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kon -vēn´yent : In the Revised Version (British and American) limited to translation of καιρός , kairós , "suitable time," "season," and its compounds: "that which is seasonable" or "opportune" (Mark 6:21; Acts 24:25 ). the King James Version is replaced, in Proverbs 30:8 the Revised Version (British and American), by "needful" (Hebrew ḥōḳ ), "feed me with the food that is needful for me"; Jeremiah 40:4 , by "right"; Ephesians 5:4 , by "befitting"; in Romans 1:28 , by "fitting," and in 1 Corinthians 16:12 , by "opportunity.»