καιρός, -οῦ, ὁ, (derived by some fr. κάρα or κάρη. τό, the head, summit, [al. al.; cf. Vaniéek p. 118]); Sept. for ny and 1p); in Grk. writ. [fr. Hes. down] 1. due measure ; nowhere so in the bibl. writ. 2. a measure of time; a larger or smaller portion of time; hence ae univ. a fixed and definite time: Ro. xiii. 11; 2 Co. vi. 2; ὕστεροι καιροί, 1 Tim. iv. 1; ἄχρι καιροῦ, up to a certain time, for a season, Lk. iv. 13 [but in ἄχρι, 1 b. referred apparently to b. below; ef. Fritzsche, Rom. i. p. 309 sq.]; Acts xiii. 11; πρὸς καιρόν, for a certain time only, for a season, Lk. viii. 13; 1 Co. vii. 5; πρὸς καιρὸν Spas, for the season of an hour, i. e. for a short season, 1 Th. ii. 17; κατὰ καιρόν, at certain seasons, (from time to time), Jn. v. 4[RGL}]; at the (divinely) appointed time, Ro. v. 6 [al. bring this under b.|; before the time appointed, Mt. viii. 29; 1Co. iv. 5; ἔσται καιρός, ὅτε ete. 2 Tim. iv. 3; ὀλίγον καιρὸν ἔχει, a short time (in which to exercise his power) has been granted him, Rev. xii. 12; ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ καιρῷ, Mt. xi. 25; xii. 1; xiv.1; Eph. ii. 12; κατ᾽ ἐκεῖνον τ. x., Acts xii. 1; xix. 23; κατὰ τ. x. τοῦτον, Ro. ix. 9; ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ x. LK. xiii. 1; ἐν ᾧ x. Acts vii. 20; ἐν τῷ νῦν x., Ro. iii. 26; xi. 5; 2 Co. viii. 14 (13); ἐν παντὶ x. always, at every season, [ Aristot. top. 3, 2,4 p. 117", 35], Lk. xxi. 36; Eph. vi. 18; εἰς τίνα καιρόν, 1 Pet. i. 11. with the gen. of a thing, the time of ete. i. 6. at which it will occur: τῆς ἐμῆς ἀναλύσεως, 2 Tim. iv. 6; τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς, 1 Pet. v. 6 Lehm.; Lk. xix. 44; πειρασμοῦ, Lk. viii. 13; τοῦ ἄρξασθαι τὸ κρίμα, for judgment to begin, 1 Pet. ἵν. 17 ; καιροὶ τῶν λόγων, of the time when they shall be proved by the event, Lk. i. 20; — or when a thing usually comes to pass: τοῦ θερισμοῦ, Mt. xiii. 30; τῶν καρπῶν, when the fruits ripen, Mt. xxi. 84, 41; σύκων, Mk. xi. 13. with the gen. of a pers.: καιροὶ ἐθνῶν, the time granted to the Gentiles, until God shall take vengeance on them, Lk. xxi. 24; ὁ ἑαυτοῦ (T Tr WH αὐτοῦ) x. the time when antichrist shall show himself openly, 2 Th. ii. 6; ὁ καιρός μου, the time appointed for my death, Mt. xxvi. 18; τῶν νεκρῶν κριθῆναι, the time appointed for the dead to be recalled to life and judged, Rey. xi. 18 [Β. 260 (224)]; ὁ ἐμός, ὁ ὑμέτερος, the time for appearing in public, appointed (by God) for me, for you, Jn. vii. 6,8; καιρῷ ἰδίῳ, the time suited to the thing under consideration, at its proper time, Gal. vi. 9; plur., 1 Tim. ii. 6; vi. 15; Tit. i.3. 