2 Timothy 3:1

Τοῦτο δὲ γίνωσκε ὅτι ἐν ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις ἐνστήσονται καιροὶ χαλεποί·
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
Τοῦτο
G5124
touto
that thing
  • that (thing), this (thing)
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
γίνωσκε
G1097 V-PAM-2S
ginōskō
to ___%___know___%___ (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)
  • to learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel
    • to become known
    to know, understand, perceive, have knowledge of
    • to understand
      • "to know
    Jewish idiom for sexual intercourse between a man and a woman"to become acquainted with, to know
ὅτι
G3754 ADV
hoti
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
  • that, because, since
ἐν
G1722 PREP
en
___%___in,___%___ at, (up-)on, by, etc
  • in, by, with
ἐσχάταις
G2078 A-DPF
eschatos
farthest, final (of place or time)
  • extreme
    • last in time or in place
      • "last in a series of places"last in a temporal succession
    the last
    • last, referring to time
      • "of space, the uttermost part, the end, of the earth"of rank, grade of worth, last i.e., lowest
ἡμέραις
G2250 N-DPF
hēmera
day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
  • the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night
    • in the daytime
      • "metaphorically, ___%___the day___%___ is regarded as the time for abstaining from indulgence, vice, crime, because acts of the sort are perpetrated at night and in darkness
    of the civil day, or the space of twenty four hours (thus including the night)"of the last day of this present age, the day Christ will return from heaven, raise the dead, hold the final judgment, and perfect his kingdom"used of time in general, i.e., the days of his life.
ἐνστήσονται
G1764 V-FDI-3P
enistēmi
to place on hand, i.e., (reflexively) impend, (participle) be instant
  • to place in or among, to put in
    • "to be upon, impend, threaten"close at hand"present
καιροὶ
G2540 N-NPM
kairos
an occasion, i.e., set or proper time
  • due measure
    • "a measure of time, a larger or smaller portion of time, hence:
    • a fixed and definite time, the time when things are brought to crisis, the decisive epoch waited for
      • "opportune or seasonable time"the right time"a limited period of time"to what time brings, the state of the times, the things and events of time
χαλεποί·
G5467 A-NPM
chalepos
difficult, i.e., dangerous, or (by implication) furious
  • hard to do, to take, to approach
    • "hard to bear, troublesome, dangerous
    • harsh, fierce, savage

Τοῦτο δὲ γίνωσκε ὅτι ἐν ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις ἐνστήσονται καιροὶ χαλεποί·
1
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
Cross References

2 Peter 3:3

τοῦτο πρῶτον γινώσκοντες ὅτι ἐλεύσονται ἐπ' ἐσχάτου τῶν ἡμερῶν ἐμπαῖκται κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας αὐτῶν ἐπιθυμίας πορευόμενοι
3
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

2 Timothy 4:3

ἔσται γὰρ καιρὸς ὅτε τῆς ὑγιαινούσης διδασκαλίας οὐκ ἀνέξονται ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τὰς ἰδίας ἑαυτοῖς ἐπισωρεύσουσιν διδασκάλους κνηθόμενοι τὴν ἀκοήν
3
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

1 Timothy 4:1

Τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα ῥητῶς λέγει ὅτι ἐν ὑστέροις καιροῖς ἀποστήσονταί τινες τῆς πίστεως προσέχοντες πνεύμασιν πλάνοις καὶ διδασκαλίαις δαιμονίων
1
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

1 John 2:18

Παιδία ἐσχάτη ὥρα ἐστίν καὶ καθὼς ἠκούσατε ὅτι ὁ ἀντίχριστος ἔρχεται καὶ νῦν ἀντίχριστοι πολλοὶ γεγόνασιν ὅθεν γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐσχάτη ὥρα ἐστίν
18
Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

2 Thessalonians 2:3

μή τις ὑμᾶς ἐξαπατήσῃ κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ ἔλθῃ ἡ ἀποστασία πρῶτον καὶ ἀποκαλυφθῇ ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας
3
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

Jude 1:17

Ὑμεῖς δέ ἀγαπητοί μνήσθητε τῶν ῥημάτων τῶν προειρημένων ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
17
But, beloved, remember ye the words were spoken which before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Micah 4:1

וְהָיָה׀ בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים יִהְיֶה הַר בֵּית-יְהוָה נָכוֹן בְּרֹאשׁ הֶהָרִים וְנִשָּׂא הוּא מִגְּבָעוֹת וְנָהֲרוּ עָלָיו עַמִּֽים׃
1
But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.

