χρόνος
chrónos · G5550 · Greek · 54 occurrences
Meanings
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time, period of time
An indefinite unit of time (the actual extent of time being determined by the context)
ExamplesMatthew 2:7 Then Herod secretly called for the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared.
Matthew 2:16 Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent men and killed all the boys who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.
Matthew 25:19 “Now after a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them.
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time, occasion
Points of time consisting of occasions for particular events
ExamplesActs 1:7 But He said to them, “It is not for you to know periods of time or appointed times which the Father has set by His own authority;
Acts 7:17 “But as the time of the promise which God had assured to Abraham was approaching, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
Galatians 4:4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
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since all time, from all ages past, from the beginning of time
An exceedingly long period of time from an assumed beginning up to the present
ExamplesRomans 16:25 Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past,
2 Timothy 1:9 who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was granted to us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- ἐπαγγελίαpromise 1
- παροικίαtime of residence 1
- τίκτωto give birth, to bear 1
- ἄγνοιαignorance 1
- φαίνωto shine, to appear 1
- ἀποκατάστασιςrestoration 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
31 occurrences in 14 groups
- ἱκανόςconsiderable, many, worthy 6
- μικρόςsmall, little 4
- ὅσοςas many as, as much as 4
- πολύςmany 3
- Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14
Named alongside itApposition
4 occurrences in 5 groups
- εἰσέρχομαιto enter, to go into, to come into 1
- ἐξέρχομαιto go out, to depart 1
- ἀκριβόωto learn exactly 1
- λαλέωto speak 1
- τίθημιto put 1
What it doesIt is the subject
7 occurrences in 6 groups
- εἰμίto be 2
- διαγίνομαιto pass 1
- ἐγγίζωto draw near 1
- ἐπιλείπωto begin to come to the end 1
- πλήθωto fill, to be filled 1
- πληρόωto fulfill, to fill 1
What is done to itIt is the object
7 occurrences in 7 groups
- γινώσκωto know 1
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 1
- ἐπιμένωto remain 1
- ἀκριβόωto learn exactly 1
- ποιέωto do, to make 1
- ὑπερείδωto overlook 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
15 occurrences in 9 groups
- ἐπίon 7
- ἐνin 4
- μετάwith, after 4
- πρόbefore 4
- κατάaccording to, against, down 3
- Other words · 4 groups that occur once or twice (8) 8
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἔσχατοςlast 1
- πλήρωμαfullness, that which fills 1
- στιγμήmoment 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- יוֹם yôwm · H3117 · day, time, when
- χρόνος (chrónos, G5550) denotes general duration or span of time, while יוֹם (yôwm, H3117) primarily means 'day' as a calendrical unit but extends idiomatically to time-periods in phrases like 'in those days'; they overlap where Greek χρόνος renders contexts involving Hebrew יוֹם used for duration rather than single-day reference.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Time, occasion67.1
- Matthew 2:7 recounts that Herod “secretly called for the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared”.
- Since all time, from all ages past, from the beginning of time67.133
- Romans 16:25 speaks of “the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past”.
- Time, period of time67.78
- Acts 3:21 says heaven must receive Christ “until the period of restoration of all things, about which God spoke by the mouths of His holy prophets from ancient times”.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Also from the root χρόνος
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon χρόνου, ὁ, from Homer down, the Sept. for יום, עֵת, etc. time: Heb 11:32; Rev 10:6; ὁ…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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