Strong's Lexicon
G4340 — πρόσκαιρος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4340 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πρόσκαιρος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G4314 and G2540 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | proskairos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pros'-kai-ros |
| Meaning: | 1. for the occasion only, i.e. temporary |
| KJV Renderings: | dur-(eth) for awhile, endure for a time, for a season, temporal |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πρόσκαιρος, πρόσκαιρον (equivalent to ὁ πρός καιρόν ὤν), for a season (cf. πρός, IV. 5), enduring only for a while, temporary: Mat 13:21; Mar 4:17; 2Co 4:18; Heb 11:25. (4Ma 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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Englishman's Greek Concordance
πρόσκαιρος (dur-(eth) for awhile)
Matthew 13:21
- KJV: Yet hath he not root in himself but dureth for a while for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word by and by he is offended
- GK: ουκ έχει δε ρίζαν εν εαυτώ αλλά πρόσκαιρός εστι γενομένης δε θλίψεως η διωγμού διά τον λόγον ευθύς σκανδαλίζεται
Mark 4:17
- KJV: And have no root in themselves and so endure but for a time afterward when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake immediately they are offended
- GK: και ουκ έχουσι ρίζαν εν εαυτοίς αλλά πρόσκαιροί εισιν είτα γενομένης θλίψεως η διωγμού διά τον λόγον ευθέως σκανδαλίζονται
2 Corinthians 4:18
- KJV: While we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen for the things which are seen temporal but the things which are not seen eternal
- GK: μη σκοπούντων ημών τα βλεπόμενα αλλά τα μη βλεπόμενα τα γαρ βλεπόμενα πρόσκαιρα τα δε μη βλεπόμενα αιώνια
Hebrews 11:25
- KJV: Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season
- GK: μάλλον ελόμενος συγκακουχείσθαι τω λαώ του θεού η πρόσκαιρον έχειν αμαρτίαις απόλαυσιν
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