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Broadly speaking,
expresses the duration of a period,
stresses it as
marked by certain features; thus in Acts 1:7, “the Father has set within His own
authority” both the times (
), the lengths of the periods, and the “seasons”
(
), epochs characterized by certain events; in 1 Thess. 5:1, “times” refers to the
length of the interval before the Parousia takes place (the presence of Christ with the
saints when He comes to receive them to Himself at the Rapture), and to the length of
time the Parousia will occupy; “seasons” refers to the special features of the period
before, during, and after the Parousia.
)
marks quantity,
, quality. Sometimes the distinction between the two
words is not sharply defined as, e.g., in 2 Tim. 4:6, though even here the apostle’s
“departure” signalizes the time (
). The words occur together in the Sept. only in
Dan. 2:21 and Eccl. 3:1.
)
is rendered “season” in Acts 19:22,
KJV
(
RV
, “a while);
20:18 (
RV
, “all the time,” see above); Rev. 6:11,
KJV
(
RV
, “time”); so 20:3. In Luke 23:8
it is used with
in the plural,
RV
, “(of a long) time,” more lit., “(for a sufficient
number) of times.”
In Rev. 10:6
has the meaning “delay” (
RV
, marg.), an important rendering for
the understanding of the passage (the word being akin to
, “to take time, to
linger, delay,” Matt. 24:48; Luke 12:45). See
DELAY
, B,
Note
,
SPACE
,
TIME
,
WHILE
.
3.
(
O$
, 5610), “an hour,” is translated “season” in John 5:35; 2 Cor. 7:8;
Philem. 15: see
HOUR
.
B. Adjective.
(
$
$
, 4340), “temporary, transient,” is rendered “for a season” in
Heb. 11:25. See
TEMPORAL
,
TIME
,
WHILE
.
C. Adverbs.
1.
(
&$
, 171) denotes “out of season, unseasonably” (akin to
,
“unseasonable,” , negative, and A, No. 1), 2 Tim. 4:2.¶
2.
$
(
'
&$
, 2122), “in season” (
$
, “well”), 2 Tim. 4:2; it occurs also in
Mark 14:11, “conveniently.”¶
Note:
For
, 1 Pet. 1:6,
KJV
, “for a season,” see
WHILE
.
SEASON (Verb)
$
(
$ "
, 741), “to arrange, make ready” (cf.
, “fitted”), is used of
“seasoning,” Mark 9:50; Luke 14:34; Col. 4:6.¶
SEAT (Noun and Verb)
A. Nouns.
1.
(
! $
, 2515), from
, “down,” and
, “a seat,” denotes “a
seat” (Eng., “cathedral”), “a chair,” Matt. 21:12; Mark 11:15; of teachers, Matt. 23:2.¶
2.
(
$
$&
, 4410), “the first seat,” Matt. 23:6; Mark 12:39;
Luke 11:43; 20:46; see
CHIEF
, No. 6. Cf. ROOM.¶