King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5611
Transliteration: hōraios
Phonetic Spelling: (ho-rah'-yos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: seasonable, timely
Meaning: seasonable, timely
ὡραῖος, ὡραία, ὡραῖον (from ὥρα, 'the bloom and vigor of life,' 'beauty' in the Greek writings, who sometimes join the word in this sense with χάρις (which suggests grace of movement) or κάλλος (which denotes, rather, symmetry of form)), from Hesiod down, ripe, mature (of fruits, of human age, etc.); hence, blooming, beautiful (of the human body, Xenophon, Plato, others; with τῇ ὄψει added, Genesis 26:7; Genesis 29:17; Genesis 39:6; 1 Kings 1:6): πόδες, Romans 10:15; of a certain gate of the temple, Acts 3:2, 10; (τάφοι κεκονιάμενοι, Matthew 23:27); σκεῦος, 2 Chronicles 36:19. (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § cvi.)
Word Summary
hōraios: seasonable, timely
Original Word: ὡραῖοςTransliteration: hōraios
Phonetic Spelling: (ho-rah'-yos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: seasonable, timely
Meaning: seasonable, timely
Strong's Concordance
beautiful. From hora; belonging to the right hour or season (timely), i.e. (by implication) flourishing (beauteous (figuratively)) -- beautiful.
see GREEK hora
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5611: ὡραῖοςὡραῖος, ὡραία, ὡραῖον (from ὥρα, 'the bloom and vigor of life,' 'beauty' in the Greek writings, who sometimes join the word in this sense with χάρις (which suggests grace of movement) or κάλλος (which denotes, rather, symmetry of form)), from Hesiod down, ripe, mature (of fruits, of human age, etc.); hence, blooming, beautiful (of the human body, Xenophon, Plato, others; with τῇ ὄψει added, Genesis 26:7; Genesis 29:17; Genesis 39:6; 1 Kings 1:6): πόδες, Romans 10:15; of a certain gate of the temple, Acts 3:2, 10; (τάφοι κεκονιάμενοι, Matthew 23:27); σκεῦος, 2 Chronicles 36:19. (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § cvi.)