Season

primarily, "due measure, fitness, proportion," is used in the NT to signify "a season, a time, a period" possessed of certain characteristics, frequently rendered "time" or "times;" in the following the RV substitutes "season" for the AV "time," thus distinguishing the meaning from chronos (see No. 2): Matthew 11:25; 12:1; 14:1; 21:34; Mark 11:13; Acts 3:19; 7:20; 17:26; Romans 3:26; 5:6; 9:9; 13:11; 1—Corinthians 7:5; Galatians 4:10; 1—Thessalonians 2:17 , lit., "for a season (of an hour);" 2—Thessalonians 2:6; in Ephesians 6:18 , "at all seasons" (AV, "always"); in Titus 1:3 , "His own seasons" (marg., "its;" AV, "in due times"); in the preceding clause chronos is used.

whence Eng. words beginning with "chron," denotes "a space of time," whether long or short: (a) it implies duration, whether longer, e.g., Acts 1:21 , "(all the) time;" Acts 13:18; 20:18 , RV, "(all the) time" (AV, "at all seasons"); or shorter, e.g., Luke 4:5; (b) it sometimes refers to the date of an occurrence, whether past, e.g., Matthew 2:7 , or future, e.g., Acts 3:21; 7:17 .

"an hour," is translated "season" in John 5:35; 2—Corinthians 7:8; Philemon 1:15 : see HOUR.

"temporary, transient," is rendered "for a season" in Hebrews 11:25 . See TEMPORAL , TIME , WHILE.

denotes "out of season, unseasonably" (akin to akairos, "unseasonable," a, negative, and A, No. 1), 2—Timothy 4:2 .

"in season" (eu, "well"), 2—Timothy 4:2; it occurs also in Mark 14:11 , "conveniently."