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1 καιρός
καιρός, ὁ, das rech te Maaß, μέτρα φυλάσσεσϑαι· καιρὸς δ' ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ἄριστος Hes. O. 692, vgl. Hierax. bei Stob. Fl. 10, 78; καιροῦ πέρα, über das rechte Maaß hinaus, Aesch. Prom. 506; ὑποκάμψας καιρὸν χάριτος Ag. 761, vgl. Suppl. 1046; Theogn. 401; μείζω τοῦ καιροῦ τὴν γαστέρα ἔχων, μετριωτέραν ποιῆσαι αὐτήν Xen. Conv. 2, 19; ὑπερβάλλειν τῇ φιλοτιμίᾳ τὸν καιρόν, das rechte Maaß überschreiten, Plut. Ages. 8; – übh. das rechte Verhältniß, bes. der rechte Zeitpunkt zu Etwas, die passende, günstige Zeit, gute Gelegenheit; καιρὸς ἔχει παντὸς κορυφάν Pind. P. 9, 81 (vgl. Soph. El. 75); νοῆσαι κ. ἄριστος Ol. 13, 46; κατὰ καιρόν I. 2, 22; παρὰ καιρόν Ol. 8, 24 P. 10, 4; ἐν καιρῷ Aesch. Prom. 879, zur rechten Zeit; τὸν δ' οὐδαμῶς καιρὸς γεγωνεῖν Prom. 521; καὶ τῶνδε καιρὸν ὅςτις ὤκιστος λαβέ, nütze so schnell wie möglich die rechte Zeit, Spt. 65; καιρὸς καὶ πλοῦς Soph. Phil. 1436; ὑμῖν δ' ἂν εἴη τήνδε καιρὸς ἐξάγειν O. C. 830; ἵν' οὐκέτ' ὀκνεῖν καιρός El. 22; öfter πρὸς καιρόν, λέγειν, ἐννέπειν, wie oben καίρια, Phil. 1263 Tr. 59; auch ἐν καιρῷ u. ἐς καιρόν, O. C. 813 Ai. 1147; auch mit dem bloßen acc., καιρὸν δ' ἐφήκεις Ai. 34. 1295; ἀφῖξαι εἰς καιρὸν κακῶν Eur. Or. 384; εἰς καιρὸν ἦλϑες Troad. 739 u. öfter; καιρὸν εὐλαβούμενος, den rechten Zeitpunkt wahrnehmend, 698; παρὰ καιρόν I. A. 800; ὡς ὁ καιρὸς οὐχὶ μέλλειν, ἀλλ' ἔστ' ἐπ' αὐτῆς τῆς ἀκμῆς Ar. Plut. 255; ἡμέας ἐστὶ καιρὸς προςβωϑῆσαι Her. 8, 144; καιρὸς ἤδη διαλύειν τὴν στρατιάν Xen. Cyr. 5, 5, 43; καιρὸν παριέναι, den rechten Zeitpunkt vorbeilassen, Thuc. 4, 27; οὐ παρεὶς τοὺς καιρούς Plat. Rep. II, 374 c; καϑυφιέναι Dem. 19, 6; τηρεῖν, ihn wahrnehmen, Arist. rhet. 2, 6; καιρὸν εἰληφέναι ἐνόμισαν Lys. 13, 6, sie glaubten einen günstigen Zeitpunkt getroffen zu haben; καιροῦ λαβέσϑαι Luc. Tim. 13; – dem σχολή entsprechend, Muße, Strab. V, 3, 5; καιρῷ χρῆσϑαι Plut. Pyrrh. 7; ἐς καιρόν, wie ἐν καιρῷ, zur rechten Zeit, Tragg. (s. oben); Her. 7, 144; ὥς οἱ κατὰ καιρὸν ἦν, wie es ihm bequem war, 1, 30; Thuc. 4, 59; Plat. Crit. 44 a; ἐπὶ καιροῦ Dem. 19, 258; Plut. Sert. 3; σὺν καιρῷ Pol. 2, 38, 7; – ἀπὸ καιροῦ, außer der Zeit, zur Unzeit, Plat. Theaet. 187 e; ἄνευ καιροῦ Ep. VII, 339 c; eben so παρὰ καιρόν, Plat. Polit. 277 a u. sonst; ἐκ καιροῦ, plötzlich, Pol. 6, 32, 3; ἐπὶ καιροῠ, ex tempore, Plut. Dem. 8. – Uebh. Zeitpunkt, Zeit, χειμῶνος Plat. Legg. IV, 709 c, u. so bes. Sp., dah. Moeris dies als hellenistischen Sprachgebrauch, statt ὥρα, bezeichnet; – οἱ καιροί, Zeitumstände, bes. schlimme, Xen. Hell. 6, 5, 33; – ὁ ἔσχατος καιρός, Pol. 29, 11, 12 Plut. Syll. 12. – Auch vom Orte, ἐναυλισάμενοι τῶν χωρίων, οὗ καιρὸς εἴη, wo es passend war, Thuc. 4, 54; ἐς καιρὸν τυπείς = καιρίαν, Eur. Andr. 1120; προσωτέρω τοῦ καιροῦ, weiter als recht, gut ist, διώκειν, προιέναι, Xen. Hell. 7, 5, 13 An. 4, 3, 34 u. Sp., wie D. Cass. 36, 30. – W. Einem zu Statten kommt, Vortheil, Nutzen, τὸ νὸν φρουρεῖν ὄμμ' ἐπὶ σῷ μάλιστα καιρῷ Soph. Phil. 151; τὰ δ' ὑπερβάλλοντα οὐδένα καιρὸ δύναται ϑνατοῖς Eur. Med. 128; ἐς καιρὸν ἔσται, es wird nützlich sein, Her. 7, 144; ἐν καιρῷ γίγνεσϑαί τινι Xen. Cyr. 5, 1, 17; vgl. Dem. μάλιστα δ' ἐπὶ καιροῦ τοῦτο γένοιτ' ἂν καὶ πάντας ὠφελήσειεν ἀνϑρώπους 19, 258; – μέγιστον ἔχετε καιρόν, ihr habt den meisten Einfluß, das größte Gewicht, Xen. An. 3, 1, 36. – Wahrscheinlich hängt es mit κάρα zusammen, was die Sache auf den Kopf trifft, den rechten Fleck trifft. Vgl. καίριος.
