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kairos (2540), primarily, "due measure, fitness, proportion," is used in the NT to signify "a season, a time, a period" possessed of certain characteristics, frequently rendered "time" or "times"; in the following the RV substitutes "season" for the KJV "time," thus distinguishing the meaning from chronos (see No. 2): <Matt. 11:25; 12:1; 14:1; 21:34; Mark 11:13; Acts 3:19; 7:20; 17:26; Rom. 3:26; 5:6; 9:9; 13:11; 1 Cor. 7:5; Gal. 4:10; 1 Thes. 2:17>, lit., "for a season (of an hour)", <2 Thes. 2:6>; in <Eph. 6:18>, "at all seasons" (KJV, "always"); in <Titus 1:3>, "His own seasons" (marg., "its"; KJV, "in due times"); in the preceding clause chronos is used.
The characteristics of a period are exemplified in the use of the term with regard, e. g. to harvest, <Matt. 13:30>; reaping, <Gal. 6:9>; punishment, <Matt. 8:29>; discharging duties, <Luke 12:42>; opportunity for doing anything, whether good, e. g., <Matt. 26:18; Gal. 6:10> ("opportunity"); <Eph. 5:16>; or evil, e. g., <Rev. 12:12>; the fulfillment of prophecy, <Luke 1:20; Acts 3:19; 1 Pet. 1:11>; a time suitable for a purpose, <Luke 4:13>, lit., "until a season"; <2 Cor. 6:2>; see further under No. 2. See
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words)
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