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The time of my death is near. <a href="/esv/2_timothy/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. <a href="/bsb/2_timothy/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. <a href="/blb/2_timothy/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For already I am being poured out, and the time of my departure is come. <a href="/kjv/2_timothy/4.htm">King James Bible</a> For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. <a href="/nkjv/2_timothy/4.htm">New King James Version</a> For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. <a href="/nasb_/2_timothy/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. <a href="/nasb/2_timothy/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. <a href="/nasb77/2_timothy/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. <a href="/lsb/2_timothy/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. <a href="/amp/2_timothy/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure [from this world] is at hand and I will soon go free. <a href="/csb/2_timothy/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time for my departure is close. <a href="/hcsb/2_timothy/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time for my departure is close. <a href="/asv/2_timothy/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is come. <a href="/cev/2_timothy/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Now the time has come for me to die. My life is like a drink offering being poured out on the altar. <a href="/erv/2_timothy/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is come. <a href="/gwt/2_timothy/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> My life is coming to an end, and it is now time for me to be poured out as a sacrifice to God. <a href="/gnt/2_timothy/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> As for me, the hour has come for me to be sacrificed; the time is here for me to leave this life. <a href="/isv/2_timothy/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for my departure has come. <a href="/msb/2_timothy/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. <a href="/net/2_timothy/4.htm">NET Bible</a> For I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for me to depart is at hand. <a href="/nheb/2_timothy/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come. <a href="/wbt/2_timothy/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. <a href="/wey/2_timothy/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> I for my part am like a drink-offering which is already being poured out; and the time for my departure is now close at hand. <a href="/web/2_timothy/4.htm">World English Bible</a> For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_timothy/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release has arrived; <a href="/blb/2_timothy/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For already I am being poured out, and the time of my departure is come. <a href="/ylt/2_timothy/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release hath arrived; <a href="/slt/2_timothy/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For I am already poured out, and the time of my deliverance has been fixed.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_timothy/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For I am even now ready to be sacrificed: and the time of my dissolution is at hand. <a href="/cpdv/2_timothy/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For I am already being worn away, and the time of my dissolution presses close. <a href="/nabre/2_timothy/4.htm">New American Bible</a> For I am already being poured out like a libation, and the time of my departure is at hand. <a href="/nrsvce/2_timothy/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> As for me, I am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my departure has come.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_timothy/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> From henceforth I am ready to die, and the time of my departure is at hand. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_timothy/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> For now I am offered as a sacrifice and the time of release has arrived.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_timothy/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> For I am now ready to be poured out, and the time of my departure is at hand. <a href="/godbey/2_timothy/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. <a href="/haweis/2_timothy/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> For I am now ready to be sacrificed, and the time of my dissolution approaches. <a href="/mace/2_timothy/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a> as for me, my blood will soon be pour'd out, and the time of my departure draws nigh: <a href="/wey/2_timothy/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> I for my part am like a drink-offering which is already being poured out; and the time for my departure is now close at hand. <a href="/worrell/2_timothy/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has arrived. <a href="/worsley/2_timothy/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> For I am now going to be sacrificed, and the time of my dissolution is near. <a href="/parallel/2_timothy/4-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FxoCLii8Z48?start=611" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_timothy/4.htm">Preach the Word</a> …5But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. 6<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: Egō (PPro-N1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">I am</a> <a href="/greek/2235.htm" title="2235: ēdē (Adv) -- Already; now at length, now after all this waiting. Apparently from e and de; even now.">already</a> <a href="/greek/4689.htm" title="4689: spendomai (V-PIM/P-1S) -- To pour out as a libation. Apparently a primary verb; to pour out as a libation, i.e. to devote.">being poured out like a drink offering,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2540.htm" title="2540: kairos (N-NMS) -- Fitting season, season, opportunity, occasion, time. Of uncertain affinity; an occasion, i.e. Set or proper time.">time</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">my</a> <a href="/greek/359.htm" title="359: analyseōs (N-GFS) -- From analuo; departure.">departure</a> <a href="/greek/2186.htm" title="2186: ephestēken (V-RIA-3S) -- To stand by, be urgent, befall one (as of evil), be at hand, impend. From epi and histemi; to stand upon, i.e. Be present.">is at hand.