Adjective proskairos (for a while) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV)


Matthew

13: 21yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while (proskairos), and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away.

Mark

4: 17But they have no root, and endure only for a while (proskairos); then, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.