What does πρόσκαιρος (próskairos) mean in the Bible?
πρόσκαιρος (próskairos) is a Greek word meaning "temporary".
Greek · G4340
πρόσκαιρος
Temporary
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πρόσκαιρος G4340
Pronunciation próskairos
What does πρόσκαιρος (próskairos) mean in the Bible?
πρόσκαιρος (próskairos) is a Greek word meaning "temporary".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4340?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include for only a season (2), [is] temporary (1), [the] fleeting (1).
Where does πρόσκαιρος (próskairos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:21. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), Hebrews (1), Mark (1), Matthew (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 It for only a season 2× Matthew 13:21, Mark 4:17
[is] temporary 1× 2 Corinthians 4:18
[the] fleeting 1× Hebrews 11:25
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 13:21 πρόσκαιρός to for only a season Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Mark 4:17 πρόσκαιροί to for only a season Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 2 Corinthians 4:18 πρόσκαιρα to [is] temporary Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural Hebrews 11:25 πρόσκαιρον to [the] fleeting Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 13:21
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Mark 1 2 Corinthians 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
πρόσκαιρα 1x proskaira 2 Corinthians 4:18
πρόσκαιροί 1x proskairoi Mark 4:17
πρόσκαιρον 1x proskairon Hebrews 11:25
πρόσκαιρός 1x proskairos Matthew 13:21
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 11:25
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Mark 4:17
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 13:21
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural 1x 2 Corinthians 4:18
Evidence Summary
Greek word. temporary
Strong's G4340
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 4 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
temporary
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 13:21 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
πρόσκαιρός proskairov
temporary
Read verse Mark 4:17 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
πρόσκαιροί proskairoi
temporary
Read verse 2 Corinthians 4:18 Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
πρόσκαιρα· proskaira
temporary
Read verse Hebrews 11:25 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
πρόσκαιρον proskairon
temporary
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 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 13:21 1×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Mark 4:17 1×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter 2 Cor 4:18 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Heb 11:25 1×
Word Origins
πρόσκαιρος is built from these roots:
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