Quick Definition
πρόσκαιρος, ον Adj temporary
Strong's Definition
from 4314 and 2540; for the occasion only, i.e. temporary
KJV Usage: dur-(eth) for awhile, endure for a time, for a season, temporal
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | καιρός
67.109 · Time · Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young
not long, temporary, for a little while, for a while pertaining to a relatively short period of time, with emphasis upon the temporary nature of the event or state
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πρόσ-καιρος, -ov, (i. 4. ὁ πρὸς καιρὸν wv), for a season [ef. πρός, LV. 5], enduring only for a while, temporary: Mt. xiii. 21; Mk.iv.17; 2 Co. iv. 18; Heb. xi. 25. (4 Mace. xv. 2; Joseph. antt. 2, 4,4; Dio Cass., Dion. Hal., [Strabo 7, 3, 11], Plut., Hdian.; ὁ παρὼν καὶ πρόσκαιρος κόσμος, Clem. homil. 20, 2.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πρόσκαιρος proskairos 4x
opportune, in NT continuing for a limited time, temporary, transient, Mt. 13:21; Mk. 4:17; 2 Cor. 4:18; Heb. 11:25*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** πρόσ-καιρος, -ον,
[in LXX: IV Mac 15:2, 8, 23*;]
in season.
for a season, temporary, transient: II Co 4:18, He 11:25; of plants, short-lived: Mt 13:21, Mk 4:17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πρόσκαιρος, which occurs first in 4 Macc 15 8,33, is used in the NT = ‘* for a season,” ‘‘ transitory ’’ (2 Cor 418). The word is found in anedict of Caracalla, P Giss I. 40% 38 (A.D. 215) (Ξε Ολγεςέ. I. Ρ. 39) πρ]αγματείας προ[σ]καίρου, with the meaning ‘‘in season,” ‘‘opportune’’: cf. OG/S 669" (i/A.D.) τὴν πρόσκαιρόν τινος ἀδικίαν μειμησάμενος, where the editor defines it as ‘“‘temporis cuiusdam rationibus accommodatam,” and Syll 737 (=*% 1109)*4 (A.p. 178) εἴ τις πρόσκαιρος ἑορτὴ τοῦ θεοῦ, with reference to a feast which took place on a special occasion. See also Pelagia-Legenden p. 127° ἐγὼ μὲν ἠλευθέρωσα ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς προσκαίρου δουλείας.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πρόσκαιρος (proskairos) — temporary. πρόσκαιρος, ον, occasional, extraordinary, ἑορτή [Refs]; αἱ π. ἐπιβολαί the additional taxes, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; τὰ δημόσια τέλη κανονικά τε καὶ π. τούτων [Refs 6th c.AD+]
2. opportune, ἐκδρομαί [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ῥῆμα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. at the time, τὰ π. ἄδηλα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4. πρόσκαιρον, τό, agreement having temporary validity, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
II. lasting for a time, temporary, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; π. ἡ τέρψις, opposed to ἀθάνατος, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; opposed to αἰώνιος, [NT+1st c.AD+]; transient, [NT+3rd c.AD+]. adverb -ρως[Refs 1st c.AD+]