6
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 7
• δοῦλος doulos “slave” 5
• ἄχρι achri “until” 4

Key verses

The verses using kairos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 11:25 — At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast…
• Acts 3:19 — Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
• Acts 24:25 — And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season,…
• 1 Corinthians 4:5 — Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels…
• Galatians 6:9 — And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
• Ephesians 2:12 — That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and…
• Ephesians 6:18 — Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
• 1 Timothy 4:1 — Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
• 2 Timothy 4:3 — For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
• 1 Peter 1:5 — Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• 1 Peter 1:11 — Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory…
• Revelation 11:18 — And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.