Próskairos — G4340

Definition

adjective

for the occasion only, i.e. temporary

Usually translated as

endure for a time, for a season, temporal, dur, for awhile

Origin

from G4314 and G2540

• prós (G4314)
• kairós (G2540)

Occurrences

Próskairos occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Mark (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Hebrews (1)

• Mark 4:17 — And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time (πρόσκαιροί): afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.
• 2 Corinthians 4:18 — While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal (πρόσκαιρα); but the things which are not seen are eternal.
• Hebrews 11:25 — Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season (πρόσκαιρον);