Mark 13:33:8Mark.13.33.W8TAB

καιρός

kairos

time

Transliteration
kai-ROS
Extended
kai-ROHS
IPA
/kaiˈros/

Meaning by language

English
time

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Result
και + ρός
kai + ros
kairos

Alphabet Analysis

Kappak — as in kite
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine
Rhor — rolled r
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    kai-ROS

  2. sentence

    BLE-pe-te a-gryp-NEI-te ouk OI-da-te gar PO-te ho kai-ROS es-TIN

Exegesis

The noun phrase ho kairos {ὁ καιρός | ho kai-rós} designates a specific, appointed time, with the article marking it as a definite eschatological moment in context.

Root and etymology

kairoskappa–alpha–iota–rho–omicron–sigma

decisive point, appointed time

In contextMark 13:33

Watch, stay awake , for you do not know when the appointed time is.

About this coordinate

Mark 13:33:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 13:33, so the Greek word καιρός (kairos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Mark.13.33.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.33.W8.S1) and character.