χρόνος chronos

Greek word for “time” · Strong’s G5550 · used 54 times in 54 verses

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Meaning

χρόνος, -ου, ὁ; time (a space of time, whether long or short;

How it is translated

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

• time 43
• times 7
• period 2
• while 1
• delay 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 1 (3), Matthew 2 (2), Luke 8 (2), Acts 7 (2), Acts 14 (2), Acts 18 (2), Galatians 4 (2), 1 Peter 1 (2), 1 Peter 4 (2), Matthew 25 (1)

Forms

• χρόνον 27
• χρόνος 7
• χρόνων 6
• χρόνῳ 5
• χρόνου 4
• χρόνους 3
• χρόνοις 2

Words used with it

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

• ἱκανός hikanos “sufficient” 6
• μετά meta “with/after” 9
• ἔτι eti “still” 5
• θέλω thelō “to will/desire” 6
• μικρός mikros “small” 4
• μέν men “on the other hand” 5
• ὅσος hosos “just as/how much” 4
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 6
• ἀκριβόω akriboō “be exactly” 2
• τεσσαρακονταετής tessarakontaetēs “forty years” 2
• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 5
• ἐπιθυμία epithumia “desire” 3

Key verses

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

• Matthew 2:16 — Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all…
• John 12:35 — Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness…
• John 14:9 — Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou…
• Acts 17:30 — And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
• Romans 16:25 — Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was…
• Galatians 4:4 — But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
• 2 Timothy 1:9 — Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ…
• Titus 1:2 — In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
• Hebrews 11:32 — And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the…
• 1 Peter 1:17 — And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
• 1 Peter 4:2 — That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
• 1 Peter 4:3 — For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings,…

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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.