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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

  • Καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἁβραὰμ Ἰσμαὴλ τὸν υἱὸν ἑαυτοῦ καὶ πάντασ τοὺσ οἰκογενεῖσ αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντασ τοὺσ ἀργυρωνήτουσ καὶ πᾶν ἄρσεν τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Ἁβραὰμ καὶ περιέτεμε τὰσ ἀκροβυστίασ αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ἐκείνησ, καθὰ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 17:23)
  • ἐν δὲ τῷ καιρῷ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ἐκείνησ περιετμήθη Ἁβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσμαὴλ ὁ υἱὸσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 17:26)
  • Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ καὶ εἶπεν Ἀβιμέλεχ καὶ Ὁχοζὰθ ὁ νυμφαγωγὸσ αὐτοῦ καὶ Φιχὸλ ὁ ἀρχιστράτηγοσ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ αὐτοῦ πρὸσ Ἁβραὰμ λέγων. ὁ Θεὸσ μετὰ σοῦ ἐν πᾶσιν, οἷσ ἐὰν ποιῇσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 21:22)
  • ΕΓΕΝΕΤΟ δὲ λιμὸσ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ χωρὶσ τοῦ λιμοῦ τοῦ πρότερον, ὃσ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τοῦ Ἁβραάμ. ἐπορεύθη δὲ Ἰσαὰκ πρὸσ Ἀβιμέλεχ βασιλέα Φυλιστιεὶμ εἰσ Γέραρα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 26:1)
  • καὶ συνέλαβεν ἔτι καὶ ἔτεκεν υἱὸν καὶ εἶπεν. ἐν τῷ νῦν καιρῷ πρὸσ ἐμοῦ ἔσται ὁ ἀνήρ μου, τέτοκα γὰρ αὐτῷ τρεῖσ υἱούσ. διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Λευεί. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 29:34)

Synonyms

  1. measure

  2. the times

  3. advantage

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