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verb

akairemō

Greekἀκαιρέομαι (akaireomai)

Strong’sG170

I am without a suitable opportunity

stem akair-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

had no opportunity

What it means

*† ἀκαιρέομαι, -οῦμαι

(< ἄκαιρος, unseasonable),

to have no opportunity (opp. to εὐκαιρέω): Phl 4:10.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G170 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidak-ahee-reh'-om-ahee

to be inopportune (for oneself), i.e. to fail of a proper occasion

Fromfrom a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and G2540 (meaning unseasonable);

King Jameslack opportunity.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
akaireveἠκαιρεῖσθεwas happening · yeimperfect middle indicative 2nd person pluralhad no opportunity

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularakairemōakairemeakairemiakairemaakairemēakairemelē
you 2nd person singularakairesōakaireseakairesiakairesaakairesēakaireselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularakairetōakaireteakairetiakairetaakairetēakairetelē
we 1st person pluralakairenōakaireneakaireniakairenaakairenēakairenelē
ye 2nd person pluralakairevōakaireveἠκαιρεῖσθεakaireviakairevaakairevēakairevelē
they 3rd person pluralakairelōakaireleakaireliakairelaakairelēakairelelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularakairemeiōakairemeiaakairemeiē
you 2nd person singularakaireseiōakaireseiaakaireseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularakaireteiōakaireteiaakaireteiē
we 1st person pluralakaireneiōakaireneiaakaireneiē
ye 2nd person pluralakaireveiōakaireveiaakaireveiē
they 3rd person pluralakaireleiōakaireleiaakaireleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularakairesōrakairesarakairesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularakairetōrakairetarakairetēr
ye 2nd person pluralakairevōrakairevarakairevēr
they 3rd person pluralakairelōrakairelarakairelēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularakairemoiōakairemoia
you 2nd person singularakairesoiōakairesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularakairetoiōakairetoia
we 1st person pluralakairenoiōakairenoia
ye 2nd person pluralakairevoiōakairevoia
they 3rd person pluralakaireloiōakaireloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voiceakairerōakaireriakaireraakairerē
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voiceakairerōtosakaireritosakaireratosakairerētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
akairstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvlwho person+eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+tthen it declines+ogender+sits job in the sentence case

akair is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

akaireve“had no opportunity”was happening · yeimperfect middle indicative 2nd person plural

Philippians 4:10“had no opportunity”Chairima de en kurio megalōs hoti ēdē pote anathallava tem huper mu fronarō, epi he kai fronave akaireve de.Now I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it.