Definition
χρόνος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for יוֹם, also for עֵת, etc. ;]
time (a space of time, whether long or short; cf. Lft., Notes, 70): Matthew 2:7, Mark 9:21, Luke 1:57, Acts 3:21; 7:17, 23; 13:18; 17:30; 27:9, Hebrews 11:32, 1 Peter 1:17; 4:3, Revelation 10:6; στιγμὴ χρόνου, Luke 4:5; πλήρωμα τοῦ χ., Galatians 4:4; ποιεῖν χ., Acts 15:33; 18:23; βιῶσαι, 1 Peter 4:2; διδόναι, Revelation 2:21; pl., χ. καὶ (ἢ) καιροί (Lft., l.with), Acts 1:7, 1 Thessalonians 5:1; ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτου τῶν χ. (χρόνου), 1 Peter 1:20, Jude 18; with prep., ἄχρι, Acts 3:21; διὰ τὸν χ., Hebrews 5:12; ἐν χ., Acts 1:6, 21; ἐπὶ (πλείονα) χ., Luke 18:4, Acts 18:20; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον χ., Romans 7:1, 1 Corinthians 7:39, Galatians 4:1; κατὰ τὸν χ., Matthew 2:16; μετὰ τολὺν (τοσοῦτον) χ., Matthew 25:19, Hebrews 4:7; πρὸ χ. αἰωςίων, 2 Timothy 1:9, Titus 1:2, instr. dative of extension of time (see M, Pr., 75, 148; Deiss., LAE, 206), Luke 8:27, 29, John 14:9, Acts 8:11, Romans 16:25; accusative, of duration of time, Mark 2:19, Luke 20:9, John 5:6; 7:33; 12:35; 14:9, Acts 14:3, 28; 19:22; 20:18, 1 Corinthians 16:7, Revelation 6:11.
Synonyms: see: καιρός
Hebrew words it translates
Usage patterns
Occurrences
- Revelation 2:21χρόνον · timeEven though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.
- Revelation 6:11χρόνον · whileThen each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.
- Revelation 10:6Χρόνος · delayAnd he swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay!
- Revelation 20:3χρόνον · period of timeAnd he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.