Word Summary
proskairos: in season, temporary
Original Word: πρόσκαιροςTransliteration: proskairos
Phonetic Spelling: (pros'-kahee-ros)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: in season, temporary
Meaning: in season, temporary
Strong's Concordance
temporary, for a season
From pros and kairos; for the occasion only, i.e. Temporary -- dur-(eth) for awhile, endure for a time, for a season, temporal.
see GREEK pros
see GREEK kairos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4340: πρόσκαιροςπρόσκαιρος,
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.)