What does ἀκαιρέομαι (akairéomai) mean in the Bible?
ἀκαιρέομαι (akairéomai) is a Greek word meaning "to lack opportunity".
Greek · G170
ἀκαιρέομαι
To lack opportunity
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ἀκαιρέομαιG170
Pronunciationakairéomai
What does ἀκαιρέομαι (akairéomai) mean in the Bible?
ἀκαιρέομαι (akairéomai) is a Greek word meaning "to lack opportunity".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G170?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include you had no opportunity [to show it] (1).
Where does ἀκαιρέομαι (akairéomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Philippians 4:10. Its strongest book concentrations include Philippians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ityou had no opportunity [to show it]1×Philippians 4:10
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Usage map
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First aligned rowPhilippians 4:10
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Philippians1
Source forms
ἠκαιρεῖσθε1xēkaireisthePhilippians 4:10
Parsing patterns
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural1xPhilippians 4:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to lack opportunity
Source Gloss
to lack opportunity
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(ἄκαιρος, unseasonable), to have no opportunity (opposite to εὐκαιρέω): Php.4:10.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Philippians 4:10Verb Second Person Plural Imperfect Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative
ἠκαιρεῖσθεhkaireisqe
I am without a suitable opportunity
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
imperfect1
Voice
middle1
Mood
indicative1
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἀκαιρέομαι is built from these roots: