The best way to differentiate between chronos and kairos is to see time as either a flowing river which carries us away (chronos), or a quiet lake which we swim in (kairos). We all experience time as both, all the time, in whatever we do.
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kairos: time, season
Original Word: καιÏÏÏ, οῦ, á½Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kairos Phonetic Spelling: (kahee-ros') Definition: time, season Usage: fitting season, season, opportunity, occasion, time.
2540kairós â time as opportunity. 2540/kairós ('opportune time') is derived from kara ('head') referring to things 'coming to a head' to take full-advantage of. 2540 (kairós) is 'the suitable time, the right moment (e.g. Soph., El. 1292), a favorable moment' (DNTT, 3, 833).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
![]() a prim. word Definition time, season NASB Translation ![]()
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2540: καιÏÏÏκαιÏÏÏ, καιÏοῦ, á½ (derived by some from κάÏα or κάÏη, ÏÏ, the head, summit (others besides; cf. Vanicek, p. 118)); the Sept. for עֵת and ×××¢Öµ×; in Greek writings (from Hesiod down):
1.due measure; nowhere so in the Biblical writings.
2.a measure of time; a larger or smaller portion of time; hence,
a. universally, a fixed and definite time: Romans 13:11; 2 Corinthians 6:2; á½ÏÏεÏοικαιÏοί, 1 Timothy 4:1; á¼ÏÏικαιÏοῦ, up to a certain time, for a season, Luke 4:13 (but in á¼ÏÏι, 1 b. referred apparently to b. below; cf. Fritzsche, Romans, i., p. 309f); Acts 13:11; ÏÏÏÏκαιÏÏν, for a certain time only, for a season, Luke 8:13; 1 Corinthians 7:5; ÏÏÏÏκαιÏÏνὥÏαÏ, for the season of an hour, i. e. for a short season, 1 Thessalonians 2:17; καÏάκαιÏÏν, at certain seasons (from time to time), John 5:4 (RGL); at the (divinely) appointed time, Romans 5:6 (others bring this under b.); before the time appointed, Matthew 8:29; 1 Corinthians 4:5; á¼ÏÏαικαιÏÏÏ, á½
Ïε etc. 2 Timothy 4:3; á½Î»Î¯Î³Î¿Î½ÎºÎ±Î¹ÏÏνá¼Ïει, a short time (in which to exercise his power) has been granted him, Revelation 12:12; á¼Î½á¼ÎºÎµÎ¯Î½á¿³ÏῷκαιÏá¿·, Matthew 11:25; Matthew 12:1; Matthew 14:1; Ephesians 2:12; καÏ'á¼ÎºÎµá¿Î½Î¿Î½ÏῷκαιÏá¿·, Acts 12:1; Acts 19:23; καÏάÏῷκαιÏá¿·ÏοῦÏον, Romans 9:9; á¼Î½Î±á½Ïá¿·ÏῷκαιÏá¿·Luke 13:1; á¼Î½á¾§ÎºÎ±Î¹Ïá¿·, Acts 7:20; á¼Î½ÏῷνῦνκαιÏá¿·, Romans 3:26; Romans 11:5; 2 Corinthians 8:14 (13); á¼Î½ÏανÏίκαιÏá¿· always, at every season (Aristotle, top. 3, 2, 4, p. 117{a}, 35), Luke 21:36; Ephesians 6:18; εἰÏÏινακαιÏÏν, 1 Peter 1:11. with the genitive of a thing, the time of etc. i. e. at which it will occur: Ïá¿Ïá¼Î¼á¿Ïá¼Î½Î±Î»ÏÏεÏÏ, 2 Timothy 4:6; Ïá¿Ïá¼ÏιÏκοÏá¿Ï, 1 Peter 5:6 Lachmann; Luke 19:44; ÏεÏιαÏμοÏ
, Luke 8:13; Ïοῦá¼ÏξαÏθαιÏÏκÏίμα, for judgment to begin, 1 Peter 4:17; καιÏοίÏῶνλÏγÏν, of the time when they shall be proved by the event, Luke 1:20; â or when a thing usually comes to pass: ÏοῦθεÏιÏμοῦ, Matthew 13:30; ÏῶνκαÏÏῶν, when the fruits ripen, Matthew 21:34, 41; ÏÏκÏν, Mark 11:13. with the genitive of a person: καιÏοιá¼Î¸Î½á¿¶Î½, the time granted to the Gentiles, until God shall take vengeance on them, Luke 21:24; á½á¼Î±Ï
Ïοῦ (TTrWHαá½Ïοῦ) καιÏá¿·, the time when antichrist shall show himself openly, 2 Thessalonians 2:6; á½ÎºÎ±Î¹ÏÏÏμοÏ
, the time appointed for my death, Matthew 26:18; ÏῶννεκÏῶνκÏιθá¿Î½Î±Î¹, the time appointed for the dead to be recalled to life and judged, Revelation 11:18 (Buttmann, 260 (224)); á½á¼Î¼ÏÏ, á½á½Î¼ÎÏεÏοÏ, the time for appearing in public, appointed (by God) for me, for you, John 7:6, 8; καιÏῷἰδίῳ, the time suited to the thing under consideration, at its proper time, Galatians 6:9; plural, 1 Timothy 2:6; 1 Timothy 6:15; Titus 1:3. á½ÎºÎ±Î¹ÏÏÏ 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, Mark 13:33; á½ÎºÎ±Î¹ÏÏÏἤγγικεν, Luke 21:8; á¼Î³Î³ÏÏá¼ÏÏιν, Revelation 1:3; Revelation 22:10.
