καιρός, -οῦ, ὁ

[in LXX chiefly for עֵת, also for מוֹעֵד, etc. ;]

__1. due measure, fitness, proportion (Eur. Xen. al.).

__2. Of Time (cl. also) in the sense of a fixed and definite period, time, season (Kennedy, Sources, 153): Mat.11:25, Mrk.1:15, Luk.21:8, Rom.13:11, Eph.6:18, Heb.11:15, 1Pe.1:5 1:11 Rev.1:3, al.; with genitive, πειρασμοῦ Luk.8:13; τ. καρπῶν, Mat.21:34; σύκων, Mrk.11:13; pl. Mat.21:41; χρόνοι ἢ (καὶ) κ. Act.1:7, 1Th.5:1; ἐθνῶν, Luk.21:24; of opportune or seasonable time, Act.24:25, Gal.6:10, Eph.5:16, Col.4:5; with inf. Heb.11:15; ὁ κ. οὗτος, Mrk.10:30, Luk.18:30; ὁ νῦν κ. (Dalman, Words, 148), Rom.8:18; ὁ κ. ὁ ἐμός, Jhn.7:6; κ. δεκτῲ, 2Co.6:2 (LXX); δουλεύειν τῷ κ. Rom.12:11, R, mg.; τ. σημεῖα τῶν κ. Mat.16:3; adverbial usages: ἐν κ. Mat.24:45, 1Pe.5:6 (cf. καιρῷ, Luk.20:10; τῷ κ. Mrk.12:2); ἄχρι καιροῦ, Luk.4:13; πρὸς καιρόν, Luk.8:13, 1Co.7:5; κατὰ καιρόν, Rom.5:6; πρὸ καιροῦ, Mat.8:29

SYN.: (χρόνος) time in the sense of duration (AS)

due measure; fitness; proportion; time; season