2119. eukaireó

Strong's Lexicon

eukaireó: To have an opportunity, to be timely, to be convenient.

Original Word: εὐκαιρέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: eukaireó
Pronunciation: yoo-kai-reh'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-kahee-reh'-o)
Definition: To have an opportunity, to be timely, to be convenient.
Meaning: I have a good (favorable) opportunity, have leisure; I devote my leisure to.

Word Origin: From the Greek words εὖ (eu, meaning "well" or "good") and καιρός (kairos, meaning "time" or "season").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for εὐκαιρέω, the concept of seizing the right moment can be related to the Hebrew word עֵת (eth, Strong's H6256), which also denotes time or season.

Usage: The verb εὐκαιρέω (eukaireó) is used in the New Testament to describe the act of having or seizing an opportune moment. It conveys the idea of acting at the right or favorable time. This term emphasizes the importance of timing and the discernment needed to recognize and act upon opportunities as they arise.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of "kairos" (time) was significant, often referring to a critical or opportune moment that required decisive action. The prefix "eu-" adds the notion of goodness or appropriateness to the timing. In the New Testament context, this reflects a worldview that values divine timing and the wisdom to act in accordance with God's will.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from eukairos
Definition
to have opportunity
NASB Translation
have time (1), opportunity (1), spend...time (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2119: εὐκαιρέω

εὐκαιρέω, ἐυκαίρω: imperfect εὐκαίρουν (so L T Tr WH in Mark 6:31; R G in Acts 17:21) and ηὐκαίρουν (R G in Mark, the passage cited; L T Tr WH in Acts, the passage cited) (between which the manuscripts vary, see εὐδοκέω, at the beginning); 1 aorist subjunctive ἐυκαιρήσω; (εὔκαιρος); a later word, from Polybius onward (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 125f; (Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 205; Sophocles Lexicon, under the word)); to have opportunity: 1 Corinthians 16:12; to have leisure, followed by an infinitive, to do something, Mark 6:31 ((Plutarch, ii., p. 223 d. Cleomedes (?) Anax. § 9)); to give one's time to a thing, εἰς τί, Acts 17:21.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

have leisure, spend time.

From eukairos; to have good time, i.e. Opportunity or leisure -- have leisure (convenient time), spend time.

see GREEK eukairos

Forms and Transliterations

ευκαιρηση ευκαιρήση εὐκαιρήσῃ ευκαιρουν εὐκαίρουν ηυκαιρουν ηυκαίρουν ηὐκαίρουν eukairese eukairēsē eukairḗsei eukairḗsēi eukairoun eukaíroun ēukairoun eykaíroun ēykaíroun

Englishman's Concordance

Mark 6:31 V-IIA-3P
GRK: οὐδὲ φαγεῖν εὐκαίρουν
NAS: and they did not even have time to eat.)
KJV: they had no leisure so much as
INT: not even to eat had they opportunity

Acts 17:21 V-IIA-3P
GRK: οὐδὲν ἕτερον ηὐκαίρουν ἢ λέγειν
NAS: visiting there used to spend their time in nothing
KJV: were there spent their time in
INT: nothing else spent their leisure than to tell

1 Corinthians 16:12 V-ASA-3S
GRK: δὲ ὅταν εὐκαιρήσῃ
NAS: when he has opportunity.
KJV: when he shall have convenient time.
INT: however when he shall have opportunity

Strong's Greek 2119
3 Occurrences

ηὐκαίρουν — 1 Occ.
εὐκαιρήσῃ — 1 Occ.
εὐκαίρουν — 1 Occ.