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Strong's Concordance G5550
χÏόνος
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- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Greek form
- χÏόνος
- Transliteration
- chronos
- Pronunciation
- {khron'-os}
- Occurrences
- Occurrences are not reviewed for this entry yet.
- Glosses
- of uncertain derivation; a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from 2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from 165, which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay:--+ years old, season, space, (X often-)time(-s), (a) while.
- Related source reference
- see GREEK for 165
- Strong’s number
- G5550
- Definition
- of uncertain derivation; a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from 2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from 165, which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay:--+ years old, season, space, (X often-)time(-s), (a) while.
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James Strong, Strong's Greek Bible Dictionary; CrossWire SWORD StrongsGreek module 2.0; historical public-domain lexicon wording preserved.
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<entryFree n="5550"> <orth>χÏόνος</orth><lb/> <orth type="writing">crovnos</orth> <orth rend="bold" type="trans">chronos</orth> <pron rend="italic">{khron'-os}</pron> <def> of uncertain derivation; a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from 2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from 165, which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay:--+ years old, season, space, (X often-)time(-s), (a) while. <lb/> see GREEK for 2540 <lb/> see GREEK for 165 </def> </entryFree>