What does ἀκαίρως (akaírōs) mean in the Bible?
ἀκαίρως (akaírōs): Unseasonable action that misses the right moment; opposite of εὐκαίρως (timely, opportune).
Greek · G171
ἀκαίρως
Inopportunely
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ἀκαίρως G171
Pronunciation akaírōs
What does ἀκαίρως (akaírōs) mean in the Bible?
ἀκαίρως (akaírōs): Unseasonable action that misses the right moment; opposite of εὐκαίρως (timely, opportune).
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How does the BSB render G171?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include [and] out of season (1).
Where does ἀκαίρως (akaírōs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Timothy 4:2. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Timothy (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders It [and] out of season 1× 2 Timothy 4:2
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First aligned row 2 Timothy 4:2
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
2 Timothy 1
Source forms
ἀκαίρως 1x akairōs 2 Timothy 4:2
Parsing patterns
Adverb 1x 2 Timothy 4:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Unseasonable action that misses the right moment; opposite of εὐκαίρως (timely, opportune).
Strong's G171
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
inopportunely
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Unseasonable action that misses the right moment; opposite of εὐκαίρως (timely, opportune).
(ἄκαιρος, unseasonable), [in LXX: Si 35 (32):4 * ;] out of season, unseasonably: opposite to εὐκαίρως (which see), 2Ti.4:2 (cf. Cremer, 740; MM, VGT, see word).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
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2 Timothy 4:2 Adverb
ἀκαίρως, akairwv
unseasonably
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.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
2 Tim 4:2 1×
Word Origins
ἀκαίρως is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain