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Strong's #4340 - πρόσκαιρος
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- for a season
- enduring only for a while
- temporary
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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 .
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.)
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** 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.†
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";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.
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