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χρόνῳ ἱκανῷ

Time · sufficient

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χρόνος G5550 time
Pronunciation chrónos
Measured duration of time; contrasts with καιρός which emphasizes the right or appointed moment.
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ἱκανός G2425 sufficient
Pronunciation hikanós
Sufficient or competent, emphasizing adequacy to reach or attain a necessary standard or purpose.
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What does χρόνῳ ἱκανῷ (chronō hikanō) mean in the Bible?

χρόνος · ἱκανός is a Greek word meaning "for a considerable time".

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Meaning

for a considerable time
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Mark 9:21 · Luke 1:57 · Acts 7:17 · Acts 7:23 · Heb 11:32 · 1 Pet 4:3 · Rev 10:6 7×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Luke 23:8 · Acts 3:21 · 1 Thess 5:1 · 2 Tim 1:9 · Titus 1:2 · 1 Pet 1:20 6×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 4:5 · Acts 27:9 · Gal 4:4 · Jude 1:18 4×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Luke 8:27 · John 14:9 · Acts 1:6 · Acts 1:21 · Acts 8:11 5×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Luke 8:29 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 2:7 · Matt 2:16 · Matt 25:19 · Mark 2:19 · Luke 18:4 · John 5:6 · John 7:33 · John 12:35 · Acts 13:18 · Acts 14:3 · Acts 14:28 · Acts 15:33 · Acts 18:20 · Acts 18:23 · Acts 19:22 · Acts 20:18 27×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 20:9 · Acts 1:7 · Acts 17:30 3×
53 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Galatians 4 — No Longer Slaves: Sonship, Pastoral Anguish, and Children of Promise Mark 1 — The Beginning of the Gospel: The Servant-King Appears with Authority Mark 15 — The Crucified King: Condemnation, Mockery, Death, Confession, and Burial Matthew 28 — The Resurrection of Jesus and the Great Commission of the Risen King Romans 16 — Gospel Partnership, Holy Greeting, False-Teacher Warning, and Doxology to the God Who Establishes

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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