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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

  • τὴν δὲ διαθήκην μου στήσω πρὸσ Ἰσαάκ, ὃν τέξεταί σοι Σάρρα εἰσ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον, ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ τῷ ἑτέρῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 17:21)
  • εἶπε δέ. ἐπαναστρέφων ἥξω πρὸσ σὲ κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον εἰσ ὥρασ, καὶ ἕξει υἱὸν Σάρρα ἡ γυνή σου. Σάρρα δὲ ἤκουσε πρὸσ τῇ θύρᾳ τῆσ σκηνῆσ, οὖσα ὄπισθεν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:10)
  • μὴ ἀδυνατήσει παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ ρῆμα̣ εἰσ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον ἀναστρέψω πρὸσ σὲ εἰσ ὥρασ. καὶ ἔσται τῇ Σάρρᾳ υἱόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:14)
  • καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκε τῷ Ἁβραὰμ υἱὸν εἰσ τὸ γῆρασ, εἰσ τὸν καιρόν, καθὰ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 21:2)
  • τὴν ἑορτὴν τῶν ἀζύμων φυλάξασθε ποιεῖν. ἑπτὰ ἡμέρασ ἔδεσθε ἄζυμα, καθάπερ ἐνετειλάμην σοι, κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦ μηνὸσ τῶν νέων. ἐν γὰρ αὐτῷ ἐξῆλθεσ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, οὐκ ὀφθήσῃ ἐνώπιόν μου κενόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 23:15)

Synonyms

  1. measure

  2. the times

  3. advantage

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