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2 καιρός
καιρός, οῦ, ὁ (Hes.+; loanw. in rabb.)① a point of time or period of time, time, period, freq. with implication of being esp. fit for someth. and without emphasis on precise chronologyⓐ gener. (cp. Just., D. 32, 4 τὸν γὰρ καιρὸν [Da 7:26] ἑκατὸν ἔτη ἐξηγεῖσθε λέγεσθαι) κ. δεκτός a welcome time 2 Cor 6:2a (Is 49:8); cp. vs. 2b. καιροὶ χαλεποί difficult times 2 Ti 3:1. In ref. to times of crisis for the state λοιμικοῦ καιροῦ 1 Cl 55:1 (s. JFischer ad loc. note 322) καιροὶ καρποφόροι fruitful times or seasons (so Achmes 156, 15f: καρποφόρος is the καιρός in which the tree bears fruit, in contrast to late autumn, when there is no more) Ac 14:17 (OLagercrantz, ZNW 31, ’32, 86f proposes, on the basis of Mod. Gk., the mng., ‘weather’, but the pl. is against this mng.). καιροὶ ἐαρινοί 1 Cl 20:9.—ἔσται καιρὸς ὅτε there will come a time when 2 Ti 4:3; εἰς τίνα ἢ ποῖον κ. to what time or what sort of time (some, e.g. NRSV, interpret τίνα=the person, but cp. PTebt 25, 18 [117 B.C.] καὶ διὰ τίνος καὶ ἀπὸ ποίου ἐπιδείγματος; s. ποῖος 1aα, also ποτατός) 1 Pt 1:11. ἄχρι καιροῦ until (another) time, for a while Lk 4:13; Ac 13:11; ἐν καιρῷ ὀλίγῳ in a little time 1 Cl 23:4; ἐν παντὶ κ. at all times, always (Aristot. 117a, 35; Sir 26:4) Lk 21:36; Eph 6:18; Hm 5, 2, 3. κατὰ καιρόν from time to time, regularly (TestJob 36:4; Lucian, Hermot. 10; Plut., Mor. 984d) J 5:4 (s. 2 also); 1 Cl 24:2; GJs 3:3; πρὸς κ. for a limited time (perh. also for the present moment; cp. Strabo 6, 2, 3; Ps.-Plut., Fluv. 23; BGU 265, 20 [II A.D.]; 618, 19; 780, 14; Wsd 4:4; Philo, Post. Cai. 121; Jos., Bell. 6, 190; Tat. 13, 1) Lk 8:13; 1 Cor 7:5. πρὸς καιρὸν ὥρας (a combination of πρὸς κ. and πρὸς ὥραν [2 Cor 7:8; Gal 2:5; Phlm 15; J 5:35]) for a short time (cp. our ‘for a short space of time’) 1 Th 2:17.ⓑ a moment or period as especially appropriate the right, proper, favorable time ἐν καιρῷ at the right time (X., An. 3, 1, 39; Diod S 36, 7, 2; Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 8 §29; SIG 1268 [Praecepta Delphica II, 6; III B.C.]) Mt 24:45; Lk 12:42 (cp. on both Ps 103:27, w. v.l.). καιρῷ (Thu. 4, 59, 3 v.l.; Diog. L. 1, 41) Lk 20:10 (v.l. ἐν κ.). τῷ καιρῷ Mk 12:2. ὁ καιρὸς ὁ ἐμός, ὁ καιρὸς ὁ ὑμέτερος the proper time for me (you) J 7:6, 8 (Eunap., Vi. Iambl. p. 459 Didot: the worker of miracles acts ὅταν καιρὸς ᾖ). νῦν κ. ταῦτα ὑμᾶς μαθεῖν οὐκ ἔστιν now is not the time for you to learn this AcPl Ha 1, 26 (Just., D. 8, 1 ἃ νῦν κ. οὐκ ἔστι λέγειν al.).—καιρὸν λαβεῖν find a favorable time, seize the opportunity (Lysias, C. Agor. 6; Cleanthes [III B.C.]: Stoic. I no. 573; Diod S 2, 6, 5; EpArist 248; Jos., Bell. 1, 527, Ant. 4, 10; cp. PTebt 332, 9). καιρὸν μεταλαβεῖν (s. μεταλαμβάνω 2) Ac 24:25. λαβεῖν κ. εὔθετον find a convenient opportunity Pol 13:1. κ. ἔχειν have opportunity (Thu. 1, 42, 3; Pla., Ep. 7, 324b; Plut., Lucull. 501 [16, 4]; PFlor 259, 3; 1 Macc 15:34; Jos., Ant. 16, 73; 335; Ath., R. 23 p. 77, 6; Did., Gen. 112, 10) Gal 6:10; Hb 11:15; 2 Cl 16:1; ISm 9:1; IRo 2:1. ὀλίγον καιρὸν ἔχειν Rv 12:12. ἐξαγοράζεσθαι τὸν κ. make the most of the opportunity Col 4:5; Eph 5:16 (s. ἐξαγοράζω 2). On Ro 12:11 v.l. s. δουλεύω 2aβ and b. κατὰ κ. Ro 5:6 is more naturally construed with ἀπέθανεν than with ἀσεβῶν (cp. κατὰ καιρὸν θεριζόμενος reaped in its proper time Job 5:26).