6 καιρός alone, the time when things are brought to a crisis, the decisive epoch waited for: so of the time when the Messiah will visibly return from heaven, Mk. xiii. 33; ὁ καιρὸς ἤγγικεν, Lk. xxi. 8; ἐγγύς ἐστιν, Rev. i. 3; xxii. 10. b. opportune or seasonable time: with verbs suggestive of the idea of advantage, καιρὸν peradapBavew, Acts xxiv. 25; ἔχειν, Gal. vi. 10 (Plut. Lue. 16) ; ἐξαγοράζεσθαι, Eph. v. 16; Col. iv. 5, see ἐξαγοράζω, 2; foll. by an inf., opportunity to do something, Heb. xi. 15; mapa καιρὸν ἡλικίας, past the opportunity of life [A. V. past age), Heb. xi. 11 (simply παρὰ καιρόν, Pind. Ol. 8, 32; several times in Plato, ef. Ast, Lex. Plat. ii. p. 126). ο. the right time: ἐν καιρῷ (often in class. Grk.), in due season, Mt. xxiv. 45; Lk. xii. 42; xx. 10 RG L [(ed. stereotyp. only)]; 1 Pet. v.6; also καιρῷ, Lk. xx.10 LT Tr WH; τῷ καιρῷ, Mk. xii. 2. d. a (limited) period of time: [1 Co. vii. 29]; plur. the periods prescribed by God to the nations, and bounded by their rise and fall, Acts xvii. 26; καιροί kaprodopor, the seasons of the year in which the fruits grow and ripen, Acts xiv. 17 [οἵ. Gen. i. 14 Sept.]; καιρὸν καὶ καιροὺς καὶ ἥμισυ καιροῦ, a year and two years and six months [A. V. a time, and times, and half a time; οἵ. W. § 27, 41, Rev. xii. 14 (cf. 6; fr. Dan. vii. 25; xii. 7); stated seasons of the year solemnly kept by the Jews, and comprising several days, as the passover, pentecost, feast of tabernacles, Gal. iv. 10 [2 Chr. viii. 13; ef. Bar. i. 14]. in the divine arrangement of time adjusted to the economy of salvation: 6 καιρὸς (πεπλήρωται), the preappointed period which ace. to the purpose of God must elapse before the divine kingdom could be founded by Christ, Mk. i. 15; plur., the several parts of this period, Eph. i. 10; ὁ καιρὸς ὁ ἐνεστώς, the present period, i. q. ὁ αἰὼν οὗτος (see αἰών, 3), Heb. ix. 9, opp. to καιρὸς διορθώσεως, the time when the whole order of things will be reformed (i. q. αἰὼν μέλλωνῚ, ib. 10; ὁ καιρὸς οὗτος, i. 4. ὁ αἰὼν οὗτος (see αἰών, 3), Mk. x. 30; Lk. xviii. 30; ὁ νῦν καιῤῥ. Ro. viii. 18; ἐν καιρῷ ἐσχάτῳ, the last period of the present age, the time just before the return of Christ from heaven (see ἔσχατος, Kotcao 1 sub fin., ete.), 1 Pet. 1. ὅ ; καιροὶ ἀναψύξεως ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ κυρίου, denotes the time from the return of Christ on, the times of the consummated divine kingdom, Acts iii. 20 (19). e. as often in Grk. writ., and like the Lat. tempus, καιρός is equiv. to what time brings, the state of the times, the things and events of time: Lk. xii. 56 ; δουλεύειν τῷ καιρῷ, Lat. tempori servire (see δουλεύω, 2 a.), Ro. xii. 11 δον"; τὰ σημεῖα τῶν καιρῶν, i. q. ἃ οἱ καιροὶ σημαίνουσι, Mt. xvi. 3 [here T br. WH reject the pass. ]; καιροὶ χαλεποί, 2 Tim. iii. 1; χρόνοι ἢ καιροί (times or seasons, Germ. Zeitumsidnde), Acts i. 7; οἱ χρόν. καὶ of cap. 1 Th. v.1; and in the opp. order, Dan. ii. 21 Sept.; Sap. viii. 8.

