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Strong's #171 - ἀκαίρως
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ἀκαίρως (καιρός), adverb, unseasonably, (A. V. out of season) (opposed to εὐκαίρως): 2 Timothy 4:2 (whether seasonable for men or not). (Sir. 35:4; (Aeschylus Ag. 808); Plato, de rep. x., p. 606 b.; Tim. 33 a.; 86 c.; Xenophon, Ephesians 5, 7; Josephus, Antiquities 6, 7, 2, others.)
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** ἀκαίρως ,
adv.
(<ἄκαιρος , unseasonable),
[in LXX: (Sirach 32:4)*;]
out of season, unseasonably: opp. to εὐκαίρως (q.v.), 2 Timothy 4:2 (cf. Cremer, 740; MM, VGT, s.v.).†
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The well-known letter of a prodigal son, BGU III. 84614 f. (ii/A.D.) ( = Selections, p. 94) has the adverb ἀκ ̣α ̣ιρι ̣ως πάντα σοι διήγηται, ";unseasonably related all to you."; For the adjective cf. Syll 73012 (ii/B.C.) αἱ λίαν ἄκαιροι δαπάναι. The derived noun appears in P Par 63xii. 93f. (B.C. 165) διά τε τὴν περιέχονσάν μει (l. με) κατὰ πολλοὺς τρόπους ἀκ [αι ]ρίαν.
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