Isaiah 2:2

וְהָיָה׀ בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים נָכוֹן יִֽהְיֶה הַר בֵּית-יְהוָה בְּרֹאשׁ הֶהָרִים וְנִשָּׂא מִגְּבָעוֹת וְנָהֲרוּ אֵלָיו כָּל-הַגּוֹיִֽם׃
2
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

Jeremiah 49:39

וְהָיָה׀ בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים ‫(אשוב)‬ אָשִׁיב אֶת-‫(שבית)‬ שְׁבוּת עֵילָם נְאֻם-יְהוָֽה׃
39
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.

Daniel 12:11

וּמֵעֵת הוּסַר הַתָּמִיד וְלָתֵת שִׁקּוּץ שֹׁמֵם יָמִים אֶלֶף מָאתַיִם וְתִשְׁעִֽים׃
11
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

Ezekiel 38:16

וְעָלִיתָ עַל-עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל כֶּֽעָנָן לְכַסּוֹת הָאָרֶץ בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים תִּֽהְיֶה וַהֲבִאוֹתִיךָ עַל-אַרְצִי לְמַעַן דַּעַת הַגּוֹיִם אֹתִי בְּהִקָּדְשִׁי בְךָ לְעֵינֵיהֶם גּֽוֹג׃
16
And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

Daniel 12:7

וָאֶשְׁמַע אֶת-הָאִישׁ׀ לְבוּשׁ הַבַּדִּים אֲשֶׁר מִמַּעַל לְמֵימֵי הַיְאֹר וַיָּרֶם יְמִינוֹ וּשְׂמֹאלוֹ אֶל-הַשָּׁמַיִם וַיִּשָּׁבַע בְּחֵי הָעוֹלָם כִּי לְמוֹעֵד מֽוֹעֲדִים וָחֵצִי וּכְכַלּוֹת נַפֵּץ יַד-עַם-קֹדֶשׁ תִּכְלֶינָה כָל-אֵֽלֶּה׃
7
And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

Revelation 8:1

Καὶ ὅτε ἤνοιξεν τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν ἑβδόμην ἐγένετο σιγὴ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ὡς ἡμιώριον
1
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

Daniel 11:36

וְעָשָׂה כִרְצֹנוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ וְיִתְרוֹמֵם וְיִתְגַּדֵּל עַל-כָּל-אֵל וְעַל אֵל אֵלִים יְדַבֵּר נִפְלָאוֹת וְהִצְלִיחַ עַד-כָּלָה זַעַם כִּי נֶחֱרָצָה נֶעֱשָֽׂתָה׃
36
And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.

Daniel 10:14

וּבָאתִי לַהֲבִינְךָ אֵת אֲשֶׁר-יִקְרָה לְעַמְּךָ בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים כִּי-עוֹד חָזוֹן לַיָּמִֽים׃
14
Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.

Daniel 8:8

וּצְפִיר הָעִזִּים הִגְדִּיל עַד-מְאֹד וּכְעָצְמוֹ נִשְׁבְּרָה הַקֶּרֶן הַגְּדֹלָה וַֽתַּעֲלֶנָה חָזוּת אַרְבַּע תַּחְתֶּיהָ לְאַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
8
Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.

Hosea 3:5

אַחַר יָשֻׁבוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּבִקְשׁוּ אֶת-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם וְאֵת דָּוִיד מַלְכָּם וּפָחֲדוּ אֶל-יְהוָה וְאֶל-טוּבוֹ בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִֽים׃
5
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.

Daniel 7:20

וְעַל-קַרְנַיָּא עֲשַׂר דִּי בְרֵאשַׁהּ וְאָחֳרִי דִּי סִלְקַת ‫(ונפלו)‬ וּנְפַלָה מִן-‫(קדמיה)‬ קֳדָמַהּ תְּלָת וְקַרְנָא דִכֵּן וְעַיְנִין לַהּ וְפֻם מְמַלִּל רַבְרְבָן וְחֶזְוַהּ רַב מִן-חַבְרָתַֽהּ׃
20
And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.

Genesis 49:1

וַיִּקְרָא יַֽעֲקֹב אֶל-בָּנָיו וַיֹּאמֶר הֵאָֽסְפוּ וְאַגִּידָה לָכֶם אֵת אֲשֶׁר-יִקְרָא אֶתְכֶם בְּאַֽחֲרִית הַיָּמִֽים׃
1
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

Daniel 7:8

מִשְׂתַּכַּל הֲוֵית בְּקַרְנַיָּא וַאֲלוּ קֶרֶן אָחֳרִי זְעֵירָה סִלְקָת ‫(ביניהון)‬ בֵּֽינֵיהֵן וּתְלָת מִן-קַרְנַיָּא קַדְמָיָתָא ‫(אתעקרו)‬ אֶתְעֲקַרָה מִן-‫(קדמיה)‬ קֳדָמַהּ וַאֲלוּ עַיְנִין כְּעַיְנֵי אֲנָשָׁא בְּקַרְנָא-דָא וּפֻם מְמַלִּל רַבְרְבָֽן׃
8
I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
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