καιρός kairos 85x

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

καιρός, -οῦ, ὁ,

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

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

Of Time (cl. also) in the sense of a fixed and definite period, time, season (Kennedy, Sources, 153): Mt 11:25, Mk 1:15, Lk 21:8, Ro 13:11, Eph 6:18, He 11:15, I Pe 1:5, 11, Re 1:3, al.; c. gen., πειρασμοῦ, Lk 8:13; τ. καρπῶν, Mt 21:34; σύκων, Mk 11:13; pl., Mt 21:41; χρόνοι ἢ (καὶ) κ., Ac 1:7, I Th 5:1; ἐθνῶν, Lk 21:24; of opportune or seasonable time, Ac 24:25, Ga 6:10, Eph 5:16, Col 4:5; c. inf., He 11:15; ὁ κ. οὗτος, Mk 10:30, Lk 18:30; ὁ νῦν κ. (Dalman, Words, 148), Ro 8:18; ὁ κ. ὁ ἐμός, Jo 7:6; κ. δεκτῲ, II Co 6:2(LXX); δουλεύειν τῷ κ., Ro 12:11, R, mg.; τ. σημεῖα τῶν κ., Mt 16:3; adverbial usages: ἐν κ., Mt 24:45, I Pe 5:6 (cf. καιρῷ, Lk 20:10; τῷ κ., Mk 12:2); ἄχρι καιροῦ, Lk 4:13; πρὸς καιρόν, Lk 8:13, I Co 7:5; κατὰ καιρόν, Ro 5:6; πρὸ καιροῦ, Mt 8:29.

SYN.: χρόνος, time in the sense of duration.