—The concept of the appropriate time oft. blends with that of② a defined period for an event. definite, fixed time. Abs. καιροί festal seasons (Ex 23:14, 17; Lev 23:4.—So perh. also beside θυσίαι in the Ins de Sinuri ed. LRobert ’45 no. 42) Gal 4:10 (κ. w. ἡμέρα as Polyaenus 8, 23, 17). τὰς τῶν καιρῶν ἀλλαγὰς καταδιαιρεῖν … ἃ μὲν εἰς ἑορτάς, ἃς δὲ εἰς πένθη to set up periods of fasting and mourning in accord with changes in seasons Dg 4:5.—Not infreq. w. a gen., which indicates the reason why the time is set apart (Pla., Leg. 4, 709c χειμῶνος καιρός; Aesop, Fab. 258 P.=255 H-H./206 Ch. ἀπολογίας κ., also oft. LXX; Philo, Spec. Leg. 1, 191 κ. εὐφροσύνης; Jos., Ant. 18, 74; Tat. 36, 1 κατʼ ἐκεῖνον αὐτὸν … τὸν τοῦ πολέμου κ.; Hippol., Ref. 9, 30, 27 κ. τῆς παρουσίας; Did., Gen. 175, 2 κ. τοῦ ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὴν γῆν) κ. θερισμοῦ time of harvest Mt 13:30 (JosAs 2:19). κ. τῶν καρπῶν time when the fruit is ripe 21:34; cp. vs. 41. κ. σύκων time when the figs are ripe Mk 11:13 (ParJer 5:31; cp. Horapollo 2, 92 ὁ κ. τῶν ἀμπέλων). κ. μετανοίας time for repentance 2 Cl 8:2. κ. πειρασμοῦ Lk 8:13b. ὁ κ. τῆς ἀναλύσεως the time of death 2 Ti 4:6. κ. ἐπισκοπῆς σου Lk 19:44. κ. διορθώσεως Hb 9:10. κ. ἡλικίας 11:11. κ. τῆς ἡγεμονίας Ποντίου Πιλάτου the time of the procuratorship of P. P. IMg 11. κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦ μαρτυρίου at the time of martyrdom EpilMosq 2 (cp. Mel., HE 4, 26, 3 ᾧ Σάγαρις καιρῷ ἐμαρτύρησεν). ἐν τῷ ἑαυτοῦ καιρῷ (Num 9:7) 2 Th 2:6. ὁ κ. αὐτῶν the time set for the fulfillment of Gabriel’s words Lk 1:20; cp. Dg 11:5 (s. διαγγέλλω 2). ὁ κ. μου my time=the time of my death Mt 26:18. κ. τοῦ ἰαθῆναι time to be healed 2 Cl 9:7. κ. τοῦ ἄρξασθαι τὸ κρίμα 1 Pt 4:17; cp. the extraordinary ἦλθεν ὁ κ. τῶν νεκρῶν κριθῆναι καὶ δοῦναι = ἵνα κριθῶσιν οἱ νεκροὶ καὶ δῷς Rv 11:18.—Pl. (Num 9:3 κατὰ καιρούς; Tob 14:4 S πάντα συμβήσεται τοῖς καιροῖς αὐτῶν; Heraclit. Sto. 11 p. 18, 18=the periods of time between; Maximus Tyr. 1, 2f πολλοὶ κ.; TestNapht 7:1 δεῖ ταῦτα πληρωθῆναι κατὰ τοὺς καιροὺς αὐτῶν; Ar. 4, 2 κατὰ καιρούς) καιροὶ ἐθνῶν times of the Gentiles (in which they may inflict harm on God’s people or themselves be converted) Lk 21:24.—κατὰ καιρόν at the appropriate time (Arrian, Anab. 4, 5, 1; PSI 433, 4 [261 B.C.]; Just., A I, 19, 4; Mel., HE 4, 26, 3) J 5:4; 1 Cl 56:15 (Job 5:26). Also ἐν καιρῷ (Himerius, Or 13 [Ecl. 14], 3): ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ B 11:6, 8 (Ps 1:3). καιρῷ ἰδίῳ in due time Gal 6:9. Pl. καιροῖς ἰδίοις at the right time 1 Ti 2:6; 6:15; Tit 1:3; cp. 1 Cl 20:4 (Just., D. 131, 4 πρὸ τῶν ἰδίων κ.).—κατὰ τὸν ἴδιον καιρόν vs. 10.—πεπλήρωται ὁ κ. the time (determined by God) is fulfilled Mk 1:15. Pl. (cp. Ps 103:19) ὁρίσας προστεταγμένους καιρούς he (God) has determined allotted times (MDibelius, SBHeidAk ’38/39, 2. Abh. p. 6f, ‘seasons’; cp. 1QM 10, 12–15; FMussner, Einige Parallelen [Qumran and Areopagus speech], BZ 1, ’57, 125–30) Ac 17:26; cp. κατὰ καιροὺς τεταγμένους 1 Cl 40:1; ὡρισμένοις καιροῖς καὶ ὥραις vs. 2; τοῖς προστεταγμένοις κ. vs. 4.