</a> 7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/philippians/1-23.htm">Philippians 1:23</a> I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed. <a href="/philippians/2-17.htm">Philippians 2:17</a> But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. <a href="/2_peter/1-14.htm">2 Peter 1:14</a> because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. <a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a> Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. <a href="/acts/20-24.htm">Acts 20:24</a> But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-31.htm">1 Corinthians 15:31</a> I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-8.htm">2 Corinthians 5:8</a> We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. <a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a> I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. <a href="/romans/8-36.htm">Romans 8:36</a> As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:9-10</a> For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. / He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him. <a href="/john/12-24.htm">John 12:24-25</a> Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. / Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. <a href="/hebrews/12-1.htm">Hebrews 12:1-2</a> Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us. / Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. <a href="/matthew/26-28.htm">Matthew 26:28</a> This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. <a href="/mark/14-24.htm">Mark 14:24</a> He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. <a href="/luke/22-20.htm">Luke 22:20</a> In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.I am.<a href="/philippians/2-17.htm">Philippians 2:17</a> Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.and.<a href="/genesis/48-21.htm">Genesis 48:21</a> And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.<a href="/genesis/50-24.htm">Genesis 50:24</a> And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.<a href="/numbers/27-12.htm">Numbers 27:12-17</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_timothy/2-18.htm">Already</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-17.htm">Arrived</a> <a href="/philippians/2-27.htm">Close</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-3.htm">Departure</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-23.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/joel/2-14.htm">Drink-Offering</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-9.htm">End</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-2.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-1.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-6.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-16.htm">Part</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-9.htm">Point</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-14.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-2.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-13.htm">Release</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-28.htm">Sacrificed</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Already</a> <a href="/3_john/1-3.htm">Arrived</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-8.htm">Close</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-22.htm">Departure</a> <a href="/titus/2-3.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/genesis/35-14.htm">Drink-Offering</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-7.htm">End</a> <a href="/philemon/1-19.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-3.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-16.htm">Part</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-9.htm">Point</a> <a href="/titus/3-6.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-8.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-35.htm">Release</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-28.htm">Sacrificed</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-8.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">2 Timothy 4</div>1. <a href="/2_timothy/4-1.htm">He exhorts him to preach the Word with all care and diligence;</a> 6. <a href="/2_timothy/4-6.htm">certifies him of the nearness of his death;</a> 9. <a href="/2_timothy/4-9.htm">wills him to come speedily unto him, and to bring Marcus with him;</a> 14. <a href="/2_timothy/4-14.htm">warns him to beware of Alexander the metalworker.</a> 16. <a href="/2_timothy/4-16.htm">informs him what had befallen him at his first answering;</a> 19. <a href="/2_timothy/4-19.htm">and soon after he concludes.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The imagery of a "drink offering" is rooted in Old Testament sacrificial practices (e.g., <a href="/numbers/15.htm">Numbers 15:1-10</a>), where wine was poured out as an offering to God, symbolizing the complete dedication and surrender of the offerer. Paul sees his life as a sacrifice to God, echoing his earlier sentiments in <a href="/philippians/2-17.htm">Philippians 2:17</a>. This metaphor underscores the idea of total commitment and the willingness to give one's life for the faith. It also connects to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who poured out His life for humanity.and the time of my departure is at hand The term "departure" is a euphemism for death, often used in the context of a journey or setting sail, suggesting a transition rather than an end. Paul views his death not as a defeat but as a passage to eternal life, consistent with his teachings in <a href="/philippians/1-23.htm">Philippians 1:23</a> about desiring to depart and be with Christ. The phrase "at hand" indicates the immediacy of this event, highlighting Paul's readiness and acceptance of God's timing. This reflects the Christian hope of resurrection and eternal life, as promised in scriptures like <a href="/1_corinthians/15-51.htm">1 Corinthians 15:51-57</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a> The apostle and author of the letter, writing to Timothy from prison in Rome. He is nearing the end of his life and ministry. 2. <a href="/topical/t/timothy.htm">Timothy</a> A young pastor and protégé of Paul, recipient of this letter, who is being encouraged to continue in faith and ministry. 3. <a href="/topical/r/rome.htm">Rome</a> The place where Paul is imprisoned and from where he writes this letter, facing imminent execution. 4. <a href="/topical/d/drink_offering.htm">Drink Offering</a> A sacrificial offering in the Old Testament, symbolizing the complete dedication and pouring out of one's life to God. 5. <a href="/topical/d/departure.htm">Departure</a> A metaphor for death, indicating Paul's readiness to leave this life and be with Christ.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/sacrificial_living.htm">Sacrificial Living</a> Paul’s life exemplifies total dedication to Christ. Believers are called to live sacrificially, offering their lives as a drink offering to God. <a href="/topical/r/readiness_for_departure.htm">Readiness for Departure</a> Like Paul, Christians should live with an eternal perspective, ready to meet the Lord at any time. <a href="/topical/f/faithful_service.htm">Faithful Service</a> Paul’s example encourages believers to remain faithful in their service to God, regardless of circumstances. <a href="/topical/l/legacy_of_faith.htm">Legacy of Faith</a> Consider the impact of your life and ministry on others, as Paul did with Timothy. <a href="/topical/e/endurance_in_trials.htm">Endurance in Trials</a> Paul’s perseverance through suffering serves as a model for enduring trials with faith and hope.