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καιρός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: καιρός καιροῦ

Structure: καιρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. measure; proportion; fitness
  2. (of time): period (of time); season; time
  3. (often in a positive sense) proper time, opportunity; prime;
  4. (loosely): God's time
  5. (in the plural) the times
  6. advantage, profit

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • περὶ πάσησ τῆσ βασιλείασ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆσ δυναστείασ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ καιροί, οἳ ἐγένοντο ἐπ̓ αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐπὶ πάσασ βασιλείασ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 29:30)
  • καὶ πάλιν ἐλεήσει αὐτοὺσ ὁ Θεὸσ καὶ ἐπιστρέψει αὐτοὺσ εἰσ τὴν γῆν, καὶ οἰκοδομήσουσι τὸν οἶκον, οὐχ οἷοσ ὁ πρότεροσ, ἕωσ πληρωθῶσι καιροὶ τοῦ αἰῶνοσ. καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐπιστρέψουσιν ἐκ τῶν αἰχμαλωσιῶν καί οἰκοδομήσουσιν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐντίμωσ, καὶ ὁ οἶκοσ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῇ οἰκοδομηθήσεται εἰσ πάσασ τὰσ γενεὰσ τοῦ αἰῶνοσ οἰκοδομῇ ἐνδόξῳ, καθὼσ ἐλάλησαν περὶ αὐτῆσ οἱ προφῆται. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 14:5)
  • ἐπειράθημεν ἀποστεῖλαι τὴν πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ ἀδελφότητα καὶ φιλίαν ἀνανεώσασθαι πρὸσ τὸ μὴ ἐξαλλοτριωθῆναι ὑμῶν. πολλοὶ γὰρ καιροὶ διῆλθον ἀφ̓ οὗ ἀπεστείλατε πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 12:10)
  • ἀνδρίζεσθε, καὶ κραταιούσθω ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν, πάντεσ οἱ ἐλπίζοντεσ ἐπὶ Κύριον. ̀ρ̀νἌλλη γραφή. οἱ καιροί μου. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 30:25)
  • ὅτι ἐληλύθασιν οἱ καιροὶ αὐτῆσ. ἀνοίξατε τὰσ ἀποθήκασ αὐτῆσ, ἐρευνήσατε αὐτὴν ὡσ σπήλαιον καὶ ἐξολοθρεύσατε αὐτήν, μὴ γενέσθω αὐτῆσ κατάλειμμα. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 27:26)

Synonyms

  1. measure

  2. the times

  3. advantage

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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