Definition

for the occasion only, i.e. temporary

Etymology

from G4314 (πρός) and G2540 (καιρός);

Where the KJV renders it

• dur-(eth) for awhile
• endure for a time
• for a season
• temporal

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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