verb
akairomō
Strong’sG170
I am without a suitable opportunity
stem akair-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
*† ἀκαιρέομαι, -οῦμαι
(< ἄκαιρος, unseasonable),
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.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
to be without an opportunity, opposed to εὐκαιρέω, Refs 1st c.BC+:—middle, imperfect ἠκαιρεῖσθεNT
2 talk nonsense, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| akairoveἠκαιρεῖσθε | was happening · yeimperfect middle or passive indicative 2nd person plural | had no opportunity | 1× |
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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | akairomō | akairome | akairomē | akairomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | akairosō | akairose | akairosē | akairoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | akairotō | akairote | akairotē | akairotelē |
| we 1st person plural | akaironō | akairone | akaironē | akaironelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | akairovō | akairove1×ἠκαιρεῖσθε | akairovē | akairovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | akairolō | akairole | akairolē | akairolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | akairomeiō | akairomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | akairoseiō | akairoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | akairoteiō | akairoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | akaironeiō | akaironeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | akairoveiō | akairoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | akairoleiō | akairoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | akairosōr | akairosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | akairotōr | akairotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | akairovōr | akairovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | akairolōr | akairolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | akairomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | akairosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | akairotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | akaironoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | akairovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | akairoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | akairorō | akairorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | akairorōntos | akairorēntos |
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
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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
akairove“had no opportunity”was happening · yeimperfect middle or passive indicative 2nd person plural1×
Philippians 4:10… mu fronarō, epi he kai fronave akairove de.… You were indeed concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it.