③ a period characterized by some aspect of special crisis, timeⓐ gener.: the present (time) Ro 13:11; 12:11 v.l. ὁ καιρός (i.e. the crisis involving Christians) ἀπαιτεῖ σε the times call upon you IPol 2:3 (Diod S 17, 27, 2 ὑπὸ τῶν καιρῶν προεκλήθησαν=they were called out by the [critical circumstances of the] times). Also ὁ νῦν κ. (PSI 402, 7 [III B.C.] ἐν τῷ νῦν καιρῷ) Ro 3:26; 8:18; 11:5; 2 Cor 8:14; B 4:1. κ. ὁ νῦν τῆς ἀνομίας the present godless time 18:2 (s. also b below). ὁ κ. ὁ ἐνεστηκώς (Polyb. 1, 60, 9; Jos., Ant. 16, 162) Hb 9:9; ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ κ. at that time, then (Gen 21:22; Is 38:1; τῷ κ. ἐκείνῳ TestSol D 8, 2) Mt 11:25; 12:1; 14:1; cp. Eph 2:12. Also κατʼ ἐκεῖνον τὸν κ. (Jos., Ant. 1, 171, Vi. 49; GJs 10:2.—Diod S 2, 27, 1 and Vi. Aesopi G 81 P. κατʼ ἐκείνους τοὺς καιρούς=at that time. Cp. κατʼ ἐκεῖνο καιροῦ Hippol., Ref. 9, 12, 10.) Ac 12:1; 19:23. ἔτι κατὰ καιρὸν ὑπὲρ ἀσεβῶν for those who at that time were still godless Ro 5:6, though κατὰ κ. here prob.=at the right time, as in mng. 1b above (s. B-D-F §255, 3). τῷ τότε τῆς ἀδικίας καιρῷ … τὸν νῦν τῆς δικαιοσύνης Dg 9:1; cp. 9:2. Of the future κατὰ τ. καιρὸν τοῦτον at this time Ro 9:9 (Gen 18:10, 14). Cp. EpilMosq 2 in 2 above. ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ κ. just at that time (2 Esdr 5:3) Lk 13:1. W. attraction of the relative ἐν ᾧ κ. at that time, then Ac 7:20. κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν ὸ̔ν καὶ πέρυσι at the same time as in the year preceding Hv 2, 1, 1.ⓑ One of the chief terms relating to the endtime: ὁ καιρός the time of crisis, the last times (FBusch, Z. Verständnis d. synopt. Eschatol. Mk 13 neu untersucht ’38; GDelling, D. Zeitverständn. des NTs ’40; WMichaelis, D. Herr verzieht nicht d. Verheissung ’42; WKümmel, Verheissung. u. Erfüllung ’45,3 ’56; OCullmann, Christus u. d. Zeit ’46 [tr. FFilson, Christ and Time ’50, 39–45; 79; 121]) ὁ κ. ἤγγικεν Lk 21:8. ὁ κ. ἐγγύς Rv 1:3; 22:10. οὐκ οἴδατε πότε ὁ καιρός ἐστιν Mk 13:33. Cp. Ro 13:11 (s. 3a above) if it is to be interpreted as eschatological (cp. Plut., Mor. 549f). πρὸ καιροῦ before the endtime and the judgment Mt 8:29; 1 Cor 4:5. ἐν καιρῷ 1 Pt 5:6. Also ἐν καιρῷ ἐσχάτῳ 1:5; D 16:2. Pl. πλήρωμα τῶν καιρῶν Eph 1:10. ἐπηρώτων … περὶ τῶν καιρῶν, εἰ ἤδη συντέλειά ἐστιν Hv 3, 8, 9. τὰ σημεῖα τ. καιρῶν the signs of the (Messianic) times Mt 16:3. τοὺς καιροὺς καταμάνθανε learn to understand the times IPol 3:2 (s. WBauer, Hdb. Suppl. vol. ad loc.) The Messianic times described as καιροὶ ἀναψύξεως Ac 3:20.—ἔσχατοι καιροί (or ὕστεροι καιροί 1 Ti 4:1) come before the ἔσχατος κ. IEph 11:1 (cp. ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων κ. AcPl Ha 8, 26 [restoration is certain=Ox 1601, 40/BMM recto 34]); χρόνοι ἢ καιροί times and seasons (cp. Iren. 1, 17, 2 [Harv. I 168, 9] and καιρῶν κατὰ χρόνους ἀλλαγή Theoph. Ant. 1, 6 [p. 70, 1]; Artem. 4, 2 p. 203, 25f the χρόνος is divided into καιροὶ καὶ ὧραι), which must be completed before the final consummation Ac 1:7 (Straton of Lamps. in FWehrli, Die Schule des Aristoteles, V Fgm. 10, 32f κατὰ τοὺς καιροὺς καὶ τοὺς χρόνους; quoted in JBarr, Biblical Words for Time, ’62, 33; see also Diog. L. 5, 64); cp. 1 Th 5:1. συντέμνειν τοὺς καιρούς shorten the (last) times B 4:3. Sim. in sg. ὁ καιρὸς συνεσταλμένος ἐστίν 1 Cor 7:29.