καιρός

Noun

kairos · time/right time

Search morphology

Strong's ID: 2540

Lexical summary

85

NT occurrences

8

Observed forms

About this Greek word

Pr. fitness, proportion, suitableness; a fitting situation, suitable place, 1 Pet. 4:17; a limited period of time marked by a suitableness of circumstances, a fitting season, 1 Cor. 4:5; 1 Tim. 2:6; 6:15; Tit. 1:3; opportunity, Acts 24:25; Gal. 6:10; Heb. 11:15; a limited period of time marked by characteristic circumstances, a signal juncture, a marked season, Mt. 16:3; Lk. 12:56; 21:8; 1 Pet. 1:11; a destined time, Mt. 8:29; 26:18; Mk. 1:15; Lk. 21:24; 1 Thess. 5:1; a season in ordinary succession, equivalent to ὥρα, Mt. 13:30; Acts 14:17; in NT a limited time, a short season, Lk. 4:13; simply, a point of time, Mt. 11:25; Lk. 13:1

Observed NT forms

These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.

Noun declension

Noun declension, grouped by number and case
NumberCaseMasculineReferences
SingularNominative
Matthew 21:34
Genitive
Matthew 8:29
Dative
Matthew 11:25
Accusative
Luke 1:20
Vocative——
PluralNominative
Luke 21:24
Genitive
Matthew 16:3
Dative
Matthew 21:41
Accusative
Acts 1:7
Vocative——

NT distribution

NT Book

καιρός

Book distribution counts: Luke: 13 occurrences; Matthew: 10 occurrences; Acts: 9 occurrences; Revelation: 7 occurrences; Romans: 6 occurrences; Mark: 5 occurrences; 1 Peter: 4 occurrences; Hebrews: 4 occurrences; Ephesians: 4 occurrences; John: 3 occurrences; 1 Timothy: 3 occurrences; 2 Timothy: 3 occurrences; Galatians: 3 occurrences; 1 Corinthians: 3 occurrences; 2 Corinthians: 3 occurrences; 1 Thessalonians: 2 occurrences; Titus: 1 occurrences; Colossians: 1 occurrences; 2 Thessalonians: 1 occurrences

Author

καιρός
  • Paul30
  • Luke22
  • John10
  • Matthew10
  • Mark5
  • Peter4
  • Hebrews4

Author distribution counts: Paul: 30 occurrences; Luke: 22 occurrences; John: 10 occurrences; Matthew: 10 occurrences; Mark: 5 occurrences; Peter: 4 occurrences; Hebrews: 4 occurrences