Season
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
primarily, "due measure, fitness, proportion," is used in the NT to signify "a season, a time, a period" possessed of certain characteristics, frequently rendered "time" or "times;" in the following the RV substitutes "season" for the AV "time," thus distinguishing the meaning from chronos (see No. 2): Matthew 11:25; 12:1; 14:1; 21:34; Mark 11:13; Acts 3:19; 7:20; 17:26; Romans 3:26; 5:6; 9:9; 13:11; 1—Corinthians 7:5; Galatians 4:10; 1—Thessalonians 2:17 , lit., "for a season (of an hour);" 2—Thessalonians 2:6; in Ephesians 6:18 , "at all seasons" (AV, "always"); in Titus 1:3 , "His own seasons" (marg., "its;" AV, "in due times"); in the preceding clause chronos is used.
Matthew 13:30 Galatians 6:9 Matthew 8:29 Luke 12:42 Matthew 26:18 Galatians 6:10 Ephesians 5:16 Revelation 12:12 Luke 1:20 Acts 3:19 1—Peter 1:11 Luke 4:13 2—Corinthians 6:2AlwaysOpportunityTimeWhile.
whence Eng. words beginning with "chron," denotes "a space of time," whether long or short: (a) it implies duration, whether longer, e.g., Acts 1:21 , "(all the) time;" Acts 13:18; 20:18 , RV, "(all the) time" (AV, "at all seasons"); or shorter, e.g., Luke 4:5; (b) it sometimes refers to the date of an occurrence, whether past, e.g., Matthew 2:7 , or future, e.g., Acts 3:21; 7:17 .
Acts 1:7 1—Thessalonians 5:1 2—Timothy 4:6 Daniel 2:21 Ecclesiastes 3:1 Acts 19:22 Revelation 6:11 Revelation 20:3 Luke 23:8 Revelation 10:6 Matthew 24:48 Luke 12:45DelaySpaceTimeWhile.
"an hour," is translated "season" in John 5:35; 2—Corinthians 7:8; Philemon 1:15 : see Hour.
"temporary, transient," is rendered "for a season" in Hebrews 11:25 . See Temporal , Time , While.
denotes "out of season, unseasonably" (akin to akairos, "unseasonable," a, negative, and A, No. 1), 2—Timothy 4:2 .
"in season" (eu, "well"), 2—Timothy 4:2; it occurs also in Mark 14:11 , "conveniently."
1—Peter 1:6While.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v. t.) Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber.
(2): ( n.) One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, - the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, - the dry and the rainy.
(3): ( n.) That which gives relish; seasoning.
(4): ( v. t.) To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit.
(5): ( v. t.) To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate.
(6): ( v. t.) To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food.
(7): ( v. t.) Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agrecable.
(8): ( v. t.) To copulate with; to impregnate.
(9): ( v. i.) To give token; to savor.
(10): ( v. i.) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance; as, timber seasons in the sun.
(11): ( v. t.) To imbue; to tinge or taint.
(12): ( v. i.) To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
(13): ( v. t.) To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper.
(14): ( n.) A period of time not very long; a while; a time.
(15): ( n.) Hence, a period of time, especially as regards its fitness for anything contemplated or done; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture; as, the season for planting; the season for rest.
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Genesis 40:4 Joshua 24:7 Luke 4:13 2 Exodus 13:10 Numbers 9:2 John 5:4 3 Leviticus 2:13 Mark 9:50 Genesis 1:14 2 Kings 4:16 5 Job 30:17 Psalm 22:2 6 Psalm 104:27 Matthew 24:45 7 Isaiah 50:4
King James Dictionary [4]
SE'ASON. n. se'zn.Season literally signifies that which comes or arrives and in this general sense, is synonymous with time. Hence,
1. A fit or suitable time the convenient time the usual or appointed time as, the messenger arrived in season in good season. This fruit is out of season. 2. Any time, as distinguished from others.
The season prime for sweetest scents and airs. Milton.
3. A time of some continuance, but not long.
Thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. Acts 13 .
4. One of the four divisions of the year, spring, summer, autumn, winter. The season is mild it is cold for the season.
We saw in six days' traveling, the several seasons of the year n their beauty.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
(properly עֵת , a fixed Time,' Καιρός , often rendered "time" in general, and not specific of a portion of the year). The general division of the year by the Hebrews was into two seasons, "Summer and Winter" (Psalm 64:17; Zechariah 14:8); but they appear also to have conveniently divided the year into six special seasons: "seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter" ( Genesis 1:14; Genesis 8:22). The same division obtains among many Oriental nations, as the Hindus :and Arabians, at this day. According to this division of the seasons in Palestine, they would seem to have been distributed in the following order: Summer, from the,middle of August to the middle of October; Seed-time(from the middle of October to the middle of December; Winter, from the middle of December to the middle of February; Cold, from the middle of February. to the middle of April; Heat, from the middle of April to the middle of August. (See Agriculture).