Severat times in the N. T. but always in the plural, χρόνοι καὶ καιροί are found together (Acts i. 7; 1 Thess. y. 1); and not unfrequently in the Septuagint and the Apocrypha, Wisd. vii. 18; viii. 8 (both instructive passages) ; Dan. ii. 21; and in the singular, Eccles. iii. 1; Dan. vii. 12 : P 210 SYNONYMS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. § vu. (but in this last passage the reading is doubtful). Grotius (on Acts i. 7) conceives the difference between them to consist merely in the greater length of the χρόνοι as compared with the καιροί, and writes: “ χρόνοι sunt majora temporum spatia, ut anni; καιροί minora, ut menses et dies.’ Compare Bengel: ‘ χρόνων partes καιροί. This distinction, if not inaccurate, is certainly insufficient, and altogether fails to reach the heart of the matter. Χρόνος is time, contemplated simply as such; the succession of moments (Matt. xxv. 19; Rev. x. 6; Heb. iv. 7); αἰῶνος εἰκὼν κινητή, as Plato calls it (Tim. 37 ἀξ compare Hooker, Hecles. Pol. v. 69) ; διάστημα τῆς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κινήσεως, aS Philo has it (De Mund. Op. 7). It is the German ‘ Zeitraum,’ as distinguished from ‘ Zeitpunkt;’ thus compare Demosthenes, 1357, where both the words occur; and Severianus (Suicer, Thes. 85. v.): χρόνος μῆκός ἐστι; Katpos εὐκαιρία. Καιρός, derived from κείρω, as ‘ tempus’ from ‘temno,’ is time as it brings forth its several births ; thus καιρὸς θερισμοῦ (Matt. xiii. 30); καιρὸς σύκων (Mark xi. 13); Christ died κατὰ καιρόν (Rom. v. 6) ; and above all compare, as constituting a miniature essay on the word, liccles. iii. 1-8: see Keil, in loco. Χρόνος, it will thus appear, embraces all possible καιροί, and, being the larger, more inclusive term, may be often used where καιρός would have been equally suitable, though not the converse; thus χρόνος Tod τεκεῖν. the time of bringing forth (Luke i. 57) ; πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου (Gal. iv. 4), the fulness, or the ripeness, of the time for the manifestation of the Son of God, where we should before have rather expected τοῦ καιροῦ, or Tov καιρῶν, this last phrase actually occurring at Ephes. i. 10. So, too, we may confidently say that the χρόνοι ἀποκαταστάσεως (Acts ili. 21) are identical with the καιροὶ ἀναψύξεως which had just been mentioned before (ver. 19). Thus it is possible to speak of the καιρὸς χρόνου, and Sophocles (Elect. 1292) does so: χρόνου γὰρ ἄν σοι καιρὸν ἐξείργοι λόγος, §ivu. SYNONYMS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, 211 but not of the χρόνος Kkaipod. Compare Olympiodorus (Suicer, Thes. s. v. ypdvos): χρόνος μέν ἐστι τὸ διάστημα καθ᾽ ὃ πράττεταί τι" καιρὸς δὲ ὁ ἐπιτήδειος THs ἐργασίας χρόνος" ὥστε ὁ μὲν χρόνος καὶ καιρὸς εἶναι δύναται" ὁ δὲ καιρὸς οὐ χρόνος, ἀλλ᾽ εὐκαιρία τοῦ πραττομένου ἐν χρόνῳ γινομενή. Ammonius: ὁ μὲν καιρὸς δηλοῖ ποιότητα χρόνου. χρόνος δὲ ποσότητα. In ἃ fragment of Sosipater, quoted by Athenzeus, ix. 22, εὔκαιρος χρόνος occurs. From what has been said, it will appear that when the Apostles ask the Lord, “‘ Wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?” and He makes answer, “It is not for you to know the times or the seasons” (Acts i. 6, 7), ‘the times’ (χρόνοι) are, in Augustine’s words, ‘ ipsa spatia temporum,’ and these contemplated merely under the aspect of their duration, over which the Church’s history should extend; but ‘the seasons’ (xaspol) are the joints or articulations in these times, the critical epoch-making periods fore-ordained of God (καιροὶ προτεταγμένοι, Acts xvii. 26; cf. Augustine, Conf. xi. 13: ‘ Deus operator temporum’); when all that has been slowly, and often without observation, ripening through long ages is mature and comes to the birth in grand decisive events, which constitute at once the close of one period and the commencementof another. Such, for example, was the passing away with a great noise of the old Jewish dispensation ; such, again, the recognition of Christianity as the religion of the Roman Empire; such the conversion of the Germanic tribes settled within the limits of the Empire ; and such again the conversion of those outside; such the great revival which went along with the first institution of the Mendicant Orders; such, by still better right, the Reformation; such, above all others, the second coming of the Lord in glory (Dan. vii. 22). The Latin had no word by which adequately to render καιροί. Augustine complains of this (Hp. cxcvil. 2) ; ‘Greece legitur χρόνους ἢ καιρούς. Nostri autem utrumque P2 212 SYNONYMS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, ὃυνπ. hoe verbum tempora appellant, sive χρόνους, sive καιρούς, cum habeant hee duo inter se non negligendam differentiam: καιρούς quippe appellant Greece tempora quedam, non tamen que in spatiorum voluminibus transeunt, sed quee in rebus ad aliquid opportunis vel importunis sentiuntur, sicut messis, vindemia, calor, frigus, pax, bellum, et si qua similia; χρόνους autem ipsa spatia temporum vocant.’ It will be seen that he does not recognize ‘ tempestivitas,’ which, however, is used by Cicero. Bearing out this complaint of his, we find in the Vulgate the most various renderings of καιροί, as often as it occurs in combination with χρόνοι, and cannot therefore be rendered by ‘tempora,’ which χρόνοι has preoccupied. Thus ‘tempora et momenta’ (Acts i. 7; 1 Thess. v. 1), ‘tempora et etates’ (Dan. ii. 21), ‘ tempora et secula’ (Wisd. viii. 8); while a modern Latin commentator on the N. T. has ‘ tempora et articuli’ ; Bengel, ‘intervalla et tempora.’ It might be urged that ‘tempora et opportunitates’ would fulfil all necessary conditions. Augustine has anticipated this suggestion, but only to demonstrate its insufficiency, on the ground that ‘ opportunitas’ (=‘ opportunum tempus’) is a convenient, favourable season (εὐκαιρία) ; while the καιρός may be the most inconvenient, most unfavourable of all, the essential notion of it being that it is the critical nick of time, the ἀκμή, Sophocles, Philoct. 12; Ajaw, 822; but whether, as such, to make or to mar, effectually to help or effectually to hinder, the word determines not at all (‘sive opportuna, sive importuna sint tempora, καιροί dicuntur’). At the same time it is oftener the former: καιρὸς yap ὅσπερ ἀνδράσιν Μέγιστος ἔργου παντός ἐστ᾽ ἐπιστάτης (Sophocles, Electra, 75, 76). On {πὸ distinction between χρόνος, καιρός, and αἰών, see Schmidt, Synonymik, vol. ii. p. 54 864. givur. SYNONYMS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. 213

