Greek noun (masculine) · G5550
χρόνος
chronoskhron'-os
time
53 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chrónos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5550is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 15 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5550
a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from , which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from , which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay
The King James renders it: + years old, season, space, (X often-)time(-s), (a) while.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chronos is rendered "time". It stands 53 times in the Greek text, across fifteen books.
- Seventeen of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:7Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.
Matthew 2:7χρόνον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seventeen of the word's fifty-three uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- time33
- a time8
- times6
- a period1
- Delay1
- for a period1
- for a time1
- of time1
- while1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| χρονίζω | chronizo | to delay | Uses5 |
| χρονοτριβέω | chronotribeo | to spend time | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 53, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- χρόνον26
- χρόνος7
- χρόνων6
- χρόνῳ5
- χρόνου4
- χρόνους3
- χρόνοις1
- χρόνον.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular27N-ASM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular7N-NSM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural6N-GPM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular5N-DSM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular4N-GSM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural3N-APM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1N-DPM
Matthew
three uses
Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
After a long time the master of those servants returned to settle accounts with them.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
Mark
two uses
Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has this been with him?” “From childhood,” he said.
- χρόνοςchronosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a time
Luke
seven uses
When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
- χρόνοςchronosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: time
Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
- χρόνουchronounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of time
When Jesus stepped ashore, He was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed in the tombs.
- χρόνῳchrononoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: time
For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.
- χρόνοιςchronoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: times
For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a time
Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.
- χρόνουςchronousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: a time
When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased. He had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see Him perform a miracle.
- χρόνωνchrononnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: time
John
four uses
When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: while
Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
- χρόνῳchrononoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: a time
Acts
seventeen uses
So when they came together, they asked Him, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
- χρόνῳchrononoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: time
Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.
- χρόνουςchronousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: times
Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
- χρόνῳchrononoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: time
Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.
- χρόνωνchrononnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: times
As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.
- χρόνοςchronosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: time
When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
- χρόνοςchronosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a period
They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.
- χρόνῳchrononoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: time
He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: for a period
So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
And they spent a long time there with the disciples.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
After spending some time there, they were sent off by the brothers in peace to return to those who had sent them.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a time
Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
- χρόνουςchronousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: times
When they asked him to stay for a while longer, he declined.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
After Paul had spent some time in Antioch, he traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: for a time
When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,
- χρόνουchronounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: time
Romans
one use
Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
1 Corinthians
two uses
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a time
Galatians
two uses
What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
- χρόνουchronounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: time
1 Thessalonians
one use
Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you.
- χρόνωνchrononnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: times
2 Timothy
one use
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- χρόνωνchrononnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: time
Titus
one use
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
- χρόνωνchrononnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: time
Hebrews
three uses
God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a time
Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
- χρόνοςchronosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: time
1 Peter
four uses
Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
- χρόνωνchrononnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: times
Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
- χρόνοςchronosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: time
Jude
one use
when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”
- χρόνουchronounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: time
Revelation
four uses
Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
Then 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.
- χρόνονchrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a time
And 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!
- χρόνοςchronosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Delay
And 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.
- χρόνον.¶chrononnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: time
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.