adjective
proskairos
Strong’sG4340
temporary
stem proskair-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books4 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.
** πρόσ-καιρος, -ον,
[in LXX: IV Mac 15:2, 8, 23*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4340 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
occasional, extraordinary, ἑορτή Refs; αἱ π. ἐπιβολαί the additional taxes, Refs 4th c.AD+; τὰ δημόσια τέλη κανονικά τε καὶ π. τούτων Refs 6th c.AD+
2 opportune, ἐκδρομαί Refs 1st c.AD+; ῥῆμα Refs 5th c.BC+
3 at the time, τὰ π. ἄδηλα Refs 2nd c.AD+
4 πρόσκαιρον, τό, agreement having temporary validity, Refs 6th c.AD+
II lasting for a time, temporary, Refs 1st c.BC+; π. ἡ τέρψις, opposed to ἀθάνατος, Refs 1st c.BC+; opposed to αἰώνιος, NT+1st c.AD+; transient, NT+3rd c.AD+. adverb -ρωςRefs 1st 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
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 | proskairos1×πρόσκαιρός | proskairas | proskairem | proskairois1×πρόσκαιροί | proskairais | proskaireim1×πρόσκαιρα |
| object accusative | proskairon | proskairan1×πρόσκαιρον | proskairoin | proskairain | ||
| direct address vocative | proskairor | proskairar | proskairoir | proskairair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | proskairou | proskairau | proskaireu | proskairoiu | proskairaiu | proskaireiu |
| to, for dative | proskairo | proskaira | proskaire | proskairoi | proskairai | proskairei |
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
proskair 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.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
proskairos“short-lived”subjectnominative singular1×
Matthew 13:21“short-lived”… echatō de rizan en heauto alla proskairos atō, generantau de thlipsiau ē diōgmou …But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because …
proskairan“fleeting”objectaccusative singular1×
Hebrews 11:25… sunkakouchorō to lao tou theou ē proskairan echarō hamartau apolausian,… people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
proskairois“temporary”subjectnominative plural1×
Mark 4:17“temporary”… ouk echalō rizan en heautoi alla proskairois alō, eita generantau thlipsiau ē diōgmou …But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because …
proskaireim“temporary”subject or objectdirect plural1×
2 Corinthians 4:18… teim mē bleporōnteim, teim gar bleporōnteim proskaireim, teim de mē bleporōnteim aiōnieim.… unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.