καιρός. For the idea of ‘‘fitting season,” ‘‘ opportunity,’’ which is specially associated with this word, we may cite such passages as PSI IV. 3758 (B.c. 250-49) ὡς ἄν σοι καιρὸς γένηται, P Oxy I. 37:1 (A.D. 49) (= Selections, p. 50) καιρὸν εὑροῦσα] εἰσεπήδησεν εἰς τὴν τοῦ ἡμετέρου [o]iklay kal τὸ σωμάτιον ἀφήρπασεν, ““Ξεἰζίηρ a favourable opportunity, she burst into my client’s house, and carried off the foundling ”—an advocate speaks, P Amh II. 130! (a.p. 70) οὔτε κερὸν (ἡ. καιρὸν) γνούς, ‘and perceived no opportunity,” P Meyer 20° (rst halfii/a.D.) συνπεριφέρου τῷ καιρῷ ἕως oe καταλάβω, ‘adapt yourself to circumstances until I join you,”’ τό. 33 βλέπετε kal ὑμεῖς τὸν καιρόν, P Tebt 11. 3325 (A.D. 176) ἐπῆλθάν τινες ληστρικῷ τρόπῳ οἰκίαν μου + καιρὸν λαβόμενοι τῆς ἐκκυτί -- οιτ)είας pov, ‘certain persons broke into my house in a thievish manner taking advantage of my absence.” Cf. also such phrases as P Par 467 (B.C. 157) ἐν τοῖς ἀναγκαιοτάτοις καιροῖς, BGU IV. 11854 (end i/B.c.) ἐν Tots . . ἐπείγουσι κα[ιρ]οῖς, P Amh 11. 87° (a.p. 125) τῷ ϑήοντι καιρῷ, ‘at the due time,” and in plur. 26. 9118 (A.D. 159) τοῖς δεοῦσι καιροῖς, P Giss I. 194 (ii/A.D.) διὰ τὰ Sv[Ta τ]οῦ καιροῦ φημιζόμενα. The word passes into the meaning ‘‘crisis” in the interesting letter P Lond 4215 (B.c. 168) (=I. p. 30, Sedections, p. 10) which a wife addresses to her husband ‘‘in retreat” in the Serapeum | Deissmann ZAZ p. 382). telling him of her difficulties, and of having piloted herself | and child ‘‘ out of such a crisis” —ék τοῦ το[ιού]του καιροῦ ἐμαυτή[ν] τε καὶ τὸ παιδίζον σου διακεκυβερνηκυῖα, and τό. *4 ὡς ἔτ[ιἹ] σοῦ παρ[όν]τος πάντων ἐπεδεόμην, μὴ ὅτι γε τοσούτου χρόνου ἐπιγεγονότος καὶ τοιούτων καιρῶν, ‘* while you were still at home, I went short altogether, not to mention how long a time has passed since with such disasters.’ In P Tebt II. 27214 (late ii/a.p.) οἱ καιροί are used of ‘‘the stages” ofa fever. For a happier connotation see the mantic P Ryl I. 2818 (iv/a.p.) γαστροκνημία δεξιὰ ἐὰν ἄλληται ἐξ ἀπροσδοκήτου προσλήμψεταί τι κατὰ τὸν βίον καὶ ἕξει τοῦ καιροῦ, ‘‘if the right calf quiver, the person will KQLTOL unexpectedly acquire something in his life and will have prosperity” (Edd.). Adverbial phrases are seen in P Fay go%? (A.D. 234) τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ καιροῦ ἐσο(μένην) πλίστην τεί(μην), ‘‘the highest price current,” P Ryl II. γ69 (late ii/A.D.) τῶν κατὰ καιρὸν ἐπιτρόπων τε καὶ ἡγεμόνων, ‘successive procurators and praefects” (Edd.), 76. 1049 (A.D. 167) ταῖς κατὰ καιρὸν κατ᾽ οἰκίίαν) [a]roypa(dais), ‘the successive household censuses,’’ P Lond 9745 (A.D. 305-6) (= III. p. 116) τῶν κατὰ καιρὸν εἴδων ὀπωριμείων, “ fruits in season.’’ As showing the transition to the meaning “weather,” which the word has in MGr, cf. PSI V. 48618 (B.C. 258-7) ὃ γὰρ καιρὸς ὁ βέ[λ]τιστος ἐνέστηκε, P Oxy X. 12575 (ili/A.D.) τοῦ καιροῦ λήξαντος τῆς παραδόσεως σίτου, ‘‘the time for the delivery of corn had passed”’ (Edd.), P Fay 133° (iv/A.D.) ὃ καιρὸς viv ἐστιν ὀψιμώτερος, “the season is now rather late,” 26. 135° (iv/A.D.) Tod Katpot καλέσαντος τῆς συνκομιδῆς ob[ . . . , “Sas the season requires the gathering . . . ” (Edd.). The adj. kafpipos is applied to ‘‘seasoned” wine in P Flor II. 139*? (a.D. 264), cf. 26. 1437, 266%, P Rein 53? (iii/iv A.D.) (where, however, the editor translates doubtfully ‘‘ au moment le plus opportun(?)”), and the compd. verb katpotypéw, “‘wait for a favourable opportunity,” occurs in P Amh IT. 353 (B.c. 132), BGU III. 9098 (A.D. 359). See also P Lond 3793 (iii/A.p. Ὁ) (= II. p. 162) ἀκαιρί, ‘‘at inconvenient seasons.”” For the relation of καιρός to χρόνος see Trench Syv. 8 lvii., Rhein. Mus. N.F. lix. (1904), p. 233 ff., and for a discussion of the Greek idea of καιρός see Butcher Harvard Lectures on Greek Subjects, p. 117 ff. In MGr χρόνος = ‘‘year,” and καιρός == ‘ weather.

