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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4340 - πρόσκαιρος

Transliteration

próskairos

Phonetics

pros'-kahee-ros

Origin

from (G4314) and (G2540)

Parts of Speech

adjective

TDNT

3:463,389

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

for a season
enduring only for a while
temporary

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

BSB (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

CSB (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

ESV (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

KJV (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

N95 (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

NAS (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

NLT (2)

2 Corinthians 2

Hebrews 3

WEB (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

YLT (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

ASV (5)

are temporal 1

for a season 1

for a while 2

when 1

BSB (4)

for only a season 2

is temporary 1

the fleeting 1

CSB (4)

short-lived 2

temporary 1

the short-lived 1

ESV (4)

fleeting 1

transient 1

while 2

KJV (4)

season 1

temporal 1

time 1

while 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

passing 1

temporal 1

temporary 2

N95 (4)

passing 1

temporal 1

temporary 2

NAS (4)

temporal 1

temporary 3

NLT (2)

fleeting 1

gone 1

WEB (4)

are temporal 1

for a time 1

for a while 1

YLT (4)

[are] temporary 1

for a season 1

temporary 2

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

A-ASF 1

A-NPM 1

A-NPN 1

A-NSM 1

ANT

A-ASF 1

A-NPM 1

A-NPN 1

A-NSM 1

BEZ

A-ASF 1

A-NPM 1

A-NPN 1

A-NSM 1

BGB

A-ASF 1

A-NPM 1

A-NPN 1

A-NSM 1

BMT

A-ASF 1

A-NPM 1

A-NPN 1

A-NSM 1

BYZ

A-ASF 1

A-NPM 1

A-NPN 1

A-NSM 1

ELZ

A-ASF 1

A-NPM 1

A-NPN 1

A-NSM 1

NA26

A-ASF 1

A-NPM 1

A-NPN 1

A-NSM 1

SBL

A-ASF 1

A-NPM 1

A-NPN 1

A-NSM 1

SCV

A-ASF 1

A-NPM 1

A-NPN 1

A-NSM 1

STV

A-ASF 1

A-NPM 1

A-NPN 1

A-NSM 1

TIS

A-ASF 1

A-NPM 1

A-NPN 1

A-NSM 1

A-ASF 1

A-NPM 1

A-NPN 1

A-NSM 1

TRG

A-ASF 1

A-NPM 1

A-NPN 1

A-NSM 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πρόσκαιρος, ον, occasional, extraordinary, ἑορτή IG 22.1368.44; αἱ π. ἐπιβολαί the additional taxes, PLond. 3.979.19 (iv A.D.); τὰ δημόσια τέλη κανονικά τε καὶ π. τούτων PMasp. 168.36 (vi A.D.) .

2. opportune, ἐκδρομαί Plu. Pel. 15; θόρυβοι Luc. Dem.Enc. 31; ῥῆμα Sch. Ar. Ach. 274 .

3. at the time, τὰ π. ἄδηλα Gal. 1.78 .

4. πρόσκαιρον, τό, agreement having temporary validity, Sammelb. 6000v.35 (vi A.D.) .

II lasting for a time, temporary, Str. 7.3.11; ἀνοχή D.C. Fr. 46.1; π. ἡ τέρψις, opp. ἀθάνατος, D.H. Rh. 7.4, 6; opp. αἰώνιος, 2 Corinthians 4:18, cf. OGI 669.14 (Egypt, i A.D. ); transient, Ev.Matthew 13:21, Plot. 4.8.8 . Adv. -ρως Sor. 1.31, Ps.- Dsc. 4.58, Hdn. 4.14.7 .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πρόσκαιρος, πρόσκαιρον (equivalent to ὁ πρός καιρόν ὤν), for a season (cf. πρός, IV. 5), enduring only for a while, temporary: Matthew 13:21; Mark 4:17; 2 Corinthians 4:18; Hebrews 11:25. (4 Macc. 15:2; Josephus, Antiquities 2, 4, 4; Dio Cassius, Dionysius Halicarnassus (Strabo 7, 3, 11), Plutarch, Herodian; ὁ παρών καί πρόσκαιρος κόσμος, Clement, homil. 20, 2.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** πρόσ -καιρος , -ον ,

[in LXX: 4 Maccabees 15:2; 4 Maccabees 15:8; 4 Maccabees 15:23 *;]

1. in season.

2. for a season, temporary, transient: 2 Corinthians 4:18, Hebrews 11:25; of plants, short-lived: Matthew 13:21, Mark 4:17.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";gateway"; of a house (Matthew 26:71) or city (Acts 14:13) : P Tebt II. 331.9 (c. A.D. 131) ἐπῆλθο ̣[ν α ]ὐθάδως εἰς ἣν ε ̣̀χ ̣ω ̣ ἐν τῇ κώμῃ οἰκίαν ̣ . . ἐν ̣ τ ̣ω ̣̑ πυλῶνι, ";made a bold attack upon my house in the village . . at the gateway"; (Edd.), P Ryl II. 233.8 (ii/A.D.) κωμοκάτοικοί εἰσιν οἱ ἔ [χο ]ν ̣τες πρὸ τοῦ πυλῶνός σου τὸν ψιλὸν τόπον, ";the owners of the open plot in front of your gateway are villagers,"; and the illiterate P Oxy XII. 1489.3 (late iii/A.D.) τὸ κιθώνιν ἐπιλέλισμε (l. ἐπιλέλησμαι) παρὰ Τεκοῦσαν εἰς τὸν πυλῶνα, ";I have left my cloak behind with Tecusa at the gateway"; (Edd.). Psaltes Gr. p. 24 n..1 has collected exx. of the late form πυλεών. For πύλιον see Preisigke 2098.2, 5255.2.

List of Word Forms

προσκαιρα πρόσκαιρα προσκαιροι πρόσκαιροί προσκαιρον πρόσκαιρον προσκαιρος πρόσκαιρός προσκαυθή proskaira próskaira proskairoi próskairoí proskairon próskairon proskairos próskairós