Time
χρόνοςStrong’s G5550chronos
Appears in 53 verses of the New Testament
In short
Chronos is the Greek word usually translated “time”, “times” and “while”. It appears in 53 verses of the New Testament.
“In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;”
Meaning
Usually translated “time”, “times” and “while”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- time 33
- a time 8
- times 6
- of time 1
- while 1
- a period 1
- for a period 1
- for a time 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 17
- Luke 7
- John 4
- 1 Peter 4
- Revelation 4
- Matthew 3
15 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Jude 1:18In contextHow that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
- Matthew 2:7Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
- Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
- Matthew 25:19After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
- Mark 2:19And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
- Mark 9:21And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
All 53 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
χρόνος chronos · time
χρόνος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for יוֹם, also for עֵת, etc. ;] time (a space of time, whether long or short; cf. Lft., Notes, 70): Mat.2:7, Mrk.9:21, Luk.1:57, Act.3:21 7:17, 23 13:18 17:30 27:9, Heb.11:32, 1Pe.1:17 4:3, Rev.10:6; στιγμὴ χρόνου, Luk.4:5; πλήρωμα τοῦ χ., Gal.4:4; ποιεῖν χ., Act.15:33 18:23; βιῶσαι, 1Pe.4:2; διδόναι, Rev.2:21; pl., χ. καὶ (ἢ) καιροί (Lft., l.with), Act.1:7, 1Th.5:1; ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτου τῶν χ. (χρόνου), 1Pe.1:20, Ju 18; with prep., ἄχρι, Act.3:21; διὰ τὸν χ., Heb.5:12; ἐν χ., Act.1:6, 21; ἐπὶ (πλείονα) χ., Luk.18:4, Act.18:20; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον χ., Rom.7:1, 1Co.7:39, Gal.4:1; κ …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “time” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TIME, noun
[Latin tempus; tempora, the falls of the head, also tempest, etc. See Tempest. time is primarily equivalent to season; to the Gr.wpa in its original sense, opportunity, occasion, a fall, an event, that which comes.]
- A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.“God, who at sundry times, and in divers manners, spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets” Hebrews 1:1
- A proper time; a season.“There is a time to every purpose” Ecclesiastes 3:1“The time of figs was not yet” Mark 11:13
- Duration.
- A space or measured portion of duration.
All definitions and other forms of “time”
- Life or duration, in reference to occupation.
- Age; a part of duration distinct from other parts; as ancient times; modern times.
- Hour of travail.
- Repetition; repeated performance, or mention with reference to repetition.
- Repetition; doubling; addition of a number to itself; as, to double cloth four times; four times four amount to sixteen.
- Measure of sounds in music; as common time and treble time In concerts, it is all important, that the performers keep time or exact time
- The state of things at a particular period; as when we say, good times, or bad times, hard times, dull times for trade, etc.
- In grammar, tense.
- A considerable space of duration; process or continuation of duration.“The spirit began to move him at times” Judges 13:25
- To go too slow; as, a watch or clock loses time
TIME, verb transitive
To adapt to the time or occasion; to bring, begin or perform at the proper season or time; as, the measure is well timed, or ill timed. No small part of political wisdom consists in knowing how to time propositions and measures.
- To regulate as to time; as, he timed the stroke.
- To measure; as in music or harmony.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.