καιρός

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): Matt 11,25, Mark 1,15, Luk 21,8, Rom 13,11, Ef 6,18, Hebr 11,15, 1 Pet 1,5; 1,11 Åb 1,3, al.; with genitive, πειρασμοῦ Luk 8,13 τ. καρπῶν, Matt 21,34 σύκων, Mark 11,13 pl., Matt 21,41 χρόνοι ἢ (καὶ) κ., ApG 1,7, 1 Thess 5,1; ἐθνῶν, Luk 21,24 of opportune or seasonable time, ApG 24,25, Gal 6,10, Ef 5,16, Kol 4,5; with inf., Hebr 11,15 ὁ κ. οὗτος, Mark 10,30, Luk 18,30; ὁ νῦν κ. (Dalman, Words, 148), Rom 8,18 ὁ κ. ὁ ἐμός, Joh 7,6 κ. δεκτῲ, 2 Kor 6,2 (LXX); δουλεύειν τῷ κ., Rom 12,11, R, mg.; τ. σημεῖα τῶν κ., Matt 16,3 adverbial usages: ἐν κ., Matt 24,45, 1 Pet 5,6 (cf. καιρῷ, Luk 20,10 τῷ κ., Mark 12,2); ἄχρι καιροῦ, Luk 4,13 πρὸς καιρόν, Luk 8,13, 1 Kor 7,5; κατὰ καιρόν, Rom 5,6 πρὸ καιροῦ, Matt 8,29

SYN.: (χρόνος) time in the sense of duration