b.opportune or seasonable time: with verbs suggestive of the idea of advantage, καιÏÏνμεÏαλαμβάνειν, Acts 24:25; á¼Ïειν, Galatians 6:10 (Plutarch, Luc. 16); á¼Î¾Î±Î³Î¿ÏάζεÏθαι, Ephesians 5:16; Colossians 4:5, see á¼Î¾Î±Î³Î¿ÏάζÏ, 2; followed by an infinitive, opportunity to do something, Hebrews 11:15; ÏαÏάκαιÏÏνἡλικίαÏ, past the opportunity of life (A. V.past age), Hebrews 11:11 (simply ÏαÏάκαιÏÏν, Pindar Ol. 8, 32; several times in Plato, cf. Ast, Platonic Lexicon, ii., p. 126).
c.the right time: á¼Î½ÎºÎ±Î¹Ïá¿· (often in classical Greek), in due season, Matthew 24:45; Luke 12:42; Luke 20:10RGL ((stereotype edition only)); 1 Peter 5:6; also καιÏá¿·, Luke 20:10LTTrWH; ÏÏκαιÏá¿·, Mark 12:2.
d.a (limited) period of time: (1 Corinthians 7:29); plural the periods prescribed by God to the nations, and bounded by their rise and fall, Acts 17:26; καιÏοίκαÏÏοÏοÏοι, the seasons of the year in which the fruits grow and ripen, Acts 14:17 (cf. Genesis 1:14, the Sept.); καιÏÏνκαίκαιÏοÏÏκαίἥμιÏÏ
καιÏοῦ, a year and two years and six months (A. V.a time, and times, and half a time; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 27, 4), Revelation 12:14 (cf. 6; from Daniel 7:25; Daniel 12:7); stated seasons of the year solemnly kept by the Jews, and comprising several days, as the passover, pentecost, feast of tabernacles, Galatians 4:10 (2 Chronicles 8:13; cf. Baruch 1:14). in the divine arrangement of time adjusted to the economy of salvation: καιÏÏÏ (ÏεÏλήÏÏÏαι), the preappointed period which according to the purpose of God must elapse before the divine kingdom could be founded by Christ, Mark 1:15; plural, the several parts of this period, Ephesians 1:10; á½ÎºÎ±Î¹ÏÏÏá½á¼Î½ÎµÏÏÏÏ, the present period, equivalent to á½Î±á¼°Ïνοá½ÏÎ¿Ï (see αἰÏν, 3), Hebrews 9:9, opposed to καιÏÏÏδιοÏθÏÏεÏÏ, the time when the whole order of things will be reformed (equivalent to αἰÏνμÎλλÏν), Hebrews 9:10; á½ÎºÎ±Î¹ÏÏÏοá½ÏοÏ, equivalent to á½Î±á¼°Ïνοá½ÏÎ¿Ï (see αἰÏν, 3), Mark 10:30; Luke 18:30; á½Î½á¿¦Î½ÎºÎ±Î¹ÏÏÏ, Romans 8:18; á¼Î½ÎºÎ±Î¹Ïá¿·á¼ÏÏάÏῳ, the last period of the present age, the time just before the return of Christ from heaven (see á¼ÏÏαÏοÏ, 1 under the end, etc.), 1 Peter 1:5; καιÏοίá¼Î½Î±ÏÏξεÏÏá¼ÏÏÏÏοÏÏÏοÏ
ÏοῦκÏ
ÏίοÏ
, denotes the time from the return of Christ on, the times of the consummated divine kingdom, Acts 3:20 (19).
