Eukaireo means “spend time” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2119 — zachal (“crawl”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2119 εὐκαιρέω (eukaireo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. eukaireo (yoo-kai-reh'-o) v. 1. to have good time, i.e. opportunity or leisure [from G2121] It has 3 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include leisure, time, and have. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
eukaireo (yoo-kai-reh'-o) v. 1. to have good time, i.e. opportunity or leisure [from G2121] KJV: have leisure (convenient time), spend time Root(s): G2121
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2119. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to have opportunity
Usage: εὐκαιρέω, -ῶ (= cl., εὖ σχολῆς ἔχειν; used by Polyb. and Philo; cf. Rutherford, NPhr. 205; MM, Exp., xiv), to have leisure or opportunity: 1Co.16:12; with inf., Mrk.6:31; before εἰς, to devote one's leisure to, Act.17:21.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render eukaireo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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3 indexed usages in New Testament.
And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2119.
And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2119, grouped by book.
Eukaireo (Strong's G2119) is a Greek word most simply glossed "spend time". eukaireo (yoo-kai-reh'-o) v. 1. to have good time, i.e. opportunity or leisure [from G2121]
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's G2119 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2119 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as leisure, time, and have. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.