kon-ven'-yent: In the Revised Version (British and American) limited to translation of kairos, "suitable time," "season," and its compounds: "that which is seasonable" or "opportune" (Mr 6:21;Ac 24:25). the King James Version is replaced, inPr 30:8the Revised Version (British and American), by "needful" (Hebrew choq), "feed me with the food that is needful for me";Jer 40:4, by "right";Eph 5:4, by "befitting"; inRo 1:28, by "fitting," and in1Co 16:12, by "opportunity."
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