Convenient used in the A.V. only in its old Latin, sense of suitable or becoming, as a rendering of יָשָׁר, yashar' (Jeremiah xl, 4, 5, "right," as often elsewhere), חֹק, chok (Pr 30:8, an allotted "portion," as sometimes elsewhere), καθῆκον (Ro 1:28, "fit," as in Ac 22:22), ἀνῆκον (Eph 5:4; Phm 1:8, "fit," as in Col 3:18); but εὕκαιρος (Mr 6:21), εὐκαίρως (Mr 14:11), εὐκαιρέω (1Co 16:12), or simply καιρός (Acts' 24:25), refer to opportuneness of time or season. Similarly in the Apocrypha (καθήκω, Ecclesiasticus 10:23; 1 Maccabees 12:11; 2 Maccabees 4:19; 11:36), ἐπιτήδειος, (1 Maccabees 4:46; 14:34) ἐπίκαιρος (2 Maccabees 4:32; 14:22), simply καιρός (Ecclesiasticus 39:17), or mere construction (2 Maccabees 10:18).
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More