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Strong's #2120 - εὐκαιρία
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- seasonable time, opportunity
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εὐκαιρ-ία,
Ion. -ιη, ἡ,
I good season, opportunity, τὴν εὐ. διαφυλάττειν Isoc. 12.34; ἀπολαύειν τῆς εὐ. Phld. D. 3 Fr. 89; εὐκαιρίαν ζητεῖν ἵνα.. Matthew 26:16; εὐ. τοῦ ἐλθεῖν PMich. in Class.Phil. 22.250 (ii A.D.); leisure, Hp. 17, 23; κατὰ πολλὴν εὐ. καὶ σχολήν D.H. Comp. 23 — a usage condemned by Phot. and Suid.s.v. σχολή.
II
1. appropriateness, opp. ἀκαιρία, Pl. Phdr. 272a; μεταφορᾶς, στίχων, Plu. 2.16b,736f.
2. convenient situation, τῶν πόλεων Plb. 16.29.3, cf. 4.44.11, Ph. 1.4.
3. opportune supply, ὑδάτων, of rainfall or irrigation, Thphr. CP 3.23.4 (pl.), D.S. 1.52.
III wealth, prosperity, αἱ τῶν βίων εὐ. Plb. 1.59.7, cf. 13.9.2 (cj.), etc.; εὐ. οὐκ ἔχει he has no property, BGU 665ii4 (i A.D.).
εὐκαιρία, εὐκαιρίας, ἡ (εὔκαιρος), seasonable time, opportunity: ζητεῖν εὐκαιρίαν, followed by (ἵνα Buttmann, 237 (205)), Matthew 26:16; (Luke 22:6 Lachmann marginal reading); by τοῦ with an infinitive Luke 22:6. (the Sept.; in Greek writings first in Plato, Phaedr., p. 272 a.)
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εὐκαιρία , -ας , ἡ
(< εὔκαιρος ),
[in LXX: Psalms 9:10 (v. Soph., Lex., s.v.) Psalms 10:1; Psalms 145:15 (H6256), Sirach 38:24, 1 Maccabees 11:42*;]
fitting time, opportunity: seq. ἵνα , Matthew 26:16; τοῦ , c. inf., Luke 22:6.†
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εὐκαιρία is found, as in Matthew 26:16, Luke 22:6, in BGU II. 665 ii. 4 (i/A.D.) εὐκαι [ρί ]αν δὲ οὐκ ἔχει, ib. I. 46.18 (A.D. 193) ἐὰν εὐκαιρίας τύχω τοῦ εὑρεῖν, ἀποσπάσω, P Oxy I. 123.3 (iii/iv. A.D.) εὐκαιρη (l. —ία) τις καὶ νῦν τοῦ ἀνερχομένου πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ib. X. 1300.2 (v/A.D.) εὐκερίαν εὑρὼν διὰ τοῦτον (l. εὐκαιρίαν εὗρον διὰ τούτων) μου τῶν γραμμάτων τὰ πολλὰ προσαγορεῦσαί σε. The word is MGr.
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