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_timothy_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Timothy 4</a> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_2_tim_4_6_with_later_traditions.htm">If 2 Timothy 4:6 suggests Paul’s imminent death, how do we reconcile this with later traditions claiming he continued his ministry longer? </a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_main_themes_of_2_timothy.htm">What are the main themes of 2 Timothy?</a> <a href="/q/how_did_apostle_paul_die.htm">What was the manner of Apostle Paul's death?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_verify_early_resurrection_views.htm">2 Timothy 2:17–18 – If early believers disagreed about the resurrection’s timing, how can we know which view was correct historically or theologically? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_timothy/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) For I am now ready to be offered.--What, in the Philippian Epistle (<a href="/philippians/2-17.htm" title="Yes, and if I be offered on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.">Philippians 2:17</a>), was alluded to as a contingency likely enough to happen here is spoken of as something which was then absolutely taking place. In his first imprisonment at Rome St. Paul looked on to a martyr's death as probable. In his second captivity at Rome he writes of the martyrdom as already beginning. The more accurate, as well as the more forcible, translation would be, For I am already being offered. The Greek word rendered "I am being offered," points to the drink offering of wine which, among the Jews, accompanied the sacrifice. Among the heathen this wine was commonly poured upon the burning victims--the allusion here is to St. Paul's bloody death. So convinced was he that the dread moment for him was at hand, that as he thus speaks he feels as though it was even then taking place, and sees--in his present suffering, in his harsh treatment--the beginning of that martyrdom in which his life-blood would be poured out. But he would not allow Timothy or the many Christians who revered and loved him to be dismayed by his sufferings or shocked at his painful death. He would show them, by his calm, triumphant language, that to him death was no terror, but only the appointed passage to glory. So he speaks of his life-blood being shed, under the well-known peaceful image of the wine poured out over the sacrifice, the drink offering, the sweet savour unto the Lord. (See <a href="/context/numbers/15-1.htm" title="And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,">Numbers 15:1-10</a>; compare <a href="/john/12-24.htm" title="Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it stays alone: but if it die, it brings forth much fruit.">John 12:24</a>, where the Master of St. Paul, too, speaks of His approaching death of agony and shame also under a quiet, homely image.)And the time of my departure is at hand.--"My departure:" that is. "from life," from this world to another. The moment of my death, so long looked for, is now close at hand, is all but here. The Greek word rendered "departure," among other meanings, signifies the raising of the ship's anchor and the loosing of the cables by which the vessel was hindered from proceeding on her destined voyage.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_timothy/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - Already being offered for now ready to be offered, A.V.; come for at hand. A.V. I am already being offered. The ἐγώ is emphatic, in contrast with the σύ of ver. 5: "Thou, who hast still life before thee, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. I can do so no longer, for my martyrdom has already commenced, and my end is close at hand. Thou must take my place in the great conflict." Am... being offered (σπένδομαι); am being poured out, as the drink offering, or libation, is poured out. St. Paul uses the same figure in <a href="/philippians/2-17.htm">Philippians 2:17</a>, where he couples it with the sacrifice and service (or offering up) of the faith of the Philippians by himself as the priest, and looks upon the pouring out of his own life as the completion of that sacrifice (see Ellicott on Philippians). "The libation always formed the conclusion of the sacrifice, and so the apostle's martyrdom closed his apostolic service" (Huther), which had been a continual sacrifice, in which he had been the ministering priest (<a href="/romans/15-16.htm">Romans 15:16</a>). So that the use of σπένδομαι here exactly agrees with that in <a href="/philippians/2-17.htm">Philippians 2:17</a>. "My sacrificial work," St. Paul says," being now finished and ended, I am performing the last solemn act, the pouring out of my own life in martyrdom, to which I shall pass out of the prison where I now am." The time of my departure (τῆς ἐμῆς ἀναλύσεως). The word is found nowhere else in the New Testament, but St. Paul uses the verb ἀναλῦσαι, "to depart," in <a href="/philippians/1-23.htm">Philippians 1:23</a>, where, the verb being in the active voice, the metaphor clearly is from weighing anchor, as in common use in classical Greek; hence simply "to depart." The classical use of ἀνάλυσις rather favours the sense, either of" release" or of " dissolution." But St. Paul's use of ἀναλύω in <a href="/philippians/1-23.htm">Philippians 1:23</a>, and the frequent use of the same verb in the LXX. and by Josephus, in the sense of "to depart," favours the rendering of ἀνάλυσις by "departure," as in the A.V. and R.V. Is come; rather, is at hand (ἐφέστηκε); the same verb as ἐπίστηθι in ver. 2. (On the difference between ἐνέστηκε ("is come") and ἐφέστηκε ("is at hand"), see Alford on <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-2.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:2</a>, and comp. <a href="/acts/22-20.htm">Acts 22:20</a>.) <a href="/commentaries/2_timothy/4-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>For γὰρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. I {am} Ἐγὼ (Egō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. already ἤδη (ēdē) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_2235.htm">Strong's 2235: </a> Already; now at length, now after all this waiting. Apparently from e and de; even now. being poured out like a drink offering, σπένδομαι (spendomai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4689.htm">Strong's 4689: </a> To pour out as a libation. Apparently a primary verb; to pour out as a libation, i.e. to devote. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. time καιρὸς (kairos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2540.htm">Strong's 2540: </a> Fitting season, season, opportunity, occasion, time. Of uncertain affinity; an occasion, i.e. Set or proper time. of τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. my μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. departure ἀναλύσεώς (analyseōs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_359.htm">Strong's 359: </a> From analuo; departure. is at hand. ἐφέστηκεν (ephestēken) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2186.htm">Strong's 2186: </a> To stand by, be urgent, befall one (as of evil), be at hand, impend. 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