verb
eukairamō
Strong’sG2119
I have a good opportunity, have leisure
stem eukair-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 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.
*† εὐκαιρέω, -ῶ
(= cl., εὖ σχολῆς ἔχειν; used by Polyb. and Philo; cf. Rutherford, NPhr. 205; MM, Exp., xiv),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2119 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidyoo-kahee-reh'-o
to have good time, i.e. opportunity or leisure
Fromfrom G2121;
King Jameshave leisure (convenient time), spend time.
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
(late, accusative to Refs 2nd c.AD+, have opportunity, leisure or time, NT+3rd c.BC+: with infinitive, οὐδὲ φαγεῖν ηὐκαίρουν NT+3rd c.BC+
II τινι or εἴς τι, devote one's leisure to a thing, εὐ. τοῖς ἀθανάτοις ἑαυτοῦ Refs 4th c.BC+; εὐ. εἰς οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἢ.. NT
III enjoy good times, prosper, Refs 2nd c.BC+
III.2 to be timely, Refs 5th c.BC+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| eukairaleεὐκαίρουν | was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural | have time | 2× |
| eukairateiaεὐκαιρήσῃ | happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular | has 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 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eukairamō | eukairame | eukairami | eukairama | eukairamē | eukairamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | eukairasō | eukairase | eukairasi | eukairasa | eukairasē | eukairaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eukairatō | eukairate | eukairati | eukairata | eukairatē | eukairatelē |
| we 1st person plural | eukairanō | eukairane | eukairani | eukairana | eukairanē | eukairanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eukairavō | eukairave | eukairavi | eukairava | eukairavē | eukairavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | eukairalō | eukairale2×εὐκαίρουν | eukairali | eukairala | eukairalē | eukairalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eukairameiō | eukairameia | eukairameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | eukairaseiō | eukairaseia | eukairaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eukairateiō | eukairateia1×εὐκαιρήσῃ | eukairateiē |
| we 1st person plural | eukairaneiō | eukairaneia | eukairaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eukairaveiō | eukairaveia | eukairaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | eukairaleiō | eukairaleia | eukairaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | eukairasōr | eukairasar | eukairasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eukairatōr | eukairatar | eukairatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | eukairavōr | eukairavar | eukairavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | eukairalōr | eukairalar | eukairalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eukairamoiō | eukairamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | eukairasoiō | eukairasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eukairatoiō | eukairatoia |
| we 1st person plural | eukairanoiō | eukairanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | eukairavoiō | eukairavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | eukairaloiō | eukairaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | eukairarō | eukairari | eukairara | eukairarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | eukairarōntos | eukairarintos | eukairarantos | eukairarēntos |
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
eukair 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
eukairale“have time”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural2×
Mark 6:31… tois hupagarōntois pollois, kai oude esthiara eukairale.… going, and they did not even have time to eat.
Acts 17:21… tois epidēmarōntois xenois eis oudenem heterem eukairale ē legarō tinem ē akouarō tinem …… foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and …
eukairateia“has opportunity”happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular1×
1 Corinthians 16:12“has opportunity”… hina nun erchateia, ercheti de hotan eukairateia.… all inclined to go now, but he will go when he has …