What does χρόνος · ἱκανός mean in the Bible?
χρόνος · ἱκανός is a Greek phrase meaning "for a considerable time".
Greek · G5550, G2425
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 phrase meaning "for a considerable time".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5550, G2425?
G5550, G2425 is connected to 53 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. for a considerable time
Source Gloss
for a considerable time
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 7 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 7 Aligned forms 53 Case pattern Accusative (30) Number pattern Singular (43)
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×
Word Origins
χρόνῳ ἱκανῷ is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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