5611. hóraios
Strong's Lexicon
hóraios: Beautiful, timely, seasonable

Original Word: ὡραῖος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: hóraios
Pronunciation: ho-rah'-yos
Phonetic Spelling: (ho-rah'-yos)
Definition: Beautiful, timely, seasonable
Meaning: fair, beautiful, blooming.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek word ὥρα (hṓra), meaning "hour" or "season."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for ὡραῖος, the concept of beauty and appropriateness can be found in Hebrew words like יָפֶה (yafeh, Strong's H3303) meaning "beautiful" or "fair," and נָאוֶה (na'veh, Strong's H4998) meaning "comely" or "befitting."

Usage: The Greek adjective ὡραῖος (hóraios) primarily conveys the idea of something being beautiful or fitting, often in the sense of being timely or appropriate for a particular season or occasion. It can refer to physical beauty, but it also encompasses the broader concept of something being well-suited or perfect for its time.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Greek culture, beauty was often associated with harmony and appropriateness. The term ὡραῖος reflects this cultural value, emphasizing not just physical attractiveness but also the suitability and timeliness of an object or event. In the context of the New Testament, this term can be understood as highlighting the divine order and timing in God's creation and plan.

HELPS Word-studies

5611 hōraíos (from 5610 /hṓra, "an hour, the time of fulfillment") – properly, a particular hour (a "season" of time); (figuratively) beautiful in timing, hence fruitful because fully developed (prepared, as in Ro 10:15).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from hóra
Definition
seasonable, timely
NASB Translation
beautiful (4).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5611: ὡραῖος

ὡραῖος, ὡραία, ὡραῖον (from ὥρα, 'the bloom and vigor of life,' 'beauty' in the Greek writings, who sometimes join the word in this sense with χάρις (which suggests grace of movement) or κάλλος (which denotes, rather, symmetry of form)), from Hesiod down, ripe, mature (of fruits, of human age, etc.); hence, blooming, beautiful (of the human body, Xenophon, Plato, others; with τῇ ὄψει added, Genesis 26:7; Genesis 29:17; Genesis 39:6; 1 Kings 1:6): πόδες, Romans 10:15; of a certain gate of the temple, Acts 3:2, 10; (τάφοι κεκονιάμενοι, Matthew 23:27); σκεῦος, 2 Chronicles 36:19. (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § cvi.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
beautiful.

From hora; belonging to the right hour or season (timely), i.e. (by implication) flourishing (beauteous (figuratively)) -- beautiful.

see GREEK hora

Forms and Transliterations
Ωραια ωραία Ὡραίᾳ Ωραιαν ωραίαν Ὡραίαν ωραιοι ωραίοι ὡραῖοι ωραίον ωραίόν ωραίος ωραιότης ωραιότητα ωραίοτητά ωραιότητι ωραιότητί ωραιότητος ωραϊσμός ώριμος Horaia Hōraia Horaíāi Hōraíāi Horaian Horaían Hōraian Hōraían horaioi horaîoi hōraioi hōraîoi oraia Ōraia oraian Ōraian oraioi ōraioi
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 23:27 Adj-NMP
GRK: μὲν φαίνονται ὡραῖοι ἔσωθεν δὲ
NAS: appear beautiful, but inside
KJV: indeed appear beautiful outward, but
INT: indeed appear beautiful inside however

Acts 3:2 Adj-AFS
GRK: τὴν λεγομένην Ὡραίαν τοῦ αἰτεῖν
NAS: which is called Beautiful, in order to beg
KJV: which is called Beautiful, to ask alms
INT: called Beautiful to ask

Acts 3:10 Adj-DFS
GRK: ἐπὶ τῇ Ὡραίᾳ Πύλῃ τοῦ
NAS: the one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate
KJV: at the Beautiful gate
INT: at the Beautiful gate of the

Romans 10:15 Adj-NMP
GRK: γέγραπται Ὡς ὡραῖοι οἱ πόδες
NAS: HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET
KJV: How beautiful are the feet of them
INT: it has been written How beautiful the feet

Strong's Greek 5611
4 Occurrences


Ὡραίᾳ — 1 Occ.
Ὡραίαν — 1 Occ.
ὡραῖοι — 2 Occ.

















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