—The expr. καιρὸν καὶ καιροὺς κ. ἥμισυ καιροῦ also belongs to the eschatol. vocab.; it means the apocalyptic time of 1 + 2 + ½ = 3½ years, during which acc. to Da 12:7 (cp. 7:25) a tyrranical enemy of God and God’s people is to reign on earth Rv 12:14 (in imagery of a serpentine monster, δράκων)—ὁ κ. οὗτος the present age (cp. αἰών 2a) Mk 10:30; Lk 12:56; 18:30. Also ὁ νῦν κ. B 4:1. As ruled by the devil: ὁ ἄνομος κ. 4:9. καταργεῖν τὸν κ. τοῦ ἀνόμου destroy the age of the lawless one 15:5. The soul seeks και[ρο]ῦ χρόνου αἰ̣ῶ̣νος ἀνάπαυσιν ἐ̣[ν] σιγῇ peace in silence, at the time of the aeon crisis GMary 463, 1.—On Dg 12:9 s. the editions of vGebh.-Harnack and Bihlmeyer.—JMánek, NTS 6, ’59, 45–51; JBarr, Biblical Words for Time, ’62.—B. 954. Schmidt, Syn. II 54–72. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv. -
3 ἔσχατος
ἔσχατος, η, ον (Hom.+) gener. ‘last’① pert. to being at the farthest boundary of an area, farthest, last ὁ ἔσχατος τόπος, perh. to be understood locally of the place in the farthest corner Lk 14:9f (but s. 2 below).—Subst. τὸ ἔσχατον the end (schol. on Apollon. Rhod. 4, 1515a p. 319, 19 εἰς τὸ ἔσχατον τῆς νήσου; PTebt 68, 54 [II B.C.] of a document) ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς to the end of the earth (Is 48:20; 62:11; 1 Macc 3:9; PsSol 1:4; εἰς τὸ ἔ. τῆς γῆς TestSol 7:6 D) Ac 1:8 (CBurchard, D. Dreizehnte Zeuge, ’70, 134 n. 309; EEllis, ‘The End of the Earth’, Acts 1:8: Bulletin for Biblical Research 1, ’91, 123–32, tr. of his text in: Der Treue Gottes Trauen, Beiträge … für Gerhard Schneider, ed. CBussmann and WRadl ’91, 277–86 [Luke wrote in mid-60’s and Paul reached Gades in Spain]; BBecking, 573–76); 13:47; B 14:8 (the two last Is 49:6). Pl. (Hes., Theog. 731 and an oracle in Hdt. 7, 140 ἔσχατα γαίης; X., Vect. 1, 6; Diod S 1, 60, 5; Ael. Aristid. 35, 14 K.=9 p. 103 D.: ἔσχ. γῆς; Crates, Ep. 31 and Demosth., Ep. 4, 7 ἐπʼ ἔσχατα γῆς) τὰ ἔ. τῆς γῆς the ends of the earth 1 Cl 28:3 (Theocr. 15, 8; schol. on Apollon. Rhod. 2, 413–18b. With εἰς before it Ps 138:9).② pert. to being the final item in a series, least, last in timeⓐ coming last or the last of someth. that is left w. ref. to its relation with someth. preceding Mt 20:12, 14; Mk 12:6, 22; J 8:9 v.l. Opp. πρῶτος (2 Ch 9:29 al.; Sir 24:28; 41:3): ἀπὸ τῶν ἐ. ἕως τῶν πρώτων Mt 20:8; cp. 27:64; 1 Cor 15:45 (ἔ. also the later of two, as Dt 24:3f ἔ. … πρότερος; hence 1 Cor 15:47 replaced by δεύτερος). Cp. Mt 21:31 v.l. ὁ. ἔ. the latter. Of things τὰ ἔσχατα Rv 2:19; Hv 1, 4, 2. τὰ ἔσχατα (in contrast to τὰ πρῶτα as Job 8:7; TestSol 26:8) the last state Mt 12:45; Lk 11:26; 2 Pt 2:20. Of the creation in the last days ποιῶ τ. ἔσχατα ὡς τ. πρῶτα (apocryphal quot.; cp. Hippolytus, Comm. on Daniel 4:37) B 6:13.ⓑ w. ref. to a situation in which there is nothing to follow the ἔ. (Diod S 19, 59, 6 κρίσιν ἐσχάτην τῆς περὶ Δημήτριον βασιλείας=the last [final] crisis in the reign of Demetrius; TestAbr B 3 p. 108, 3 [Stone p. 64] ἐσχατός μού ἐστιν): ἡ ἐ. ἡμέρα τ. ἑορτῆς (cp. 2 Esdr 18:18) J 7:37. τὴν ἐ. ἡμέραν τῆς ζωῆς Hv 3, 12, 2; ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ αὐτοῦ ἡμέρᾳ in the last days of his life GJs 1:3 (cp. ApcEsd 7:10 ὥσπερ καὶ τὰ ἔσχατα τοῦ Ἰωσήφ). ὁ ἔ. κοδράντης (cp. 2 Esdr 15:15) Mt 5:26; Lk 12:59 v.l.; D 1:5; cp. 1 Cor 15:26, 52; Rv 15:1; 21:9. τὴν … ἐ. ῥάβδον GJs 9:1. τὰ ἔ. ῥήματα the last words (of a speech) Hv 1, 3, 3. As a self-designation of the Risen Lord ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἒ. the first and the last Rv 1:17; 2:8; 22:13. Esp. of the last days, which are sometimes thought of as beginning w. the birth of Christ, somet. w. his second coming ἡ ἐ. ἡμέρα the last day (PViereck, Sermo Gr., quo senatus pop. Rom. magistratusque … usi sunt 1888 ins 29, 9 [116 B.C.] εἰς ἐσχάτην ἡμέραν=forever) J 6:39f, 44, 54; 11:24; 12:48 (ApcMos 41; BAebert, D. Eschatol. des J, diss. Bres. ’36); Hv 2, 2, 5. Pl. (Is 2:2) Ac 2:17; 2 Ti 3:1; Js 5:3; D 16:3; B 4:9. ἐπʼ ἐσχάτου τῶν ἡμερῶν τούτων (Num 24:14; Jer 23:20; 25:19) in these last days Hb 1:2. ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων τ. ἡμερῶν (Hos 3:5; Jer 37:24; Ezk 38:16) 2 Pt 3:3 (cp. ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων χρόνων 1 Pt 1:20 v.l.); 2 Cl 14:2; B 12:9; 16:5; Hs 9, 12, 3; GJs 7:2.—ἐπʼ ἐσχάτου τοῦ χρόνου Jd 18; ἐπʼ ἐσχάτου τ. χρόνων 1 Pt 1:20.—ἔ. καιρός vs. 5; D 16:2. Pl. (TestIss 6:1 ἐν ἐσχάτοις καιροῖς) IEph 11:1. ἐπʼ ἐ. [κα]ι̣ρ̣[ῶ]ν̣ AcPl Ha 8, 25 (Ox 1602, 39f reads ἐπʼ ἐ̣|σ̣χάτῳ τῶν καιρῶν, cp. BMM recto 33; ApcMos 13).—ἐ. ὥρα (Teles p. 17, 5) 1J 2:18.—The neut. ἔσχατον as adv. finally (SIG 1219, 11 [III B.C.]; POxy 886, 21; Num 31:2; Pr 29:21; Tat. 35, 1) ἔ. πάντων last of all Mk 12:22; 1 Cor 15:8 (PJones, TynBull 36, ’85, 3–34). S. lit. s.v. παρουσία.③ pert. to furthest extremity in rank, value, or situation, last: last, least, most insignificant (opp. πρῶτος as Hierocles 23 p. 468: a human is ἔσχατος μὲν τῶν ἄνω, πρῶτος δὲ τῶν κάτω): (οἱ) πρῶτοι ἔσχατοι καὶ (οἱ) ἔσχατοι πρῶτοι Mt 19:30; 20:16; Mk 9:35 (πάντων ἔσχατος as Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 77 §322); 10:31; Lk 13:30; Ox 654, 25 (restored); 26 (=ASyn. 256, 55; GTh 4; Fitzmyer, Oxy. p. 523). τὸν ἔ. τόπον κατέχειν take the poorest place (in this sense the ἔ. τόπος would be contrasted with the ἐνδοξότερος, as Diog. L. 2, 73) Lk 14:9; cp. vs. 10 (but s. 1 above). Of the apostles, whom God has exhibited as the least among humans, by the misfortunes they have suffered (Diod S 8, 18, 3 the ἔσχατοι are the people living in the most extreme misery; Dio Chrys. 21 [38], 37 the tyrants treat you as ἐσχάτους; Cass. Dio 42, 5, 5 Πομπήιος … καθάπερ τις τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἔσχατος) 1 Cor 4:9. ἔ. τῶν πιστῶν IEph 21:2; cp. ITr 13:1; IRo 9:2; ISm 11:1. Of a very hazardous situation extreme εἰ … ἔ. κίνδυνον in extreme danger AcPl Ha 4, 15f (cp. Just., D. 46, 7 ὑπομένομεν τὰ ἐ. τιμωρία).—In a positive sense, utmost, finest εὐλόγησον αὐτὴν ἐσχάτην εὐλογίαν bless her with the ultimate blessing GJs 6:2 (s. de Strycker ad loc.; cp. Just., D. 32, 1 τῇ ἐ. κατάρᾳ w. the worst curse).—B. 940. Cp. τελευταῖο Schmidt Syn. IV 524–34. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv. -
4 καιρός
καιρός, ὁ,A due measure, proportion, fitness (not in Hom.), καιρὸς δ' ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ἄριστος (which became a prov.) Hes.Op. 694, Thgn. 401;κ. παντὸς ἔχει κορυφάν Pi.P.9.78
;κ. Χάριτος A.Ag. 787
(anap.) (cf.ὑποκάμπτω 11
); εἰ ὁ κ. ἦν σαφής the distinction, the point, E.Hipp. 386; ἡ ἀπορία ἔχει τινὰ κ. has some point or importance, Arist. Metaph. 1043b25; καιροῦ πέρα beyond measure, unduly, A.Pr. 507;μείζων τοῦ κ. γαστήρ X.Smp.2.19
