eukairas

Strong’sG2121

timely, suitable

stem eukair-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 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.

εὔ-καιρος, -ον

[in LXX: Ps 103 (104):27 (עֵת), II Mac 14:29 15:20, 21, III Mac 4:11 5:44 *;]

timely, seasonable, suitable (Cremer, 740): ἡμέρα, Mk 6:21 (or empty, as in Byz. and MGr.; v. MM, Exp., xiv); βοήθεια, He 4:16.†

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

Strong’s G2121 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidyoo'-kahee-ros

well-timed, i.e. opportune

Fromfrom G2095 and G2540;

King Jamesconvenient, in time of need.

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

εὔκαιρ-ος, ον,
well-timed, seasonable, λόγος Refs 4th c.BC+; ὕδατα (rainfall) Refs 4th c.BC+; nihil -ότερον epistula tua, Refs 1st c.BC+: with infinitive, χὥ τι σοι λέγειν εὔκαιρόν ἐστι Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ εὔκαιρον, ={εὐκαιρία}, Refs 1st c.BC+; εὔκαιρον ἀείσας in season, Refs 5th c.BC+
II of places, convenient, well situated, τόποι Refs 3rd c.BC+
III rich, wealthy, uncertain reading in St. Byzantine see at {Χαττηνία}.
IV adverb -ρως seasonably, opportunely, Refs 5th c.BC+; εὐ. χρῆσθαί τινι Refs 5th c.BC+; favourably, propitiously, Refs 3rd c.BC+: comparative -ότερον Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative -ότατα Refs 2nd c.BC+
IV.2 οὐκ-ρως ἔχειν to have no leisure, Refs

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.

opportune1×time of need1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	eukairos	eukairas	eukairem	eukairois	eukairais	eukaireim
object accusative	eukairon	eukairan1×εὔκαιρον		eukairoin	eukairain
direct address vocative	eukairor	eukairar		eukairoir	eukairair
of, belonging to genitive	eukairou	eukairau1×εὐκαίρου	eukaireu	eukairoiu	eukairaiu	eukaireiu
to, for dative	eukairo	eukaira	eukaire	eukairoi	eukairai	eukairei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

eukairstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

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.

eukairamō — εὐκαιρέω, I have a good opportunity, have leisure

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

eukairan“time of need”objectaccusative singular1×

Hebrews 4:16… labaneia elesem kai charitan heuriskaneia eis eukairan boētheian.… grace to help us in our time of need.

eukairau“opportune”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Mark 6:21“opportune”Kai generantau hēmerau eukairau hote Hērōdos tei genesiei autou deipnem …On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his …