Original Word: εὐκαιρέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: eukaireó
Pronunciation: yoo-kai-reh'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-kahee-reh'-o)
Definition: To have an opportunity, to be timely, to be convenient.
Meaning: I have a good (favorable) opportunity, have leisure; I devote my leisure to.

Word Origin: From the Greek words εὖ (eu, meaning "well" or "good") and καιρός (kairos, meaning "time" or "season").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for εὐκαιρέω, the concept of seizing the right moment can be related to the Hebrew word עֵת (eth, Strong's H6256), which also denotes time or season.

Usage: The verb εὐκαιρέω (eukaireó) is used in the New Testament to describe the act of having or seizing an opportune moment. It conveys the idea of acting at the right or favorable time. This term emphasizes the importance of timing and the discernment needed to recognize and act upon opportunities as they arise.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of "kairos" (time) was significant, often referring to a critical or opportune moment that required decisive action. The prefix "eu-" adds the notion of goodness or appropriateness to the timing. In the New Testament context, this reflects a worldview that values divine timing and the wisdom to act in accordance with God's will.

Word Origin
from eukairos
Definition
to have opportunity
NASB Translation
have time (1), opportunity (1), spend...time (1).

STRONGS NT 2119: εὐκαιρέω

εὐκαιρέω, ἐυκαίρω: imperfect εὐκαίρουν (so L T Tr WH in Mark 6:31; R G in Acts 17:21) and ηὐκαίρουν (R G in Mark, the passage cited; L T Tr WH in Acts, the passage cited) (between which the manuscripts vary, see εὐδοκέω, at the beginning); 1 aorist subjunctive ἐυκαιρήσω; (εὔκαιρος); a later word, from Polybius onward (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 125f; (Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 205; Sophocles Lexicon, under the word)); to have opportunity: 1 Corinthians 16:12; to have leisure, followed by an infinitive, to do something, Mark 6:31 ((Plutarch, ii., p. 223 d. Cleomedes (?) Anax. § 9)); to give one's time to a thing, εἰς τί, Acts 17:21.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

have leisure, spend time.

From eukairos; to have good time, i.e. Opportunity or leisure -- have leisure (convenient time), spend time.

see GREEK eukairos

Forms and Transliterations

ευκαιρηση ευκαιρήση εὐκαιρήσῃ ευκαιρουν εὐκαίρουν ηυκαιρουν ηυκαίρουν ηὐκαίρουν eukairese eukairēsē eukairḗsei eukairḗsēi eukairoun eukaíroun ēukairoun eykaíroun ēykaíroun

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