What does ὕστερος · καιρός mean in the Bible?
ὕστερος · καιρός is a Greek phrase meaning "later times, subsequent seasons".
Greek · G5306, G2540
ὑστέροις καιροῖς
Later · time/right time
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ὕστερος G5306 later
Pronunciation hýsteros
Temporal marker distinguishing later events from earlier ones; adverbial neut. form means "afterwards" or "subsequently
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καιρός G2540 time/right time
Pronunciation kairós
A specific, opportune moment or season—not merely duration but the right time for action.
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What does ὑστέροις καιροῖς (hysterois kairois) mean in the Bible?
ὕστερος · καιρός is a Greek phrase meaning "later times, subsequent seasons".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5306, G2540?
G5306, G2540 is connected to 9 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. later times, subsequent seasons
Source Gloss
later times, subsequent seasons
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 2 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Accusative (8) Number pattern Singular (8)
Dative · Plural · Masculine 1 Tim 4:1 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 4:2 · Matt 21:29 · Matt 21:32 · Matt 21:37 · Matt 22:27 · Matt 25:11 · Matt 26:60 · Luke 20:32 8×
Word Origins
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