καιρός
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
καιρός
καιροῦ
Structure:
καιρ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- measure; proportion; fitness
- (of time): period (of time); season; time
- (often in a positive sense) proper time, opportunity; prime;
- (loosely): God's time
- (in the plural) the times
- 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.
- καὶ ἐβάρυνε Φαραὼ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ καιροῦ τούτου, καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν ἐξαποστεῖλαι τὸν λαόν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 8:28)
- ἀνοίξαι σοι Κύριοσ τὸν θησαυρὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν ἀγαθόν, τὸν οὐρανόν, δοῦναι τὸν ὑετόν τῇ γῇ σου ἐπὶ καιροῦ αὐτοῦ. εὐλογήσαι πάντα τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου, καὶ δανειεῖσ ἔθνεσι πολλοῖσ, σὺ δὲ οὐ δανειῇ, καὶ ἄρξεισ σὺ ἐθνῶν πολλῶν, σοῦ δὲ οὐκ ἄρξουσι. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 28:12)
- καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἀμεσσαί̈ τοῦ βοῆσαι τὸν Ἰούδαν καὶ ἐχρόνισεν ἀπὸ τοῦ καιροῦ, οὗ ἐτάξατο αὐτῷ Δαυίδ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 20:5)
- καὶ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν ἐν ταῖσ αὐλαῖσ αὐτῶν τοῦ εἰσπορεύεσθαι κατὰ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρασ ἀπὸ καιροῦ εἰσ καιρὸν μετὰ τούτων. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 9:25)
- ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο καθὼσ ἠκούσθη τῷ Σαναβαλλὰτ καὶ Τωβίᾳ καὶ τῷ Γησὰμ τῷ Ἀραβὶ καὶ τοῖσ καταλοίποισ ἐχθρῶν ἡμῶν ὅτι ᾠκοδόμησα τὸ τεῖχοσ, καὶ οὐ κατελείφθη ἐν αὐτοῖσ πνοή. ἕωσ τοῦ καιροῦ ἐκείνου θύρασ οὐκ ἐπέστησα ἐν ταῖσ πύλαισ. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 6:1)
Synonyms
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measure
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the times
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advantage
