καιρός

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time/right time

καιρός , -οῦ, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for עֵת, also for מוֹעֵד, etc. ;] __1. due measure, fitness, proportion (Eur., Xen., al.). __2. Of Time (cl. also) in the sense of a fixed and definite period, time, season (Kennedy, Sources , 153): Mat.11:25 , Mrk.1:15 , Luk.21:8 , Rom.13:11 , Eph.6:18 , Heb.11:15 , 1Pe.1:5 1:11 Rev.1:3 , al.; with genitive, πειρασμοῦ Luk.8:13; τ. καρπῶν, Mat.21:34; σύκων, Mrk.11:13; pl., Mat.21:41; χρόνοι ἢ (καὶ) κ., Act.1:7 , 1Th.5:1 ; ἐθνῶν, Luk.21:24; of opportune or seasonable time, Act.24:25 , Gal.6:10 , Eph.5:16 , Col.4:5 ; with inf., Heb.11:15; ὁ κ. οὗτος, Mrk.10:30 , Luk.18:30 ; ὁ νῦν κ. (Dalman, Words , 148), Rom.8:18; ὁ κ. ὁ ἐμός, Jhn.7:6; κ. δεκτῲ, 2Co.6:2 (LXX); δουλεύειν τῷ κ., Rom.12:11 , R, mg.; τ. σημεῖα τῶν κ., Mat.16:3; adverbial usages: ἐν κ., Mat.24:45 , 1Pe.5:6 (cf. καιρῷ, Luk.20:10; τῷ κ., Mrk.12:2 ); ἄχρι καιροῦ, Luk.4:13; πρὸς καιρόν, Luk.8:13 , 1Co.7:5 ; κατὰ καιρόν, Rom.5:6; πρὸ καιροῦ, Mat.8:29 SYN. : (χρόνος) time in the sense of duration (AS)