καιρός (kairos) — time/right time. καιρός, ὁ, due measure, proportion, fitness (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰ ὁ κ. ἦν σαφής the distinction, the point, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀπορία ἔχει τινὰ κ. has some point or importance, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καιροῦ πέρα beyond measure, unduly, [Refs 5th c.BC+] codices; προσωτέρω or πορρωτέρω τοῦ κ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀξύτερα τοῦ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπερβάλλων τῇ φιλοτιμίᾳ τὸν κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. of Place, vital part of the body [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. more frequently of Time, exact or critical time, season, opportunity, Χρόνου κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: usually alone, κ. [ἐστιν] ἐν ᾧ Χρόνος οὐ πολὺς κτλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] Notices etextr. des MSS. médicaux[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. πρὸς ἀνθρώπων βραχὺ μέτρον ἔχει 'time and tide wait for no man', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ὄλβου, ={καίριος ὄλβος}, [Refs]; δηλοῦν, ὅ τι περ δύναται κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίνα κ. τοῦ παρόντος βελτίω ζητεῖτ; [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. δόσιος for giving, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τοῦ ποτισμοῦ, τῆς τρύγης, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καιρὸν παριέναι to let the time go by, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καιροῦ (τοῦ κ.) τυχεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καιρῷ Χειμῶνος ξυλλαβέσθαι co-operate with the occurrence of a storm, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχει κ. τι it happens in season, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἔχειν τοῦ εὖ οἰκεῖν to be the chief cause of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. b adverbial phrases, ἐς καιρόν in season, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς αὐτὸν κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς δέοντα κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] in office at the time, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; παρὰ τῷ ἐντυχόντι αἰεὶ καὶ λόγου καὶ ἔργου κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καιρόν, absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. γὰρ οὐδὲν ἦλθες [Refs]; opposed to ἀπὸ καιροῦ out of season, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸ καιροῦ prematurely, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ καιροῦ also means on the spur of the moment, ἐπὶ κ. λέγειν [Refs 1st c.AD+]

III.2. season, πᾶσιν καιροῖς at all seasons of the year, [LXX+1st c.AD+]; κ. ἔτους, later Gr. for Attic dialect ὥρα ἔτους, accusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; time of day, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III.2. b critical times, periodic states, καιροὶ σωμάτων [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III.3. generally, time, period, κατὰ τὸν κ. τοῦτον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ κατὰ καιρούς chronological sequence of events, [Refs]; ἐν τοῖς πάλαι, ἐντοῖς μεταξὺ κ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.4. in plural, οἱ καιροί the times, i. e. the state of affairs, frequently in bad sense, ἐν τοῖς μεγίστοις κ. at the most critical times, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in singular, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἔσχατος κ. extreme danger, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

IV. advantage, profit, τινος of or from a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ τοι ἐς κ. ἔσται ταῦτα τελεόμενα to his advantage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ σῷ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίνα κ. με διδάσκει; [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τί σοι καιρὸς.. καταλείβει; what avails it..? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίνος εἵνεκα καιρο; [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὗ κ. εἴη where it was convenient or advantageous, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Χωρίον μετὰ μεγίστων κ. οἰκειοῦταί τε καὶ πολεμοῦται with the greatest odds, the most critical results, [Refs]

V. [Refs 4th c.BC+] name for seven, [Refs]