To have opportunity
εὐκαιρέωStrong’s G2119eukaireō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Eukaireō is the Greek word usually translated “were they able”, “were spending their time” and “may have opportunity”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.”
Meaning
Usually translated “were they able”, “were spending their time” and “may have opportunity”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- were they able 1
- were spending their time 1
- he may have opportunity 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 1
- Acts 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 17:21(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
- 1 Corinthians 16:12As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.
Greek dictionary
εὐκαιρέω eukaireō · to have opportunity
εὐκαιρέω, -ῶ (= cl., εὖ σχολῆς ἔχειν; used by Polyb. and Philo; cf. Rutherford, NPhr. 205; MM, Exp., xiv), to have leisure or opportunity: 1Co.16:12; with inf., Mrk.6:31; before εἰς, to devote one's leisure to, Act.17:21.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.