;καιροῦ μεῖζον E.Fr. 626
codd.; προσωτέρω or πορρωτέρω τοῦ κ., X.An.4.3.34, HG7.5.13; ὀξύτερα τοῦ κ. Pl.Plt. 307b; νωθεστέρα τοῦ κ. ib. 310e; ὑπερβάλλων τῇ φιλοτιμίᾳ τὸν κ. Plu.Ages.8, cf. Hp.Loc.Hom.44.II of Place, vital part of the body (cf.καίριος 1
),ἐς καιρὸν τυπείς E.Andr. 1120
.III more freq. of Time, exact or critical time, season, opportunity, Χρόνου κ. S.El. 1292: usu. alone, κ. [ ἐστιν] ἐν ᾧ Χρόνος οὐ πολὺς κτλ. Hp. Praec.<*>, cf. Chrysipp. et Archig. ap. Daremberg Notices etextr. des MSS. médicaux 1p.200;κ. ὀξύς Hp.Aph.1.1
; κ. πρὸς ἀνθρώπων βραχὺ μέτρον ἔχει 'time and tide wait for no man', Pi.P.4.286; κ. ὄλβου, = καίριος ὄλβος, Id.N.7.58; δηλοῦν, ὅ τι περ δύναται κ. Ar.Ec. 576 codd. (sed leg. δύνασαι) ; τίνα κ. τοῦ παρόντος βελτίω ζητεῖτε; D.3.16; κ. δόσιος for giving, Hp.Acut.20; κ. τοῦ ποτισμοῦ, τῆς τρύγης, BGU1003.12 (iii B. C.), PStrassb.1.8 (V A. D.);τὰ ἐκ τοῦ κ. προγινόμενα Plb.6.32.3
; καιρὸν παριέναι to let the time go by, Th.4.27 (so in pl.,τοὺς κ. παριέναι Pl.R. 374c
;τοὺς κ. ὑφαιρεῖσθαι Aeschin.3.66
);κ. τῶν πραγμάτων τοῖς ἐναντίοις καθυφιέναι καὶ προδοῦναι D.19.6
; καιροῦ ([etym.] τοῦ κ.) , Pl.Lg. 687a, Men.Mon. 281;καιρὸν εἰληφέναι Lys.13.6
(butκαιρὸς ἐλάμβανε Th.2.34
; cf.καιροῦ διδόντος Lib.Or.45.7
);καιροῦ λαβέσθαι Luc.Tim.13
;καιρὸν ἁρπάσαι Plu.Phil.15
;κ. τηρεῖν Arist.Rh. 1382b11
;καιρῷ Χρήσασθαι Plu.Pyrrh.7
; καιρῷ Χειμῶνος ξυλλαβέσθαι co-operate with the occurrence of a storm, Pl.Lg. 709c; ἔχει κ. τι it happens in season, Th.1.42, etc.; κ. ἔχειν τοῦ εὖ οἰκεῖν to be the chief cause of.., Pl.R. 421a;ὑμέας καιρός ἐστι προβοηθῆσαι Hdt.8.144
, cf. A.Pr. 523, etc.;νῦν κ. ἔρδειν S.El. 1368
: sts. c. Art.,ἀλλ' ἔσθ' ὁ κ... ξένους.. τυγχάνειν τὰ πρόσφορα A.Ch. 710
;ὁ κ. ἐστι μὴ μέλλειν ἔτι Ar. Th. 661
, cf.Pl. 255.b adverbial phrases, ἐς καιρόν in season, Hdt. 7.144, E.Tr. 744, etc.;ἐς κ. ἐπείγεσθαι Hdt.4.139
; ἐς αὐτὸν κ. S.Aj. 1168; εἰς δέοντα κ. Men.Sam. 294; , Th.4.59, etc.;ἐν κ. τινί Pl.Cri. 44a
;ἐπὶ καιροῦ D.19.258
, 20.90, etc.;κατὰ καιρόν Pi.I.2.22
;ὥς οἱ κατὰ κ. ἦν Hdt.1.30
(but also οἱ κατὰ κ. ἡγεμόνες in office at the time, BGU15.10 (ii A. D.), etc.); παρὰ τῷ ἐντυχόντι αἰεὶ καὶ λόγου καὶ ἔργου κ. Th.2.43;πρὸς καιρόν S.Aj.38
, Tr.59, etc.;σὺν καιρῷ Plb.2.38.7
: without Preps., ; καιρόν, abs., S.Aj.34, E.Fr.495.9 (in [comp] Comp. form καιρότερον, Achae.49); κ. γὰρ οὐδὲν ἦλθες E Hel.479; opp. ἀπὸ καιροῦ out of season, Pl.Tht. 187e;ἄνευ καιροῦ Id.Ep. 339d
;παρὰ καιρόν Pi.O.8.24
, E.IA8co (lyr.), Pl. Plt. 277a; πρὸ καιροῦ prematurely, A.Ag. 365 (anap.); ἐπὶ καιροῦ also means on the spur of the moment,ἐπὶ κ. λέγειν Plu.Dem.8
, cf. Art.5;ἐξενεγκεῖν πόλεμον Id.Ant.6
.2 season, πᾶσιν καιροῖς at all seasons of the year, IG14.1018, cf. LXX Ge.1.14, Ph.1.13, Porph. ap. Eus.PE3.11; κ. ἔτους, later Gr. for [dialect] Att. ὥρα ἔτους, acc. to Moer.424; time of day, Philostr.VA6.14.3 generally, time, period,κατὰ τὸν κ. τοῦτον Plb.27.1.7
; , al.: more freq. in pl., κατὰ τούτους τοὺς κ. Arist.Ath.23.2, al., cf. Plb.2.39.1; τὰ κατὰ καιρούς chronological sequence of events, Id.5.33.5; ἐν τοῖς πάλαι, ἐντοῖς μεταξὺ κ., Phld.Rh.1.28,363 S.4 in pl., οἱ καιροί the times, i. e. the state of affairs, freq. in bad sense, ἐν τοῖς μεγίστοις κ. at the most critical times, X.HG6.5.33, cf. D.20.44;περιστάντων τῇ πόλει κ. δυσκόλων IG22.682.33