e. as often in Greek writings, and like the Latintempus, καιÏÏÏ; is equivalent to what time brings, the state of the times, the things and events of time: Luke 12:56; δοÏ
λεÏεινÏῷκαιÏá¿·, Latintempori servire (see δοÏ
λεÏÏ, 2 a.), Romans 12:11Rec.st; ÏάÏημεá¿Î±ÏῶνκαιÏῶν, equivalent to á¼
οἱκαιÏοίÏημαινοÏ
Ïι, Matthew 16:3 (here T brackets WH reject the passage); καιÏοίÏαλεÏοί, 2 Timothy 3:1; ÏÏονοιἤκαιÏοί (times or seasons, German Zeitumstände), Acts 1:7; οἱÏÏονοικαίοἱκαιÏοί1 Thessalonians 5:1; and in the opposite order, Daniel 2:21 the Sept.; Wis. 8:8. [SYNONYMS:καιÏÏÏ, ÏÏÏνοÏ: ÏÏÏÎ½Î¿Ï time, in general; καιÏÏÏ a definitely limited portion of time, with the added notion of suitableness. Yet while, on the one hand, its meaning may be so sharply marked as to permit such a combination as ÏÏÏνοÏ
καιÏÏÏ 'the nick of time,' on the other, its distinctive sense may so far recede as to allow it to be used as nearly equivalent to ÏÏÏνοÏ; cf. Thomas Magister, Ritschl edition, p. 206, 15ff (after Ammonius under the word); p. 215, 10ff καιÏÏÏοá½Î¼Ïνονá¼ÏίÏÏÏνοÏ
á¼ÏλῶÏÏίθεÏαι, á¼Î»Î»Î¬ÎºÎ±Î¯á¼ÏίÏοῦá¼ÏμοδιοÏ
καίÏÏεÏονÏοÏ, κÏλ.; Schmidt, chapter 44; Trench, § lvii.; Tittmann i. 41ff; Cope on Aristotle, rhet. l, 7, 32. 'In modern Greek καιÏÏÏ means weather,ÏÏÏνοÏyear. In both words the kernel of meaning has remained unaltered; this in the case of καιÏÏÏ is changeableness, of ÏÏÏÎ½Î¿Ï duration.' Curtius, Etym., p. 110f] appointed time
Of uncertain affinity; an occasion, i.e. Set or proper time -- X always, opportunity, (convenient, due) season, (due, short, while) time, a while. Compare chronos.
see GREEK chronos
Forms and Transliterations
καιÏοι καιÏοί καιÏοὶ καιÏÎ¿Î¹Ï ÎºÎ±Î¹ÏÎ¿Î¯Ï ÎºÎ±Î¹Ïοá¿Ï καιÏον καιÏÏν καιÏὸν καιÏÎ¿Ï ÎºÎ±Î¹ÏÏÏ ÎºÎ±Î¹Ïá½¸Ï ÎºÎ±Î¹ÏοÏ
καιÏÎ¿Ï ÎºÎ±Î¹Ïοῦ καιÏοÏ
Ï ÎºÎ±Î¹ÏοÏÏ ÎºÎ±Î¹ÏÎ¿á½ºÏ ÎºÎ±Î¹ÏÏ ÎºÎ±Î¹ÏÏ ÎºÎ±Î¹Ïá¿· καιÏÏν καιÏÏν καιÏῶν kairo kairÅ kairoi kairoì kairôi kairÅÌi kairois kairoîs kairon kairón kairòn kairôn kairÅn kairÅÌn kairos kairós kairòs kairou kairoû kairous kairoùsInterlinear Greek ⢠Interlinear Hebrew ⢠Strong's Numbers ⢠Englishman's Greek Concordance ⢠Englishman's Hebrew Concordance ⢠Parallel Texts
A where young adults go to for roughly a week and feel that they become very close together in the activities they engage in during that week. Once that week is over they to their peers that did not go about how great Kairos is and how you will never become that close to a person only to realize in a month you will never talk to your Kairos friends again. This obnoxious is called 'Kairos High' and is often lasting one to two months after the retreat. While it may be a wonderful retreat it annoying people.
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