adjective

proskairos

Greekπρόσκαιρος (proskairos)

Strong’sG4340

temporary

stem proskair-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

temporary2×fleeting1×short-lived1×

What it means

** πρόσ-καιρος, -ον,

[in LXX: IV Mac 15:2, 8, 23*;]

1. in season.

2. for a season, temporary, transient: II Co 4:18, He 11:25; of plants, short-lived: Mt 13:21, Mk 4:17.†

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

Saidpros'-kahee-ros

for the occasion only, i.e. temporary

Fromfrom G4314 and G2540;

King Jamesdur-(eth) for awhile, endure for a time, for a season, temporal.

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

Every form

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

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

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

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

proskairos“short-lived”subjectnominative singular1×

Matthew 13:21“short-lived”ouk echatō de rizan en heauto alla proskairos atō, gineratau de thlipsiau ē diōgmou dia ton logon euthuos skandalizitō.But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

proskairan“fleeting”objectaccusative singular1×

Hebrews 11:25“fleeting”mallon haireratos sunkakoucherō to lao tou theou ē proskairan echarō hamartau apolausian,He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.

proskairois“temporary”subjectnominative plural1×

Mark 4:17“temporary”kai ouk echalō rizan en heautoi alla proskairois alō, eita gineratau thlipsiau ē diōgmou dia ton logon euthuos skandalizilō.But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

proskaireim“temporary”subject or objectdirect plural1×

2 Corinthians 4:18“temporary”mē skoparōtoiu nu teim blepirōteim alla teim mē blepirōteim, teim gar blepirōteim proskaireim, teim de mē blepirōteim aiōnieim.So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.