, etc.: also in sg., X.An.3.1.44, D.17.9; ὁ ἔσχατος κ. extreme danger, Plb.29.27.12, etc.;καιρῷ δουλεύειν AP9.441
(Pall.).IV advantage, profit, τινος of or from a thing, Pi.O.2.54, P.1.57; εἴ τοι ἐς κ. ἔσται ταῦτα τελεόμενα to his advantage, Hdt.1.206; ἐπὶ σῷ κ. S.Ph. 151 (lyr.); τίνα κ. με διδάσκεις; A.Supp. 1060 (lyr.); τί σοι καιρὸς.. καταλείβειν; what avails it..? E.Andr. 131 (lyr.); τίνος εἵνεκα καιροῦ; D.23.182; οὗ κ. εἴη where it was convenient or advantageous, Th.4.54; ᾗ κ. ἦν ib.90; Χωρίον μετὰ μεγίστων κ. οἰκειοῦταί τε καὶ πολεμοῦται with the greatest odds, the most critical results, Id.1.36.V Pythag. name for seven, Theol.Ar. 44. -
5 καιρος
ὅ1) надлежащая мера, нормаκ. δ΄ ἐπὴ πᾶσιν ἄριστος Hes. — самое лучшее (главное) во всем - мера;
μείζων τοῦ καιροῦ Xen. — сверх меры, ненормально большой, чрезмерный;καιροῦ πέρα Aesch. — чрезмерный, безмерный;προσωτέρω τοῦ καιροῦ Xen. — дальше, чем следует;ὑπερβαλεῖν τὸν καιρόν τινι Plut. — перейти меру в чем-л.2) (тж. χρόνου κ. Soph.) надлежащая пора, подходящее время, благоприятный моментκ. βραχὺ μέτρον ἐχει погов. Pind. — у удобного момента короткая мера, т.е. время никого не ждет;
ἥ χάρις καιρὸν ἔχουσα Thuc. — вовремя оказанная услуга;ὅ κ. αὐτός Dem. — самое удобное время;πρὸς τοὺς πολεμικοὺς καιρούς Arst. — на случай войны;καιρῷ Soph., Thuc., ἐν καιρῷ Aesch., Soph., Plat., σὺν καιρῷ Polyb., εἰς καιρόν Her., Eur., πρὸς καιρόν Soph. и κατὰ καιρόν Her., NT. — вовремя, своевременно, кстати;παρὰ καιρόν Eur., Plat., ἀπὸ и ἄνευ καιροῦ Plat. — несвоевременно, некстати;πρὸ καιροῦ Aesch., NT. — преждевременно;ἐπὴ καιροῦ λέγειν Plut. — говорить экспромтом;καιροῦ τυχεῖν Eur. — иметь счастливый случай;καιρὸν λαμβάνειν Thuc., λαβέσθαι Luc. и καιρῷ χρῆσθαι Plut. — использовать удобный момент, воспользоваться благоприятным случаем;καιρὸν παριέναι Thuc. — упустить удобный момент;καιροὴ σωμάτων Arst. — цветущий возраст, первая молодость3) время ( вообще), пора(ὀλίγον καιρὸν ἔχειν NT.)
ἐν παντὴ καιρῷ Arst., NT. — во всякое время, всегда;πρὸς καιρὸν ὥρας NT. — на (короткое) время;ἄχρι καιροῦ NT. — до поры до времени;κατὰ τοὺς τότε καιρούς Arst. — в те времена;πεπλήρωται ὅ κ. NT. — исполнился срок4) выгода, пользаἐς καιρὸν ἔσται Her. — это будет полезно;
τίνος ἕνεκα καιροῦ ; Dem. — кому это нужно?, чего ради?;τι πρὸς καιρόν Soph. — нечто полезное;πρὸς καιρόν Soph. — с пользой, полезным образом;ἐπὴ σῷ καιρῷ Soph. — тебе на пользу;ὁρῶ οὐδὲ σοὴ τὸ σὸν φώνημα ἰὸν πρὸς καιρόν Soph. — я вижу, что твоя речь даже тебе не идет на пользу5) влиятельность, влияние, вес(μέγιστον ἔχειν καιρόν Xen.)
6) обстоятельство, момент, пораὁ παρών κ. Dem. или οἱ καιροί Plat. — настоящий момент, сложившиеся обстоятельства;
καιροῦ πρὸς τοῦτο πάρεστι Φιλίππῳ τὰ πράγματα Dem. — в таком положении находятся дела Филиппа7) тяжелые обстоятельстваἐν τοῖς μεγίστοις καιροῖς Xen. — в самых трудных обстоятельствах;
ἔσχατος κ. Polyb., Plut. — крайняя опасность, критический момент8) время года, пора(καιροὴ καρποφόροι NT.)
κ. χειμῶνος Plat. — зимнее время9) удобное место, подходящая точкаἐναυλιζόμενοι τῶν χωρίων, οὖ κ. εἴη Xen. — останавливаясь в открытых местах, где было наиболее удобно
10) жизненно важный центр (тела)
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