kairov" kairov", kairou', oJ (derived by some from kavra or kavrh, tov, the head, summit (others besides; cf. Vanicek, p. 118)); the Septuagint for t[e and d[e/m; in Greek writings (from Hesiod down):1. due measure; nowhere so in the Biblical writings.2. a measure of time; a larger or smaller portion of time; hence, a. universally, a fixed and definite time: ; ; u{steroi kairoiv, ; a[cri kairou', up to a certain time, for a season, (but in a[cri, 1 b. referred apparently to b. below; cf. Fritzsche, Romans, i., p. 309f); ; prov" kairovn, for a certain time only, for a season, ; ; prov" kairovn w{ra", for the season of an hour, i. e. for a short season, ; katav kairovn, at certain seasons (from time to time), (R G L); at the (divinely) appointed time, (others bring this under b.); before the time appointed, ; ; e[stai kairov", o{te etc. ; ojlivgon kairovn e[cei, a short time (in which to exercise his power) has been granted him, ; ejn ejkeivnw/ tw'/ kairw'/, ; ; ; ; kat! ejkei'non tw'/ kairw'/, ; ; katav tw'/ kairw'/ tou'ton, ; ejn aujtw'/ tw'/ kairw'/ ; ejn w|/ kairw'/, ; ejn tw'/ nu'n kairw'/, ; ; (13); ejn pantiv kairw'/ always, at every season (Aristotle, top. 3, 2, 4, p. 117{a}, 35), ; ; eij" tina kairovn, . with the genitive of a thing, the time of etc. i. e. at which it will occur: th'" ejmh'" ajnaluvsewv", ; th'" ejpiskoph'", Lachmann; ; periasmou, ; tou' a[rxasqai tov krivma, for judgment to begin, ; kairoiv tw'n lovgwn, of the time when they shall be proved by the event, ; -- or when a thing usually comes to pass: tou' qerismou', ; tw'n karpw'n, when the fruits ripen, , ; suvkwn, . with the genitive of a person: kaipoi ejqnw'n, the time granted to the Gentiles, until God shall take vengeance on them, ; oJ eJautou' (T Tr WH aujtou') kairw'/, the time when antichrist shall show himself openly, ; oJ kairov" mou, the time appointed for my death, ; tw'n nekrw'n kriqh'nai, the time appointed for the dead to be recalled to life and judged, (Buttmann, 260 (224)); oJ ejmov", oJ uJmevtero", the time for appearing in public, appointed (by God) for me, for you, , ; kairw'/ ijdivw/, the time suited to the thing u